Killing Romance

Described as "a love story, a musical, a murder plot and a million things in between," the film follows a former star actress as she teams up with her super-fan teenage neighbor in an attempt to escape her toxic marriage to a cartoonishly villainous real estate mogul.

Distressed by the performance of her last movie, Yeo-are flees to the fictional tropical island of Qualla, where she meets a too good to be true real estate developer, Jonathan Na.

The two marry and move back to Seoul, where Jonathan reveals himself to be a status-obsessed and controlling husband, whose eccentricities (like the various pre-styled fake mustaches he wears, or his catchphrase "It's Goooood!")

Grateful, and unaware of Beom-woo's true identity, Jonathan initiates a friendship with the teenager, inviting him over to dinner while Yeo-rae is attempting a second murder, returning to the earlier allergy attack idea.

Filmed early during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the director and crew suffered difficulties securing shooting locations, including rewriting one scene to take place in a jjimjilbang instead of on a yacht, as planned.

The director "clashed with Warner Brothers, which was producing the film, over its length, and when he did deliver a final cut the studio was reluctant to even release it.

[4] In spite of a poor rating and initial unfavorable reviews, the film picked up traction on Twitter and has since gained cult status in Korea, with some moviegoers traveling hours by bus to see the movie and others on their 18th or 20th viewing.