Hellbound is a South Korean dark fantasy television series directed by Yeon Sang-ho. The series stars Yoo Ah-in, Kim Hyun-joo, Park Jeong-min, Won Jin-ah and Yang Ik-june. The pilot episode of Hellbound premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival in the "Primetime program of TV series" on September 9, 2021. It was released on Netflix on November 19, 2021, and became the world's most-watched Netflix series.
Hellbound takes place in 2022–27 in South Korea. An angel starts to materialize to deliver prophecies that condemn certain individuals to Hell at a specific future time. Three hulking supernatural monsters appear at almost the exact time to maul and incinerate the person's body in a show of force called a demonstration.