Sweet Home 2 Reigniting The Monster Within

Sweet Home 2 just dropped its trailer and the Netflix series with Song Kang, Go Min Si, and Park Gyu Young’s character is all set to hit the streaming screen. The South Korean monster horror thriller has held tight to its position as one of the most popular Netflix K-drama series to date. Following the first season’s success, the show is heading towards its sequel.

Sweet Home was officially renewed for two more seasons in June 2022, which Netflix announced via a visual teaser. On January 17, the streaming platform revealed that the long-awaited season 2 of Sweet Home will premiere globally in the fourth quarter of 2023. There have been many instances where sequels do not live up to expectations set by the original – Strong Girl Nam Soon is one. We hope Sweet Home 2 will be different. 

The major arc of this series is embellished with a metaphor. Sweet Home in a deeper sense uses monsters as a representation of humans’ deep negative thoughts and emotions. It is just as dark, destructive, and dangerous as the fictional entity that symbolizes it. The Season 2 will undoubtedly expand on this idea but what the show can do to increase its entertainment aspect after the very successful season 1 will define its legacy.

A Glimpse Of Sweet Home 2

The latest trailer of Season 2 offers a glimpse into what the Green Home survivors are faring with monsters taking over the world. It also teases who the real monsters might be with Dr. Lim’s ominous take on events.

Amidst this, Hyun-Su is looking for a vaccine that can help stop his monster identity from taking over as he bids to maintain his humanity and fight for his people.

While all these occur, human survivors are gripped by fear as to who might transform into a monster next. Vaccine research is underway at the Bamseom Emergency Management Bureau.

The Happenings Thus Far

Netflix is slated to debut the second season of Sweet Home on December 1st, 2023. The first season of the show revolved around a high school student Cha Hyun Su played by Song Kang. It featured the Green Home Residents including Lee Jin Wook, Lee Si Young, Go Min Si, and Park Gyu Young fighting against their neighbors who overnight turned into monsters.

The storyline for the second season, shared by Netflix in early 2023, promises a thrilling continuation of the series: “In a world where desire turns monstrous, Sweet Home Season 2 follows Green Home survivors and Hyun-su each fighting to survive in new places, while other beings and mysterious phenomena emerge.”

Visuals

Designers from Legacy Effects, VFX Studio Westworld, and Spectral Motion, who worked on films such as The Avengers and Avatar as well as the television series Game of Thrones and Stranger Things, were recruited for Sweet Home.

Sweet Home was the first South Korean series to enter Netflix’s Top 10 in the United States reaching as high as third. Sweet Home 2 will retain the amazing visuals we saw in Season 1. I hope it will be even better with the experience gained from the first season.

Sweet Home 2 Cast & Crew

According to Netflix, the upcoming season 2 of Sweet Home will involve new settings after our main character Hyun-soo’s (Song Kang) capture by the military, and the remaining survivors’ narrow escape from Green Home at the end of season 1. A new still shows Hyun-soo and Sang-wook (Lee Jin-wook) in the lobby of a never-before-seen building in the series.

The former medical student Lee Eun-hyuk (Lee Do-hyun) does not appear to be returning for the second season. While his ominous final scene in season 1 hinted at Eun-hyuk’s death, the fate of the beloved brainiac remains a mystery.

By the looks of several intriguing stills from the upcoming season 2, it is quite clear that Sweet Home 2 will bring a blood-drenched battle to the table as the line between monsters and humans will blur even more.

The Bottom Line

It shows the best and the worst sides of humanity- one is the will to survive that can unite or turn people against each other; the other is the will to be humane as a way of fighting against the circumstances, but also using the horrifying situation as an excuse to abandon empathy.

This show tells us how humans with greed and selfish intentions can be more dangerous than some monsters. And how monsters can also be helpful and save humans too. With Sweet Home 2 loading we can expect another thrilling ride for us to enjoy. Apart from some of the returning cast members such as Song Kang, Lee Si Young, Lee Jin Wook, Go Min Si, and Park Gyu Young, the show will also include fresh faces.

Sweet Home Season 1 got much acclaim from fans and critics. Will Sweet Home season 2 get the same? If you liked the 1st season of Sweet Home then don’t forget to catch Sweet Home 2 which will debut on December 1, 2023, on Netflix.