The premise
Chimera incident, a serial murder and explosion crime that shook the year of 1984, takes place exactly the same thirty five years later in 2019. Just like the terrible explosion in the past, the murder of the crime is called Chimera, a monster in the Greek myth with the head of a lion, body as a goat, and tail as a snake that shoots fire through its throat.
Horror Vault's take
Thirty-five years after a devastating series of murders and explosions branded the Chimera case onto South Korea's collective memory, the killings begin again — identical in method, chilling in precision. A driven ensemble of investigators races to untangle two timelines as the body count climbs and the line between hunter and hunted blurs. Named for the fire-breathing mythological hybrid, this Korean crime thriller asks whether the monster is truly human — and how long evil can lie dormant before it resurfaces. Slow-burn tension and layered characters keep the dread simmering from the first episode to the last.
Content: Violence, Murder Depictions, Explosion Imagery, Depictions Of Serial Killing
Episode Guide
S1.E1 · A Strange ShadowPremiere8.0Oct 30, 2021 · 60 min
A car explodes in the middle of the city and kills a person. The cause of the explosion is unknown. Cha Jae Hwan, a detective from the Violent Crimes Unit, notices something strange at the scene. Eugene Hathaway, an FBI agent on duty in Kor
S1.E2 · Another TrapOct 31, 2021 · 60 min
Jae Han gets greeted by Reporter Kim Hyo Kyung at the hospital, and Captain Han realizes that the incidents occurring now are related to the Chimera Case from 35 years ago. Jae Han tries to provoke elite surgeon Lee Joong Yeop with facts of
S1.E3 · Water on Fire9.0Nov 6, 2021 · 60 min
After Ju Seok's death, a special task force gets formed. Jae Hwan gets interrogated for being at the crime scene, and he tells them that the water caught on fire. However, no one believes him. Jae Hwan still suspects Joong Yeop as the culpr
S1.E4 · The English Doctor8.0Nov 7, 2021 · 60 min
Without an attorney at his side, Joong Yeop agrees to get questioned by the police. Jae Hwan tries to get him to talk but ends up losing his pace. In Eugene's interrogation, he skillfully avoids answering any questions. Meanwhile, a call fr
S1.E5 · Checkmate9.0Nov 13, 2021 · 63 min
Seoryun Medical Center's legal team stops the police's interrogation of Joong Yeop, the main suspect, and he is free to leave. After having drinks with the investigation team, Jae Hwan opens up and tells Eugene about his father's death. Now
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