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Nightmarish folktale becomes Netflix Korea thriller 'Mousetrap'

Published 2026-08-20

A popular Korean folktale that warns children about the dangers of carelessly discarding fingernail clippings is the subject of a new Netflix Korea series starring Ryu Jun-yeol. According to the unsettling story, if a mouse eats a person's discarded nail clippings, it can transform into an exact replica of that person. The new series, "Mousetrap," takes the folklore at face value, imagining a far more nightmarish scenario in which a man's life is thrown into chaos after a mouse consumes his nail

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