Showbox, Melo, "If We" and 10 million "Bang Sa Nam" followed by Kim Hye-yoon's horror "Salmokji."

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Showbox will meet the audience with the horror film Salmokji, following the melodrama "If We" and the 10 million historical drama "The Man Who Lives with the King."

"Salmokji" is a horror film that takes place when an unidentified figure is taken in the road view of "Salmokji" and the filming team heading to the reservoir for re-filming faces something in the dark and deep water.

I loved you so much The melodrama "If We," in which a broken lover reunites by chance and recounts the traces of his or her memory, stimulated a consensus by drawing love, separation, and reunification that anyone would have experienced at least once. In the affectionate narratives of the two, the audience showed excessive immersion by recalling the memories of their past love, such as sharing their first love stories on SNS or substituting their separation experiences. In particular, the unique sensibility and OST of the early 2000s attracted audiences to those times, proving once again the power of the melodrama genre, which lasts for a long time even after leaving the theater.

In 1457, Cheongryeongpo, a village mayor who claimed to be exiled for the revival of the village, and "The Man Who Lives with the King," a story of a young predecessor who was exiled after being deposed, are also gaining explosive word of mouth with heavy lingering effects, tugging at the hearts of audiences of all generations and genders. Audiences who watched the movie are deeply immersed in the work, such as filling the review window in the Yeongwol Jangneung map where King Danjong is asleep with appreciation of the movie and visiting Yeongwol Cheongnyeongpo, which was a exile, to continue the afterglow. In addition, an increasing number of audiences are continuing the so-called "endemic illness" by leaving constant reviews on SNS along with the Nth viewing.

Amid the "over-immersive" trend that is heating up theaters in 2026, "Salmokji" is also attracting attention as an immersive horror. Salmokji will invite the audience to the middle of the Salmokji against the backdrop of the reservoir on the screen, and convey the paradoxically isolated fear in the vast space. It is expected that the unique characteristics of the water ghost that attracts characters, as well as the bizarre events at the salmokji site, will attract the audience, and it will add fun to find interpretations or add solutions even after watching the movie. Already, prospective audiences have been enthusiastic about finding hidden beings or clues in posters and trailers, sharing them on online communities and social media, and paying attention to ghost sightings directly experienced by directors and actors of "Salmokji" on the set. With the release, expectations are high on what kind of hyper-immersive syndrome "Salmokji" will bring about.

Meanwhile, Salmokji is scheduled to be released on April 8.

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