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Parasyte: The Grey (Korean: 기생수: 더 그레이) is a 2024 South Korean sci-fi horror body snatcher television series directed and co-written by Yeon Sang-ho. The series is a live-action spin-off of the manga series Parasyte by the Japanese artist Hitoshi Iwaaki and depicts a confrontation with unidentified parasitic creatures that live on humans and have the urge to kill humans. It stars Jeon So-nee, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Lee Jung-hyun. It was released worldwide on Netflix on April 5, 2024, and received generally positive reviews. Synopsis A group of mysterious parasitic creatures fall from outer space and begin using humans as hosts, killing them, and completely transforming them into unique creatures that can shapeshift their heads into anything. The Grey is formed, led by Choi Jun-kyung, who saves the society from parasite attacks and keeps it completely off the news and social media. Her husband was one of the first parasites, she keeps him as a hunting dog, captive under a skull mask due to which he informs the team Grey when any parasite is nearby as Parasites can sense their own kind when around them. Jeong Su-in is a cashier at a supermarket who is attacked by a drunk customer after work. She wakes up in hospital with the assailant dead. Police officer, Kim Chul-min, tells her that the suspect was cut open in the middle. Su-in and Chul-min share a bond from years ago when Su-in reported on her abusive father and was rescued by Chul-min. Su-in is cornered by two parasites to confirm if she is one of them. This is witnessed by Seol Kang-woo, who is ambushed by Su-in's Parasite. Kang-woo, is a small time thug, who mentions that one of the parasite was his older sister whereas his younger sister was missing. Parasite in Su-in, named Heidi, gives him task to inform Su-in of her presence. Apparently Heidi could not take complete control of Su-in's body as she was stabbed by the drunk man hence she is living in Su-in's subconscious and only awakes to protect her as she can not leave her body. Jeong Su-in is again chased by parasites and is taken to a secluded church where there are many parasites and their leader, a pastor. They hear a noise, apparently, Kang-woo is also there who found his younger sister's body. Parasites chase him while he escapes with help of Su-in. While inspecting the site, Chul-min finds the key chain he gave to Su-in. He meets her to question her about it but is attacked by Jun-kyung who followed him. Su-in passes out and Chul-min's partner Kang Won-seok kills the hunting dog which is witnessed by Kang-woo. Su-in is taken captive by team Grey despite her results being negative. Chul-min and Kang-woo team up to free her during her transfer. During transfer a group of Parasites attacks them and Kang-woo takes the chance and succeeds in freeing her. Chul-min is killed by the Pastor's parasite who later takes his physical form and joins Won-seok to kill all the Parasites at a location with help of team Grey. Su-in informs Jun-kyung about the parasites in the team but she does not believe her initially, however after some investigation she starts suspecting that there are moles in her team. A parasite who uses Kang-woo's older sister body wants to work together with Su-in to kill the Pastor's parasite and they agree to ambush Pastor's plan to take over Mayor's body during festival celebration. At the festival, Pastor's parasite leaves Chul-min's body and takes over Won-seok. Later it leaves his head to get into Jun-kyung as the mayor has escaped with the help of Kang-woo. But Su-in saves her, whereas Jun-kyung kills Won-seok. Cast Main Jeon So-nee as Jeong Su-in / Heidi: a young woman with a traumatic past who becomes a parasite victim; when it fails to take over her brain due to her stab wounds, she enters a bizarre coexistence with it, unlike other parasites. Koo Kyo-hwan as Seol Kang-woo: a small-time gangster who initially tracks down parasites in order to find his younger sister but teams up with Su-in after learning of her condition. Lee Jung-hyun as Choi Jun-kyung: the team leader of "Grey Team", a task force that wants to eradicate parasites. Supporting Kwon Hae-hyo as Kim Chul-min: a senior detective at Namil Police Station, whom eventually becomes infected with a parasite. Kim In-kwon as Kang Won-seok: Cheol-min's junior detective who also secretly teamed up with the parasites. Yoon Hyun-gil as Seol Kyung-hee: Kang-woo's elder sister who is infected by a parasite. Lee Hyun-kyun as Kwon Hyuk-joo: A pastor, and the leader of the parasites. Moon Ju-yeon as Seol Jin-hee: Kang-woo's younger sister who went missing. Special appearances Masaki Suda as Shinichi Izumi: the protagonist of the original Parasyte manga and anime series. Production Development Developed under the working title The Grey (더 그레이; Deo geure-i), Parasyte: The Grey was a collaboration between Netflix and director Yeon Sang-ho. Yeon and Ryu Yong-jae team up to direct and write the series. Climax Studio and Wow Point managed the production. Casting Koo Kyo-hwan and Jeon So-nee were cast to play the lead roles for the series. Koo and Jeon together with Lee Jung-hyun were officially confirmed as the main characters for the series on August 24, 2022. Release Parasyte: The Grey was released worldwide on Netflix with six episodes on April 5, 2024. Reception Critical response On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 10 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.8/10. Craig Mathieson of The Age wrote that "it works best as a horror tale, with the possessed humans transforming into monstrous form and back again as authorities try to stamp out the infiltration". In Ready Steady Cut, Jonathan Wilson gave a 3/5 stars and stated that "in a media climate saturated with zombies and monsters of all types, and with parasites both literal and otherwise, there was a better story to be told and a better show to be made with these same bones" and "the action and visuals do a lot of heavy lifting for Parasyte: The Grey, but the premise and themes are underexplored". Kate Sánchez rated it 9.5/10 and wrote in But Why Tho?, "as a horror series, Parasyte: The Grey is superb" and "as sci-fi, it’s exciting", but "more importantly, as an adaptation, this is a showstopper". Joel Keller wrote in Decider, "Parasyte: The Grey has enough action to hold viewers’ interest, but the story of Su-in’s mutant existence is also what’s going to keep us watching". In Digital Mafia Talkies, Pramit Chatterjee gave a 5/5 stars and proclaimed that "Parasyte: The Grey is a great extension of Hitoshi Iwaaki’s manga, while also being a relevant piece of art that comments about the times that we are living in". Pajiba's Dustin Rowles described it as "a gloriously schlocky, B-movie-esque escape from reality" and "Director Yeon Sang-ho (of Train to Busan fame) serves up six episodes of gory creature designs and fight scenes that will have you simultaneously wincing and cheering". Steven Nguyen Scai.... Discover the Kim Grey popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Kim Grey books.