I struggled when I was deciding whether or not I wanted to add horror series to the 2021 Halloween list. On one hand, there are some interesting series that I would really like to see. On the other hand, a series takes a lot longer to watch and I only have so much time to watch all of the movies! As you can tell, I decided to attempt to watch all of the series, as well as the movies, this year. The South Korean Netflix series, Squid Game, was first on the list.

A group of 456 people, most of whom are severely in debt, participate in six children’s games in order to win a large sum of money. However, they aren’t told that if they lose a game, they lose their life. Once they find out that little twist, how will that change how they play the games?

When I first started watching Squid Game, it reminded me of the 2007 Japanese drama Liar Game. In both of them, the main character has a debt that needs to be repaid and they are invited to play a game in order to win money to pay off said debt. The big difference is that people die in Squid Game. They just go into more debt in Liar Game, which the contestants act like they will die from it.

I don’t want to spoil the show too much because Squid Game really is something that you should watch. Besides the expected deception and bloodshed, there is a lot of heart in some of the characters. Though I think my favorite part is that you really don’t know what is going to happen. There’s a lot of horror movies where I can guess who is going to die or what the villain is going to do next. I figured that the main characters were going to make it pretty far but as Game of Thrones has shown us, main characters can die early in a series.

While the creator hasn’t said anything about a season 2, I do hope that there will be another season. I really want to see where the characters go from here.

OK, stop reading now and go watch it immediately! Go!