![]() Moon Dong-eun (played by a stone-cold Song Hye-kyo) constructs a meticulous plan to get back at her wealthy former tormentors. ![]() The Glory is one such series, a slow-burn K-drama following a survivor of school violence and relentless bullying. Park Chan-wook made a whole trilogy exploring the machinations of retaliation (the most celebrated entry being Oldboy), but there’s plenty of TV dedicated to measure-for-measure retribution. More accurately, the nation’s cinema loves to unpack the psyche-damaging obsession with revenge. It wouldn’t be cosmic horror if it didn’t have some hubristic area man toying with unfathomable horrors beyond our comprehension, and Cosmatos delivers that horror with style. Those with more intense taste might enjoy Cosmatos’ face-melting episode “The Viewing” (episode 7), containing a rich recluse, ill-advised drug use, and an extraterrestrial object no human has any business messing with. As the late Brittany Knupper wrote, the episode conveys “the horror inherent in attempting to perform traditional gender roles,” all wrapped up in a body horror plot about a popular new women’s skincare product on the market. If you’re asking The Mary Sue, we recommend “The Outside” (episode 4) for its skin-deep skewering of gender expectations. ![]() The anthology series features eight stories, some written by del Toro and others crafted by talent like Panos Cosmatos ( Mandy), all saturated in old-school supernatural horror. There’s nothing like grabbing a nighttime snack and curling up with some bite-sized horror, and when Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is involved, it can be a real thrill. ![]()
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