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Casper The Friendly Ghost Returns This October With ‘Scare School’
Although you may no longer feel the love for the friendliest ghost of all time, try to think back to your childhood and remember how awesome this guy was. Casper took away the fear of ghosts, giving children hope that if they ever encountered a real ghost, it might not be so scary (though it would be absolutely terrifying). Although you may not want to read this, think of the children! This Halloween, KiZoic brings Casper back comic books. Read on for the skinny…
WRITTEN BY: Paul Morrissey and Landry Walker
ILLUSTRATED BY: Various artists
Casper The Friendly Ghost makes his return to comics at last, and he’s bringing his Scare School with him! It’s Halloween in Deedstown, and Casper and the Gang make plans to go trick-or-treating — after all, it’s the one day of the year that they can get together in public without raising much suspicion! But when Wolfie goes candy-crazy, can Casper calm him down before the “fleshies” take notice?”
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The supernatural world of Korean folk horror movie Exhuma grows larger with the arrival of prequel spinoff webtoon Maengjong this weekend, Variety reports today.
Naver Webtoon debuts Maengjong on May 30.
The series hails from Haemuri (Olgami) and will trace the high school origins of how shaman duo Hwarim and Bonggil, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun in the 2024 film, came together to face occultish threats.
The story is set to begin when “Hwarim, who has been concealing her identity following a childhood encounter with a snake spirit called Jin, crosses paths with Bonggil at their school.”
Variety notes that Exhuma director Jang Jae-hyun participated in the project’s early concept stage.
“We are presenting ‘Maengjong,’ a new series capturing the appeal of the horror-occult genre, ahead of the full summer season,” said Lee Jeong-geun, Naver Webtoon’s Korea webtoon content leader. “With the high school story of Hwarim and Bonggil, who left a strong impression in the film ‘Exhuma,’ enhanced by Haemuri’s characteristic tense direction, we expect it will be a welcome work for genre fans.”
“It is meaningful that the spin-off story of ‘Exhuma,’ loved by many audiences, expands by meeting the new grammar of webtoon,” said Lee Hyeon-jeong, managing director of the film business division at Showbox, which distributed the film. “We hope it will be a fresh experience for both film fans and webtoon readers.”
Exhuma was a breakout hit in 2024, becoming the first Korean occult film to surpass 10 million ticket buyers and the country’s highest-grossing film of the year. I wrote in my review that “the intricately woven Exhuma delivers one of the year’s biggest surprises in horror so far.”
The bond between Hwarim and Bonggil was one of the film’s highlights, making this prequel webtoon a must for fans.
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