Sweet Home is a popular K-Drama on Netflix. Despite the fact that most of the Korean series are romantic, this is more about fantasy & horror.
Let’s find out more about it!
- Sweet Home is an apocalyptic horror South Korean television series.
- The cast consists of Song Kang, Lee Jin-wook, Lee Si-young and Lee Do-hyun.
- It is based on the Naver webtoon of the same name.
- The webtoon was created by Kim Kan-bi and Hwang Young-chan.
- It recorded over 2.1 billion net views.
- The series was released on Netflix on December 18, 2020.
- After an unexpected family tragedy, Cha Hyun-soo decided to leave his home and move into an apartment. Soon after, monsters begin trying to wipe out humanity. People inside the apartment are trapped inside the building, realizing that monsters are lurking everywhere outside. Hyun-soo and other residents shield themselves inside the building in hopes of surviving as long as they could.
- The apartment flat where the veteran with amputated legs lives is number 1408.
- This number is in reference to Stephen King’s 1999 short fiction and 2007 film adaption of same name/number.
- The building (interior) used in this movie is the same as in zombie movie Saraitda (Alive) 2020.
- RM of BTS recently recommended this drama in a vlog. (2021)
- Character Seo Yi-kyung is not in the original webtoon where the story is based on.
- Lee Eunhyeok was saved by Seo Yikyung in the beginning of the monster attack.
- Originally in the comics, Eunhyeok was saved by Pyeon Sangwook
- In the original webtoon series, Cha Hyunsu did not meet with Lee Eunyu until in the midst of chaos.
- “Sweet Home” is the most expensive original Netflix Korean drama production to date.
- $2.7 million are spent per episode.
- Hollywood special effects studio Legacy Effects worked on the monsters, they’re known for their works on the “Avengers,” “Avatar” and “X-Men.”
- The visuals for the protein monster and spider monster were created by Spectral Motion, which worked on the Netflix series “Stranger Things.”
- Korean VFX team Westworld worked on the computer graphics.
- The total budget of Sweet Home is around $27 million.
- Song Kang didn’t know about the huge budget, so when he finally found out felt a bit of a pressure.
- Lee Do Hyun Originally Auditioned For Cha Hyun Su
- Lee Do Hyun and Go Min Si are going to reunite on another Drama soon. More specifically they will reunite in KBS 2TV’s upcoming drama “Youth of May”.
- Lee Do Hyun Would Like To Return For The Second Season Of “Sweet Home”
- Director Lee Eung Bok had previously worked on the hit dramas “Goblin” and “Mr. Sunshine,” he was the perfect director for the drama.
- Lee Si Young attended action school and began preparing for the action scenes six months before the filming.
- While no one had told her how much body fat to lose, her trainer told her that she has to have about 8 to 9 per cent body fat for her muscles to show, so she started bulking up and adjusted her diet for the filming.
- It is the first South Korean TV series to enter the top 10 list in Netflix US.
- Also, it was in the top 10 list for forty-two different regions.
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