The Hellbound, also known as Hellbound, is a South Korean horror series set in a modern world where angels deliver decrees condemning people to hell, followed by monstrous beings that brutally execute the sentence at a set time. The story follows a small group of individuals, including a pastor whose church exploits the terrifying phenomenon for power and a mother protecting her baby from those who would sacrifice her to save the world. Readers and viewers enjoy it for its intense, visceral horror, its deep philosophical and religious questions about justice, sin, and faith, and its gripping exploration of how a society reacts to an undeniable and violent proof of damnation.