Dead-End Job Premiere Turns Temp Work Into Netflix Horror

The Dead-End Job premiere brings a new South Korean horror series to Netflix today, October 30, with a workplace nightmare built around a job offer that sounds too good to be true. The series follows Hyeok-jun, a man struggling with debt who answers an advertisement promising wages 50 times the usual hourly rate.

His new employer, Spider Staffing Agency, sends workers into ordinary-looking locations with one unusual condition: they cannot reveal what happens on the job. Hyeok-jun’s first assignment takes him to a convenience store, where the supposedly simple shift quickly becomes a fight to survive. The premise blends the pressures of everyday work with increasingly bizarre horror.

Inside the Dead-End Job premiere

Lee Jae-wook plays Hyeok-jun, with Ko Min-si, Kim Min-ha and Lee Hee-jun also in the cast. Kim Da-min, a writer on Netflix’s A Killer Paradox, directs the series, while Han Jun-hee, whose credits include D.P. and Weak Hero Class 2, leads its creative development.

Netflix first announced the date and released the teaser trailer and poster on September 30. The trailer introduces the suspicious agency and its ominous rules, offering a preview of the series’ blend of mystery, fantasy and Korean horror. The series is now available on Netflix.