‘Gyeongseong Creature’: Teaser, Poster, and Premiere Dates Revealed for Netflix’s Long-Awaited Series

Written by Kang Eun-kyung and directed by Jeong Dong-yun, the megabuck magnum opus Gyeongseong Creature stars Park Seo-joon, Han So-hee, Soo Hyun, Kim Hae-sook, Jo Han-chul, and Wi Ha-joon.

It unfolds in the spring of 1945—amid the heyday of Japanese dominance over Korea in Gyeongseong (the older name for Seoul)—and follows Park’s Jang Tae-sang and Han’s Yoon Chae-ok, who must face and fight a bizarre beast evolved from avarice for them to survive.

Netflix will have the historical horror thriller released in two parts, the first on the last stretch of this year, December 22, and the second on the first stretch of 2024, January 5. The teaser for the announcement, affirming the dour and ghoulish build of the narrative, opens with an obscure hospital in Gyeongseong where humans and creatures are in place. Tae-sang, we see, is striding forward, his rifle targeting something, when his close-up shot of a gaunt and despairing visage catalyzes the tension. Chae-ok rushes out feverishly, wielding her rifle, also aimed at something—sharing an analogous look—and subsequently, through a dingy corridor, the two flee in desperation.

In Gyeongseong, Tae-sang is an affluent man with a perfect profile. Being well-reflexive, perceptive, and affable, he is a trustworthy repository of knowledge. His goals and outlook on life start changing once he meets Chae-ok. Conversely, Chae-ok is famed for her talent to track down missing people. Her life wasn’t easy when she was younger; emergencies made her master survival skills. Her proficiency with knives, sharpshooting, and machine operation rose as a direct result. She travels to Gyeongseong and encounters Jang in a quest to locate her mother, whom she lost a decade ago.

The poster for the K-drama exacerbates the fear factor—masked and armored individuals in raincoats and breathers lugging a thing akin to a hefty wooden sealed container through the hallway within the allegedly awful hospital amid two rows of identical people brandishing their weapons. The drab layout and innards of the structure chip into its stressful, dark, unpleasant, and wary setting.

Texts appearing on the upper part of the poster read, “Spring of 1945,” and below it, “There were humans and creatures in a hospital of Gyeongseong.” Its color scheme expands the eerie hint in the caption. The overarching desaturation is exactly in line with the substance of terror, with scarcely a warm tint, and stimulates that sense rather effectively. It appears to be peering back at you after a long stare, hinting that the monsters are in the vicinity.