Lee Seo-jin brings horror to summertime

by javabeans

Summer doesn’t just mean horror films (like the upcoming Suicide Pact); it also means horror television (like last year’s Hometown of Legends anthology series).

Lee Seo-jin‘s new project Soul [혼(魂)] fits the bill, airing in August as a ten-episode horror drama. The plot features a ghost seeking to punish evildoers after suffering a wrongful death. It’s set in high school and deals with issues like college entrance exams.

With Soul, MBC is reviving its summertime horror drama programming after 14 years; it first kicked off the subgenre in 1994 with M, which I remember watching and being sufficiently creeped out by. In retrospect, the special effects were cheesy and laughable (also, Shim Eun-ha as a vengeful ballerina!), but at the time it was fresh and new, and marketed as a way of giving viewers a “chill” in the hot summer months.

This follows a year-long break after Lee Seo-jin’s last project, the long historical series Yi San (as well as a high-profile breakup with actress and former co-star Kim Jung-eun).

The female lead, Im Joo-eun, was selected after a fierce open audition; the 21-year-old newcomer got her start in 2007’s Merry vs. Daegu Battle. A team of three writers will pen scripts (In Eun-ah of Goong and Love & Marriage; Park Young-sook of Hello Miss; and Go Eun-nim of Bungee Jumping of Their Own). Directing is Fantasy Couple‘s Kim Sang-ho and Auction House‘s Kang Dae-sun. It follows Triple.

Via TV Report

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