Finished ‘If Wishes Could Kill’? Here Are the Best Dark Teen Thrillers to Watch Next

If you have just burned through Netflix’s newest Korean horror sensation and found yourself staring at the credits wondering what to stream next, you are not alone. ‘If Wishes Could Kill’, originally titled ‘Girigo’, is a South Korean young adult horror series directed by Park Youn-seo, following five high school students who must uncover the truth behind a mysterious wish-granting application after it begins predicting their sudden deaths. The show arrived on Netflix in April and immediately sparked conversation about where the genre goes next.

With its clever mix of teen drama, tech horror, and occult mystery, ‘If Wishes Could Kill’ represents a bold attempt to blend Korean folk tradition and modern tech anxieties into a story that keeps viewers guessing until the very end. The deeper pull, though, is the way it holds a mirror up to teenage insecurity and the terrifying idea that a single reckless decision can spiral into something irreversible. If that combination hooked you, the following shows are built from the exact same DNA.

The Supernatural App Thriller That Started It All: ‘Red Rose’

BBC’s ‘Red Rose’ is a British horror drama series that revolves around the experiences of Rochelle Mason and her close group of friends whose smartphones are gradually taken over by a mysterious app that issues threatening demands and warns of dangerous consequences if they refuse to obey. The parallels with ‘If Wishes Could Kill’ are almost uncomfortably close, which is exactly why fans of the Korean series tend to fall hard for this one.

Created by Michael and Paul Clarkson, the story shares a connection with ‘If Wishes Could Kill’ through its visually engaging depiction of teenage angst, supernatural elements, and the uncertainty of technological development. The horror here does not rely on jump scares alone. It builds its dread through the creeping realization that the phone in your pocket could become the most dangerous thing in your life.

Like ‘If Wishes Could Kill’, it blends teen insecurity with modern technology gone rogue. It feels current, sharp and properly unsettling because the horror sits right inside the phone everyone refuses to put down. For anyone craving more supernatural app thriller content, ‘Red Rose’ is the most direct recommendation on this list.

The Korean Teen Horror Series You Cannot Skip: ‘Night Has Come’

‘Night Has Come’ is a South Korean horror mystery thriller drama series written by Kang Min-ji, revolving around a group of high school students on a field trip who are forced to play a deadly game of mafia where the only way to survive is to kill their fellow classmates. The series shares the same pressure-cooker energy that makes ‘If Wishes Could Kill’ so hard to put down once you start.

Following a group of high schoolers on a field trip, this gripping K-drama showcases them being forced to participate in a deadly mafia game. The twist here is that they must choose someone to eliminate each night or risk facing the repercussions themselves, trapping a bunch of unsuspecting teens into a mysterious, rule-based system where they have to watch behind their backs or lose their lives.

‘Night Has Come’ is brutal, fast-moving and packed with tension that keeps climbing. If you loved watching the students in ‘If Wishes Could Kill’ navigate an impossible situation where trust evaporates by the episode, this Korean horror series will scratch exactly the same itch with its own nightmarish twist on social dynamics and survival.

The Deadly Wish K-Drama of the Zombie Variety: ‘All of Us Are Dead’

This Korean hit throws students into survival mode when infection tears through their high school. The school setting, the sudden rise in violence, brutal deaths, and the supernatural elements of the narrative connect it directly to ‘If Wishes Could Kill.’ Where ‘If Wishes Could Kill’ channels its dread through a cursed app, ‘All of Us Are Dead’ channels it through an outbreak that turns the hallways of a high school into a warzone.

‘All of Us Are Dead’ is a series that reviewers who follow Korean horror productions have compared favorably against newer entries in the genre, with some critics preferring its intensity to lighter recent offerings in the YA horror space. It also has the advantage of a confirmed second season, giving viewers a reason to invest fully in its sprawling cast of characters.

The show operates on the same core emotional frequency as ‘If Wishes Could Kill’, placing teenagers in a situation where the adults around them have either failed them or disappeared entirely, and where friendship, rivalry, and sacrifice become matters of life and death rather than just social drama.

Dark Teen Thriller Shows With a Moral Bite: ‘Girl From Nowhere’

‘Girl From Nowhere’ is a Thai psychological mystery thriller series that follows Nanno, a mysterious and brilliant girl, as she transfers from one school to another, exposing the lies and sinister deeds of the students and the teachers along the way. The show shares ‘If Wishes Could Kill’s preoccupation with the consequences of wanting something badly enough to cross a line for it.

The series creates a mystery around Nanno, as viewers wonder who she is as she supernaturally delivers punishments against the morally bankrupt. The storytelling is swift and the consequences brutal, with the results being thought-provoking and Nanno herself being both terrifying and charming.

Using anthology-style storytelling, the show wraps moral lessons into thrilling stories of horror and satire, making Nanno’s mystery and unpredictability the best part of the series. If what gripped you most about ‘If Wishes Could Kill’ was the idea of desire as a form of self-destruction, ‘Girl From Nowhere’ takes that theme and weaponizes it across multiple layers of dark, stylish storytelling.

The Streaming Landscape for Fans of This Genre

Viewer reactions to ‘If Wishes Could Kill’ have been varied but lively, with some audiences praising the sharp concept and arguing that cursed-tech horror feels painfully believable right now. There is also a growing appetite for horror series that say something about pressure, loneliness and image culture instead of simply throwing shadows around corridors. That appetite is precisely what makes this entire subgenre worth paying attention to.

As for ‘If Wishes Could Kill’ itself, the series debuted with 16.9 million hours viewed in its first week, equating to 2.8 million Netflix views, and Netflix has yet to officially renew it for a second season. The mid-credits scene, however, strongly hints at more story to tell, and director Park Youn-seo has already commented on what a potential second season could explore.

Whether or not ‘If Wishes Could Kill’ returns for another chapter, the genre it belongs to is clearly gaining momentum. The combination of school settings, moral consequence, and supernatural threat has proven irresistible across Korean, Thai, Japanese, and Western productions alike, and the best of the bunch reward viewers who stick with them. Which of these shows are you planning to watch first, and do you think ‘If Wishes Could Kill’ earned a second season or should the Girigo curse stay buried?