WARNING: This article includes SPOILERS for Sweet Home season 3.
Summary
Sweet Homeis over, but the perfect replacement for the monster K-drama starring Song Kang is already streaming on Netflix with a second season on its way. Following a divisive second chapter,Sweet Homeseason 3’s endingwas a satisfying conclusion for the series. Cha Hyun-su, Lee Eun-hyeok, and Lee Eun-yu had a somewhat happy ending after Nam Sang-wok was defeated and neohumans started to learn how to have feelings again.Sweet Homemay have had highs and lows, but its impact and compelling characters cannot be ignored.
Although there are manyK-dramas similar toSweet Home, not all of them have the same tone as the monster show.Sweet Homecan be described as a zombie K-drama due to the tropes it uses, yet it is different enough from other zombie shows. That said,Sweet Home’s spiritual successor is indeed a zombie show –All of Us Are Dead. With a similar premise and a rich cast of up-and-coming Korean actors,All of Us Are Deadhits many of the same notes asSweet Home.
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All of Us Are Deadis arguably the perfect K-drama for those looking for aSweet Homereplacement. Released in January 2022,All of Us Are Deadcontinued Netflix’s trend of developing big-budget Korean webseries. Considering thatSweet Homewas the first Korean show to enter the streamer’s global Top 10, it is reasonable to assume that the success of theSong Kang K-dramaprompted Netflix to continue working with Korean studios and talent.All of Us Are Deadshares many similarities withSweet Home, from behind-the-scenes aspects to the story.
Jeon Bae-soo
Nam So-ju
Firstly, bothAll of Us Are DeadandSweet HomeareK-dramas based on webtoons. Their stories are relatively similar – a group of young characters having to learn how to work together to survive the apocalypse. InSweet Home, society collapses after people start turning into monsters. InAll of Us Are Dead, a school becomes ground zero of a zombie apocalypse caused by a virus created by one of the teachers.Sweet Homeseason 1 was defined by the Green Home building, whereasAll of Us Are Deadwas set mostly at the school.
Despite their many similarities, there are also some important differences betweenSweet HomeandAll of Us Are Dead. WhereasSweet Home’s main character isSong Kang’s Cha Hyun-su,All of Us Are Deadhas four protagonists.Cheong-san, On-jo, Nam-ra, and Su-hyeok all get their time in the spotlight in the zombie K-drama, not to mention all the other students who also play important roles in the story.Sweet Homeis the story of Hyun-su and how the apocalypse connects to what he is going through, whereasAll of Us Are Deadis an ensemble featuring many stories.
UnlikeSweet Home,All of Us Are Deaddoes not hint at anything supernatural.
All of Us Are Deadis also relatively more grounded thanSweet Home, even though it is difficult to describe a zombie series as realistic. UnlikeSweet Home,All of Us Are Deaddoes not hint at anything supernatural. The zombies come from the Jonas virus, which Dr. Lee Byeong-chan created in hopes of turning fear into strength.Sweet Homeis more reliant on visual effects compared toAll of Us Are Dead, as the former features all kinds of creatures, whereas the latter only includes zombies that are often created with makeup and prosthetics.
Of all the similarities betweenSweet HomeandAll of Us are Dead, the biggest of them is how they both continued past the first season despite having already covered their respective webtoons.Sweet Homeseason 1 adapted the webtoon in its entirety, just likeAll of Us Are Deadseason 1’s finale was very similar to how theNow In Our Schoolwebtoon ended.All of Us Are Dead2will be an original story, a controversial strategy thatSweet Home2also used. Without the source material, an adaptation can become very different.
All of Us Are Deadseason 2 still doesn’t have a release date.
Sweet Homeseason 2 looked incredibly different from the first season, from the lack of Cha Hyun-su to the arrival of many new characters who had no counterpart in the webtoon. Additionally, instead of following just one group of characters trying to survive,Sweet Home2 expanded the scope of the show with new locations and storylines.All of Us Are Dead2 will most likely do something similar, which does not mean it won’t work. If done right,All of Us Are Deadseason 2 can be the bigger and better sequel thatSweet Home2 couldn’t be.
Sweet Home
Cast
Sweet Home follows the story of Hyun-soo, a reclusive high school student who moves into the Green Home apartment complex after losing his family. When a mysterious epidemic turns people into monstrous creatures, Hyun-soo and the residents of Green Home must band together to survive, confronting their inner demons and the horrifying threats outside.
All Of Us Are Dead
All of Us Are Dead is a South Korean series that centers on a high school overrun by a zombie virus outbreak. The students, facing an unprecedented crisis, must navigate survival while combating the threat of becoming part of the undead horde.
