A suffocating young-adult supernatural horror where digital convenience bleeds into visceral dread, etching a harrowing nightmare of unchecked desire like blood slowly pooling across a glowing, cold smartphone screen.
If Wishes Could Kill
기리고
"Got a wish worth dying for?"
24 April 2026
— 24 April 2026
South Korea
1 season
8 episode
Ended
8.1
(157)
Cast: Jeon So-young, Baek Sun-ho, Kang Mi-na, Hyun Woo-seok, Lee Hyo-je
Drama
Mystery
The Deadly Price of Unchecked Desire
Technological Alienation and Modern Urban Folklore
Adolescent Envy, Guilt, and Broken Friendships
The Collision of Traditional Shamanism and Modernity
If Wishes Could Kill — Movie Quotes
Memorable Quotes
사주를 적고 소원을 말하면 이루어진다는 말, 들어 본 적 있어?
Context
Spoken to Do Hye-ryung in a flashback during Episode 6.
Meaning
Sets the entire origin story of how the physical ritual was conceived before becoming digitized.
소원의 대가는 죽음이다.
Context
Appears across episodes on the screen of anyone whose wish is granted.
Meaning
Cements the non-negotiable rule of the curse.
절대로 뒤돌아보지 마.
Context
Spoken to Yoo Se-ah in Episode 8 during Se-ah’s journey into the spiritual underworld to sever the app's curse.
Meaning
Serves as a vital instruction for surviving the spiritual underworld.
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