Start here if you only know the title
If you searched the title first and everything else second, this is the right place to start. It gives you the basics, clears up the app confusion, and points you to the next page you actually need.
English quick take
If Wishes Could Kill is a 2026 Netflix Korean horror series about a wish app that turns deadly. The show app is fictional, but a separate real Girigo listing also exists, so it helps to keep the series and the real app-store page separate.
What most people want first
Format
Series, not movie
The official Netflix title page presents it as a TV series.
Platform
Netflix
Use the official title page as the safest watch route.
Premiere
April 24, 2026
Announced by About Netflix on April 9, 2026.
Core hook
Wish app + death countdown
A mysterious app grants wishes, then starts a countdown to death.
A broad search usually hides a more specific need
Some people search the title because they want to know where to watch. Others want to know whether Girigo is real. Others only need cast, episodes, or the ending. This page helps you sort that out quickly.
If you already know what you want, use the cards below and skip the rest.
Pick by question, not by guesswork
Release date, series-not-movie correction, subtitle-safe viewing, and official watch facts.
Open Netflix guideSeparate the fictional cursed app from the real app-store listing without drama sludge.
Open real-or-fakeJeon So-young, Kang Mi-na, Baek Sun-ho, Hyun Woo-seok, Lee Hyo-je, and the role map.
See cast mapEpisode-number traffic, English-subtitle caution, and where to jump next if you finished the finale.
Browse episodesMeaning, open threads, and why the finale naturally creates season-two searches.
Read ending pageOfficial facts only, pinned to a date so rumor does not pretend to be news.
Track season 2Same name, different meanings
A cursed wish app that makes the plot work. Good for analysis, bad for download decisions.
A real listing described as an emotional wish-recording app by developer Kwonsiwon, updated on March 20, 2026.
An independent explainer whose job is to stop those two meanings from bleeding into each other.
Simple ways to stay out of trouble
FAQ
Yes. Netflix has an official title page for the series.
No. It is a series, not a movie.
The cursed app in the story is fictional. A separate real Google Play listing named Girigo also exists.
Use the cast, episode, ending, and season-two pages linked from this hub instead of forcing every question through one article.
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