Miniseries · Netflix
If Wishes Could Kill
Got a wish worth dying for?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jeon So-young
Yoo Se-ah
8 eps
Baek Sun-ho
Kim Gun-woo
8 eps
Kang Mi-na
Im Na-ri
8 eps
Hyun Woo-seok
Kang Ha-joon
8 eps
Lee Hyo-je
Choi Hyeong-wook
8 eps
Roh Jae-won
Bang-wool
8 eps
Jeon So-nee
Kang Ha-young / Haetsal
8 eps
Yoon Sa-bong
Coach Song
8 eps
Park Soo-oh
Han Gi-tae
1 eps
Kim Si-a
Do Hye-ryeong
4 eps
Yun Ki-chang
Detective
1 eps
Lee Dong-yong
Taxi driver
1 eps
Jo Young-ji
Se-ah's mother
1 eps
Choi Ju-eun
Kwon Si-won
2 eps
Park Choong-seon
Taxi driver
1 eps
Lee Sang-hee
Eob-soon
1 eps
Sim Su-bin
Yang Hee-jin
1 eps
Park Tae-rin
Lee Dong-jae
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How If Wishes Could Kill actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
If Wishes Could Kill reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A mysterious app promises wishes — then starts a countdown to death. As a group of teens becomes entangled, they must break the deadly chain to survive.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01 · Signature episode
Episode 1
After Girigo grants Choi Hyeong-wook a wish, he introduces the app to his friends, who brush him off. But soon, his behavior grows concerning.
S01E07 · Signature episode
Episode 7
Facing sabotage from spirits, the group hunts for the original phone. But as they close in on their goal, danger and darkness lurk at every turn.
S01E02 · Signature episode
Episode 2
After a sudden tragedy, Yoo Se-ah realizes Kim Geon-woo may be next and rallies her friends to find a solution. But Girigo proves too sinister to stop.
S01E08 · Signature episode
Episode 8
On the brink of defeat, Se-ah confronts the evil behind the curse. Can she stop the unending deaths once and for all?
S01E03 · Signature episode
Episode 3
Seeking to cast out evil, Kang Ha-joon takes Se-ah to his shaman sister — sending her to a cursed space filled with fear, trauma and abandonment.
S01E04
Episode 4
Ha-joon, Se-ah and Bangwool investigate Girigo's origins, chasing an online friend of Hyeong-wook's. They soon discover a house that may hold clues.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01 · Signature episode
Episode 1
S01E02 · Signature episode
Episode 2
S01E03 · Signature episode
Episode 3
S01E04
Episode 4
S01E05
Episode 5
S01E06
Episode 6
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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