If Wishes Could Kill

Five high school students, one supernatural arbiter, eight episodes that escalate fast

Netflix 2026 8 episodes reviewed
EPISODE 01

If Wishes Could Kill S1E01 Review: A cursed app crashes the friend group before lunch

Netflix's high school chiller opens like a group chat joke that keeps mutating until someone is holding a blade.

EPISODE 02

If Wishes Could Kill S1E02 Review: Se-ah learns the app wants witnesses as much as victims

Girigo's second attack drags schoolyard grief through a cruel group test, and Se-ah answers before she can breathe.

EPISODE 03

If Wishes Could Kill S1E03 Review: Se-ah walks through grief while the curse gets personal

Episode 3 gives the wish app a ritual language, then makes Se-ah pay for every second of survival.

EPISODE 04

If Wishes Could Kill S1E04 Review: Na-ri's wish cracks the curse wide open at Seorin High

A tense ghost hunt becomes a locker-room heist, then drops the season's ugliest secret right on Na-ri's name.

EPISODE 05

If Wishes Could Kill S1E05 Review: Na-ri learns the wish app keeps bloody receipts

Na-ri's drunken dare becomes a body count, while Geon-woo and Se-ah discover Girigo has rules meaner than any classroom rumor.

EPISODE 06

If Wishes Could Kill S1E06 Review: The wish app origin story gets nastier than expected

Episode 6 rewinds through one broken friendship and shows how a private wish becomes punishment the whole school helps deliver.

EPISODE 07

If Wishes Could Kill S1E07 Review: Se-ah runs toward the curse and leaves safety behind

A late-season nightmare sends the kids hunting the red phone, while friendship becomes both shield and trap at once.

EPISODE 08

If Wishes Could Kill S1E08 Review: The curse dies, but Girigo still knows where to hurt

The finale sends **Se-ah** through one last nightmare and leaves Girigo's aftertaste crawling under the victory lap afterward.

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