K-dramas have been a fresh addition to Netflix, but with 2026 settling in, the streamer is beginning to get cozy with the twists. Setting the pace for Q2, If Wishes Could Kill is putting a new spin on the South Korean platter.

Netflix has vowed to slowly deviate from the usual South Korean entertainment format of flowery backdrops and glass skin. The streamer has already eased the audience into K-horror with zombie and battle royale tropes in All of Us Are Dead and Squid Game.

For the second quarter of 2026, Netflix is introducing If Wishes Could Kill, which merges the genres of young-adult and horror. Formerly titled Wish Your Death, the show is going to follow five friends who fall into the traps of a wish-granting app, as per What's On Netflix.

The app in question asks users to upload videos of their wishes for them to come true, but at a hefty price, as per What's On Netflix. The theme also touches on the ambitions that come with being a young adult, and how their presence affects these wishes.

With a plotline that might touch close to home for a big chunk of the present-day population, the cast must be just as tenacious.

The puppeteers of If Wishes Could Kill

Filming for If Wishes Could Kill stretched from March to August 2025. The cast lineup for the show has faces on the fresher side, which includes Jeon So-young, Kang Mi-na, Baek Sun-ho, Hyun Woo-seok, and Lee Hyo Je.

They will don the roles of Se-ah, Na-ri, Geon-woo, Ha-joon, and Hyeong-wook, respectively. Jeon So-nee and Noh Jae-won will also be rounding up the cast with supporting characters of Ha-joon's sister Ha-sal and Bang Ui the Shaman, respectively.

Netflix is set to continue its new-age K-drama content run with If Wishes Could Kill. As April approaches, this new twist of genres is yet to receive an exact release date.

Will you be tuning in to watch If Wishes Could Kill on Netflix? Let us know in the comments below!

Written by

Adiba Nizami

Edited by

Itti Mahajan