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Nightmare Teacher

2016 · 1 season

A creeping, uneasy school mystery that keeps you leaning in, watching ordinary hallways turn quietly wrong.

Created by
Hyun Moon-seop
Genres
Mystery, Drama
Starring
Uhm Ki-joon, Kim So-hyun, Lee Min-hyuk
Overview
A homeroom teacher of Yosan Private High School has an accident, and thus a substitute comes to fill in. Han Bong-Gu is a mysterious man, and after strange occurrences the class president Ye-Rim tries to get to the bottom of this mystery.

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Created by
Hyun Moon-seop
Genres
Mystery, Drama
Starring
Uhm Ki-joon, Kim So-hyun, Lee Min-hyuk
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • identity
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • fate
Places
  • school
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour2
Realism5
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
mystery, drama
Created by
Hyun Moon-seop
Written by
Jung Yoo Suk, Hyun Moon-seop
Starring
Uhm Ki-joon, Kim So-hyun, Lee Min-hyuk, Seo Shin-ae, Baek Seung-do, Kim Ji-ahn, Jang Kyoung-up, Kim Da-ye
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 16 min each
Network
NAVER TV
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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