Squid Game

Netflix number#1 right now is a Korean series with an odd name: Squid Game, started on Sept. 17, is a nine-episode series about a world where children's games turn deadly.

Squid Game is bloody and violent that's why it's addictive and watchable.

The first Korean drama to hit the No. 1 after four days of release.

Is Squid Game About Squid?

A group of people desperate and tricked into a deadly tournament of children's games. Realizing the games may be their only chance to win the money they need to survive $38 million US.

But the odds of survival aren't good. It's a well-done drama/horror series. Rich backstories are developed not just for the desperate contestants, but for those running the game.

Squid Game was a game kids once played on a squid-shaped court. It's kind of like Red Rover, or an elaborate version of tag.

Characters are introduced quickly and smoothly, and then the games are on. Once you've watched an episode, it's hard not to keep coming back for more, even if just to see who survives the next twisted game. And then ... that ending.

No question the show has a dark theme and blood spurts freely. Watching children's games turned into deadly battles is unnerving, and it's not for everyone. But the characters are well-developed and the action moves quickly and never lets up for long.