**The Hellbound** is a dark supernatural thriller webtoon that blends horror, psychological tension, and social commentary into a chilling exploration of faith, fear, and morality, set in a world where mysterious otherworldly beings suddenly appear to deliver prophetic death sentences before brutally dragging their victims to hell at the appointed time, plunging society into chaos and terror, as the story follows multiple interconnected characters including law enforcement, cult leaders, and ordinary citizens struggling to make sense of the phenomenon while extremist religious groups exploit the events to impose control and justify violence in the name of divine justice, unfolding into a grim and unsettling narrative that examines how humans react when confronted with undeniable proof of the supernatural and the collapse of free will, delivering relentless suspense, disturbing imagery, and philosophical questions about sin, punishment, responsibility, and the dangers of blind belief, while its bleak tone and grounded realism amplify the horror beyond monsters into institutional cruelty and mass hysteria, earning acclaim for its bold storytelling and relevance to modern societal anxieties and later inspiring a globally popular Netflix live-action adaptation, also known as Hellbound webtoon, The Hellbound manga, Jiok, 지옥, Yeon Sang-ho webtoon, supernatural judgment webtoon, religious horror manhwa, dark psychological thriller webtoon, and apocalyptic faith drama series.