Who knows if or when its coming to the U.S., but Asian readers who subscribe to HBO will be able to see their new anthology series this coming Halloween season.
Korean actress Lee Chae-Yeon (“Running Man,” “Please Find Her,” “Blow Breeze”) stars in HBO Asia’s six-part hour-long horror anthology and original drama series “Folklore”, premiering October 7, 2018.
All six episodes take place across multiple Asian countries including Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Each episode is based on each country’s deeply-rooted superstitions and myths, and presented in the local language of the country that the episode is based in, with English and local-language subtitles. (Variety)
The six directors involved in “Folklore” are Indonesia’s Joko Anwar (“Halfworlds,” “Satan’s Slave”); Japan’s Takumi Saitoh; Lee Sang-Woo (“Barbie,” “Dirty Romance”) from Korea, Ho Yuhang (“Rain Dogs”, “Mrs. K”) from Malaysia; Eric Khoo (“12 Storeys”) from Singapore, and Thailand’s Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (“Last Life in the Universe”) from Thailand.
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