Is this the next Squid Game? Gruesome Korean thriller Bargain about organ harvesting and a bloody battle for survival is being compared to Netflix's smash hit
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Is this the next Squid Game? Gruesome Korean thriller Bargain about organ harvesting and a bloody battle for survival is being compared to Netflix's smash hit

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A gruesome Korean drama about the dark world of organ harvesting has been dubbed the next Squid Game by fans. Bargain, the gruesome Korean drama streaming on Paramount+, is being hailed a 'new Squid Game' as characters battle for survival The dark series is a reimagined version of a 2015 short film which won several awards at the Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival in South Korea the following year. But there is another parallel to be drawn with this gruesome, dystopian Korean series which is set to take the world by storm - Netflix's smash hit, Squid Game. However, while many may point to unintentional similarities with Squid Game, Jeon insisted his conscious influences were Hollywood blockbusters including war epic 1917 and Michael Keaton drama, Birdman.

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