South Korean thrillers have always done well on Netflix. I mean, look no further than the sustained popularity of "Squid Game," the hit global sensation that is now getting the Hollywood adaptation treatment . Not every South Korean show can attain "Squid Game" levels of popularity, but some genre entries have made a mark, such as Kim Seong-je's crime film "Bogotá: City of the Lost," which topped Netflix charts back in February. Now, there's a brand new serial killer show that is steadily making waves on the streaming platform: Byun Young-joo's ongoing "Queen Mantis," which melds standard crime thriller tropes with a slow-burn police procedural format.
It is worth noting that "Queen Mantis" is based on another Netflix series, namely the French thriller "Le Mante," where a serial kil