“Nth Room case” documentary “Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror” is streamed on Netflix, and it sparks public debate in South Korea

A stranger sent a message with the content “Your photo has been stolen and needs to be confirmed” and attached a link. When you clicked on the link, you were hit by a phishing attack, and the so-called “Internet hell” began…

The documentary “Cyber ​​Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror”, adapted from the Nth Room case that had an impact on South Korean society, has recently been launched on the streaming platform Netflix, causing heated discussions in South Korea.

From the group of college students who initially tracked the Nth Room case, to the reporters who conducted formal interviews after receiving reports, to the Internet police who tracked the prisoners, the documentary revealed the truth of the incident through interviews with 24 relevant people.

“From the very beginning, I wanted to make it a fascinating crime movie,” said Jin-seong Choe, the film’s director. Most of the previous crime documentaries were about serial killings, antisocial personality disorder and other traditional crimes. , while “Cyber ​​Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror” records a new type of “cyber crime”.

“As long as you are Korean audiences, you must have a little understanding of the ‘Room N’ incident, but after watching this work, everyone will feel that the truth of the incident we know is just the tip of the iceberg.”

Jung Deok-hyun, a Korean popular culture critic, believes that the society’s attention to related topics and the way it is presented in films have made the documentary well-received in Korea and abroad.

According to the statistics of the online video content service ranking website “Flix Patrol”, “Cyber ​​Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror” ranked second in the Korean Netflix movie list after its launch on May 18, and has remained at the top for three consecutive days since then.

According to Yonhap news agency of Korea, the documentary has also achieved good results in lists such as Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore, and ranked 18th in the world in the Netflix movie rankings.

“As for the crime facts, the documentary is presented in a metaphorical way through monochromatic animation, on the one hand to prevent the occurrence of secondary injuries, on the other hand, it reminds the audience of the seriousness of the problem, conveying that even ‘room N’ The main culprit of the incident has been arrested, and cyber crimes are still being staged in reality.”

Many Korean netizens commented, “The documentary allows us to understand their suffering from the standpoint of the victims”, “This is a good subject, and I hope to continue to disclose social crimes through film subjects”, “The documentary presents cybercrime. This is the worst type of crime of the 21st century, and it is outrageous that it can happen at any time in reality.”

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