Netflix’s South Korean zombie apocalypse drama All of Us Are Dead was imagined to be a single-season present, however it’s sudden recognition on the streamer led to the sequence renewal in June 2022. During its airing, the success of the present made it the second South Korean Netflix program to hit the #1 spot within the U.S., following proper behind the document of Squid Game. The present trended and maintained its place within the Top 10 non-English sequence for two weeks. The Ok-Drama stars Park Ji-hu, Yoon Chan-young, Lomon, and Cho Yi-hyun who play highschool college students caught up inside Hyosan High throughout a zombie invasion. However, the wait for Season 2 retains getting longer because the manufacturing of All of Us Are DeadSeason 2 will get delayed as soon as extra to make sure a greater high quality present. The 2020 Netflix sequence, Sweet Home, ought to tide All of Us Are Dead​​​​​​ followers over till the brand new season drops.

‘Sweet Home’ and ‘All of Us Are Dead’ Are Quite Similar

Viewers will discover a similarity in that each are gory horror thrillers centered round folks coming collectively to combat by means of an sudden plague. Just as in All of Us Are Dead the place college students are trapped at their faculty, in Sweet Home Cha Hyun-su (Song Kang) and the opposite characters are trapped inside an condominium complicated. Sweet Home, whereas holding Cha Hyun-su because the central character, introduces the viewers to the world of residents of the condominium block Green Home. All of Us Are Dead introduces a bunch of new younger faces to the Ok-Drama world, however Sweet Home solid is stuffed with A-listed actors; this consists of Song Kang, Lee Do-hyun, Lee Si-young, Park Gyu-young, Go Youn-jung, and Go Min-si. As Hyun-su unwillingly groups up with these folks throughout the invasion, the story shifts to his interactions with the residents. The sequence has an action-centered plot but in addition does an incredible job of exploring character relationships and dynamics. Viewers are pulled into the story by means of these nuanced dynamics of the characters’ relationships.

The underlying themes of All of Us Are Dead are what make the present stand out to the viewers. The drama has a commentary on severe present-day societal points, together with bullying, social media, hostility in opposition to refugees, and the long-lasting cultural impression of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sweet Home additionally subtly touches on themes of bullying and faculty abuse, however that is not one of its central themes. Apart from that, the 2 exhibits have a number of overlapping themes and delve into asking moral and ethical questions based mostly on life, dying, and humanity. The query, “What does it mean to be human?” considerably facilities on the character arc of Cha Hyun-su.

Consequently, each exhibits put their characters in horrifying conditions the place making humane and empathetic selections turns into tough. If you like seeing folks in tense existential circumstances that may carry out their will to outlive — that may both unite them or flip them in opposition to each other — then you’re positive to get pleasure from Sweet Home.

‘Sweet Home’ Trades Zombies for Monsters and an Expanding World

There are two primary variations that set Sweet Home aside from All of Us Are Dead, one of them being the presence of monsters as an alternative of zombies. Sweet Home has high-quality visible results and graphics. The CGI monsters, nevertheless terrifying, are usually not specified as zombies. However, the best way the plague spreads within the Ok-Drama is similar to how a zombie virus would unfold. As a outcome of a chunk, the contaminated individual goes by means of low physique temperature and nostril bleeds earlier than their final transformation. Another minor distinction is within the storyline of Sweet Home, because it entails a various solid of characters with totally different genders and ages, relatively than focusing solely on highschool college students.

After Season 1, the solid of Sweet Home go away their condominium complicated to discover the apocalyptic world outdoors, one thing which hasn’t but been completed in All of Us Are Dead. Cha Hyun-su’s world expands past survival as he’s given the important thing to avoid wasting what’s left of the human race. For All of Us Are Dead, this might be a doable plot level that may be explored additional and a probably new path it may soak up its subsequent installment.

All of Us Are Dead followers is likely to be conversant in the truth that the present is an adaptation of the webtoon “Now At Our School” by Joo Dong-geun. Similarly, Sweet Home can also be based mostly on a webtoon of the identical identify by the creator Kim Carnby. The well-known director Lee Eung Bok was introduced on board for this Netflix adaptation. Previously, Lee Eung Bok labored on traditional Ok-Drama hits, together with Goblin (2016), Mr. Sunshine (2018), and Descendants Of The Sun (2016). Therefore, with Sweet Home, viewers can anticipate the very best of Korean tv. Sweet Home completed airing its closing season in 2024, so the three seasons of the Netflix adaptation, together with the webtoon, can hold followers busy till All of Us Are Dead Season 2 lastly drops.

Sweet Home is offered to stream on Netflix within the U.S.

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