Even above the huge success of "similar game", it is safe to say that K-dramas, scripted television shows from South Korea, have found widespread success worldwide. This includes shows firmly embedded in the horror genre, with different series that offer everything from Hellish demons to Medieval zombies. When it comes to the latter, there are many Korean franchise -like shows that define the genre "The Walking Dead" and more than just showing Undead. One show standing between The best k-dramas on Netflix is the SWEET HOME horror series, which has several key similarities to The Walking Dead that fans need to check.

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Based on WebToon with the same name from Kim Karnby and Hwang Young-Chan, "Sweet Home" follows protagonist Ja Hyun-Su (Song Kang). After losing his family in a car accident, Hyun-Su moved to a poorly maintained residential complex before the monsters apocalyptically overtaken the Earth. Hyun-Su suggests his colleagues survivors to barricading their apartments and holding the monsters trying to overcome them. Hyun-Su is becoming contagious from monsters, giving him superhuman abilities through powerful transformation as he tries to maintain his new state of control. As the series progresses, the wider influence of the sudden arrival of monsters on society has been explored.

Sweet Home changes things throughout their three seasons to keep the story fresh, and Horror's Fans of Netflix should try the series.

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Fans of any zombie stories, whether it's "The Walking Dead" or "Dawn of the Dead", will recognize the wide concept of survivors that create a defense stronghold against monsters. The similarities to the zombie -the stories are increasingly obvious with the contagious nature of monsters, turning the affected into one of their fungal own. And while civilization breaks around them and survivors are rapidly becoming desperate, the lengths of which they will go to stay alive become clearly visible. This involves literally sacrificing one's own humanity, a common theme through all The many "dead walking" shows.

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Saying this, a "sweet home" can cover a widely similar terrain, but is very different from The Walking Dead from start to finish. The monsters do not work as a zombie, with each creature having its own unique abilities, including the transformed Hyun-Su. This gives the story a almost superhero Reaner, as Hyun-Su learns to use his cursed state as a force for good. A more macro approach to the story, as governments face the implications of the emergence of a monster, offers political stimulation that "dead walking" have never been achieved. "Sweet Home" is a subversion of the usual tropes and, like many K-dramas, blurs conventional lines of genres.

One of The biggest k-dramas made In recent years, of course, in the genre of horror, "Sweet Home" has known elements, but twists them in new and exciting ways.

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