If Wishes Could Kill (2026)

So why did nobody wish for it to stop?

With all the wishes being made, you would think at least one person would say, "Okay, a supernatural curse is following and killing everyone; let’s try wishing for it to stop." But no. Not once. It wasn't even on anyone's radar. They just wished for literal nonsense; not a single wish was actually beneficial to the plot.

To be fair, horror shows aren't my favorite. I usually dislike them because of the way characters act without a single common brain cell, and this show managed to capture everything I hate about the genre in its entirety.

Imagine everyone around you is dying from a supernatural curse and your major focus is... that. You're 18 years old, and all you can think about is yourself and some boy? Nari is one of the worst-written characters I’ve ever witnessed in K-drama history. Honestly, her demise is one of the main reasons I’m rating this mediocrity as high as I am. Almost all the characters were so annoying that I found myself more interested in the side characters, who at least provided some entertainment. I know it sounds wrong, but I wanted the villain to win. I wanted all of them to die because that’s how bored I was. The antagonist was completely justified; she took the phrase "I want my enemies to suffer" literally.

Moving past the characters, the plot was so confusing it was hard to keep track of what was happening. The creators relied heavily on cheap jump scares to keep you motivated to watch. The beginning was also far too fast-paced. I understand it’s only eight episodes at less than 45 minutes each, but how can you kill off a supposedly "important" character so early and expect viewers to care? People were dying in almost every episode, and my only reaction was, "Oh, okay." No shock, no emotion—just "What’s next?"
It’s not a bad drama—I’m sure someone else will rate it higher than I did—but it’s not very good either. It’s the kind of show you watch once and then immediately forget. Like so many other Netflix Korean dramas lately, it feels more about churning out content than taking the time to develop a show with actual substance.

This is just my review, but definitely try it for yourselves.

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The story was quite compelling. The execution was something else completely.

The drama was shot beautifully. The acting was super good. However, the characters as they were written were hard to connect with because we never spend time with these people to understand their motives. So when they cry or die we feel nothing which isn't good. Even the dialogue felt unnatural, but we had little time to question it before the characters were thrown in another sticky situation.

My final thoughts are the logic of the the world they build is none existent. A child dies at school, no police, parents or social services are involved, because why? We are too busy trying to get back to story of the cursed app with only 4 kids on the case.

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