TV series

The King of Pigs

2022 · 1 season

A grim, slow-burning descent into childhood wounds and adult vengeance, watching it feels like carrying a heavy, unshakable dread.

Overview: Two friends in the past were victims of serious school bullying. One could not resist his trauma, and becomes a serial killer, walking in the path of revenge. Another one tries his best to overcome the trauma and becomes a police detective. He now faces tragic fate to risk his life to capture the serial killer.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Trauma, revenge, violence, guilt
Content: Strong violence, gore and language. Mild sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
revenge
violence
guilt
justice
Places: big city
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild