3 Best Queer Thriller K-Dramas for Those Who Loved Beyond Evil
If you are tired of rom-coms.
The South Korean industry is the best at inventing things. The number of sub-genres that exist within the already known ones is just phenomenal! And all kinds of viewers will definitely find something to their taste. Even if the taste is rather edgy…
For example, we recently discovered that thriller K-dramas having obsessive queer characters is a thing, and people really want to find more series with a similar premise.
We think that the obsession may have started after Beyond Evil’s success. So here are 3 more K-dramas to binge if you loved that one.
1. The Devil Judge (2021)
Have you ever wondered what a dystopian version of South Korea would be like? Well, The Devil Judge is set in a country where people hate their leaders and live in chaos. At the center of the story is an aristocratic judge, Kang Yo Han, who punishes corrupt people.
There is also a rookie judge, Kim Ga On, who had a difficult life after the death of both his parents, but still ended up well. While there are also several female leads, the series is clearly a BL drama, but in disguise. The kind of tension between the two judges is not to be taken for granted.
“South Korea has mastered the art of disguising gay love stories as bromances. There’s bromance and then there’s bromance with very clear gay undertones. The Devil Judge is an excellent example of this,” Redditor NoNecessary5 said.
2. The Guest (2018)
At the center of the story is Yoon Hwa Pyung, a young psychic from a shaman family who finds out the secret about a powerful demon called Guest who can control all other demons and make them possess weak people and drive them crazy.
One day he meets Choi Yoon, a young boy born in a religious Catholic family, and Kang Kil Yeong, the daughter of a detective and they become close to each other. But it's the relationship between the two male leads that caught our attention.
The chemistry between them grows naturally and makes you believe in it. And the way they protect each other…
3. Evilive (2023)
This is another low-key queer drama that revolves around some dark stuff. This K-drama revolves around two troubled male leads whose lives intertwine in the most unexpected ways.
When the struggling lawyer Han Dong-soo meets Seo Do-young, the worst villain ever, the second person in the most popular criminal organization, Dong-soo's life changes forever as he gradually turns into a villain as well.
He becomes obsessed with Do-young, and their toxic relationship is so intense that you'll watch the whole show on the edge of your seat.