To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser that supports HTML5video Netflix viewers have been left ‘traumatised’ after tuning into a new South Korean thriller series. Released last week, The 8 Show tells the story of eight people who are in desperate need of money and are then invited to be contestants on a mysterious reality show . They are then trapped in an eight-storey building, where they can earn money hourly and the longer they stay, the more they can earn.
However, except for food and water, all other resources cost 1000 times more than regular prices. So, to earn more time and money, the contestants must earn more hours by pleasing the unseen audience hiding behind the cameras. But if a contestant dies (or is murdered) then everyone loses.
As the clock gets going, the contestants then learn that some of the group are earning more than others, leading to unrest. Based on the Naver webtoons Money Game and Pie Game by Bae Jin-soo, the dark comedy thriller has been billed as a ‘slow-burn series that reveals just how vulnerable humans are to the darkest sides of a hyper-capitalist society’. It’s unsurprisingly already been compared to the hit show Squid Game .
Not unlike that dark comedy, this series has also seen viewers unsettled by the dark storyline. ‘Finished #The8Show..
..Wow.
Just wow. I have no words other than that,’ user Pat posted on X. ‘God I’ve just watched #The8Show and with no exaggeration, it’s th.