#Train To Busan Director Sends Us Straight To Hell In Netflix Horror Series

This “Hellbound” trailer is only a minute long, so it’s really more of a teaser, but it does a good job of setting the mood: putting us in a cafe with a cursed man who has “the executors of Hell” closing in on him. He looks at his phone, counting down the time till he meets his doom.

Before you die, you see … the CG cheese?

That’s right. The tension of the cafe somewhat dissipates — goes to hell, you might say — when the demons arrive and come crashing through the windows. They look like the smoke monster from “Lost” if it decided to take on a humanoid form and start hitting the gym. We get a glimpse of one’s rear-end as he’s running down the street, and their bulky forms are also somewhat reminiscent of the Abomination from “The Incredible Hulk” (who is currently appearing in a different movie with an Asian ensemble).

According to the TIFF website, “Hellbound is “a series about a nation coping with a new phenomenon of ‘sinners’ literally condemned, and a religious sect on the rise, led by Jung Jin-soo (Yoo Ah-in).” Here’s the rest of the synopsis:

Investigating the phenomenon of “proclamations” and ritualistic murders is police detective Jin Kyung-hoon (Yang Ik-june). Examining the mysterious sect are broadcast journalist Bae Young-jae (Park Jeong-min) and lawyer of the accused sinners Min Hey-jin (Kim Hyun-joo). Together, these three investigators search for answers in this wildly original commentary on the growing anxieties of a nation.

“Hellbound” has its first in-person screening at TIFF on Saturday, September 11, 2021. The digital premiere screening is on Friday, September 17.