The ‘It’ll be good if they played it straight’ HELLBOUND Netflix trailer.

I would be more confident of HELLBOUND if it lived up to this trailer.

But the problem here is that modern popular culture has a real issue with taking seriously the idea of ‘Some things are objectively bad and deserve to be punished, whether you like it or not.’ The odds are great that this flick will wimp out and make the supernatural antagonists hypocrites, liars, or just wrong. Even though the real frisson of horror for the audience would come when they realize how all those relatable, real characters are really going to Hell and that’s it, that’s the ending, REPENT, YE SINNERS.

But maybe I will be pleasantly surprised. It’s a South Korean flick, after all. Maybe other cultural cinematic assumptions would be in play.