Netflix has released a first look trailer at its upcoming documentary into a horror sexual abuse ring that shook South Korea in 2019.
The stomach-turning documentary Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror is set to drop on the streaming platform on May 18 and tells the story of one of the country's biggest online sex abuse rings.
In the documentary director Choi Jin-seong investigates the "Nth Room" case, an online network in South Korea which dealt in blackmail, cybersex trafficking, and which disseminated videos of sexual exploitation across Telegram between 2018 and 2020.
A South Korean court sentenced the mastermind Cho Ju-bin to 40 years in prison after he was found guilty of running a group which blackmailed girls into sharing sexual videos that were then posted in pay-to-view chatrooms.
Some 74 people, including 16 underage girls, were exploited and at least 10,000 people used the chatrooms, with some paying up to £1,000 for access.
The new Netflix true-crime trailer features snippets of interviews with investigators and journalists as well as sinister footage of the 26-year-old online network leader.
Netflix’s official synopsis of the film reads: “Anonymous and exploitative, a network of online chat rooms ran rampant with sex crimes. The hunt to take down its operators required guts and tenacity.”
After the streaming giant released the trailer, Netflix fans commented on the harrowing upcoming documentary, with one writing: “This seems interesting. I got chills while watching this trailer.”
Another wrote: “This looks very interesting. ! So many scammers on the internet and so many victims. Ugh!”
A fellow Netflix viewer posted: “This is one of the most horrible cases, it's good to see that Netflix is doing something about it!!”
Another commented: “This looks insane. I'm definitely interested to see how this plays out,” as a fellow viewer wrote: “This case is one of the most horrific cases I've seen in my life.”
Cyber Hell explores how two college students, a group of journalists, and cybercrime police officers uncovered the ringleaders behind "Nth Room".
Another chilling documentary hitting the streaming platform next month is Our Father, which follows the story of former fertility doctor Donald Cline, who fathered 50 or more children by illegally artificially inseminating his sperm into women.
The story first broke in 2016 after one sibling reached out to a local news station and since then, the story of the half-siblings has taken the world by storm.
Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror will be available to stream on Netflix from May 18.
