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Kdrama Feminist

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Kdrama Feminist

England
Strangers from Hell korean drama review
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Strangers from Hell
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by Kdrama Feminist
jun 25, 2020
10 van 10
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Geheel 8.5
Verhaal 7.5
Acting/Cast 10.0
Muziek 10.0
Rewatch Waarde 7.0
Explores themes of loneliness, gaslighting, the pressures of conforming in society, of social hierarchies, of the weight of expectations, of the urge to build comforting relationships & of insanity and how easy it is to slip down into the darkness when all the touchstones keeping a person sane or normal begin to fall apart.

And all wrapped up in an excellent horror show that ups the fear & creep factor to eleven using clever directing, music but especially character work. Every actor here is excellent and whilst Im Siwan & Lee Dong Wook are the obvious stars, the supporting cast are all so real and well portrayed that you'll completely fall into the show from the moment it starts.

I dare anyone not to binge watch, it's impossible! And at 10 episodes it's tightly plotted too with it never suffering the kdrama problem of having a slow middle. Then again, whilst I wouldn't say the middle was slow, I did find myself a little bored through certain scenes in the first half. Maybe I wasn't emotionally attached enough or maybe I was just waiting for the set-pieces to arrive.

Overall though every episode left me running to watch the next one and watching the whole thing was as frustrating & heartbreaking as it was fascinating & captivating.

Highly recommend for lovers of horror, crime & dark shows. Also for anyone who loves shows that are a little deeper or heavier with heaps of symbolism and clever writing thrown in.
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