Park Eun-bin's Next K-Drama Is a Ghost-Seeing Heiress — Here's Everything We Know About Spooky in Love (2026)

If you fell for Park Eun-bin in Extraordinary Attorney Woo, her next project is about to hit different. The actress — already a household name across Southeast Asia — is trading the courtroom for something far darker: a chaebol heiress who can see the dead. Spooky in Love premieres on tvN on July 18, 2026 at 9:10 PM KST, and it sits right at the intersection of two trends K-drama fans cannot get enough of — occult storytelling and romance.

What Is Spooky in Love About?

Spooky in Love is a drama remake of the 2011 Korean horror-romance film Chilling Romance (오싹한 연애), which told the story of a woman who sees ghosts and the man drawn to her. The drama reimagines that premise on a bigger canvas: Park Eun-bin plays Cheon Yeo-ri, a wealthy heiress hiding a terrifying secret beneath her glamorous life — she can see spirits. When she crosses paths with a passionate, empathetic prosecutor, the two become entangled in an occult investigation romance that blends supernatural suspense with emotional depth.

The Leather Gloves Tell the Whole Story

The first official poster is already generating buzz, and it is all about one visual detail. Cheon Yeo-ri sits alone by a mansion window at night, draped in expensive accessories — but wearing thick leather gloves that clash with everything around her. The tagline reads: "Can you see them too?"

This is not random styling. In occult narratives, sensory-blocking items often serve as control devices for supernatural abilities. The gloves visualize the wall between Yeo-ri's hidden power and the outside world — a form of self-protection. The dramatic contrast between luxury and concealment is the kind of visual storytelling that K-dramas do exceptionally well, and it signals a character with layers worth unpacking over a full season.

Why Park Eun-bin Chose This Role

Park Eun-bin became a pan-Asian star through Extraordinary Attorney Woo, a role that showcased her dramatic range and emotional precision. Choosing a ghost-seeing heiress as her follow-up is a deliberate genre pivot — moving from legal drama into supernatural territory. For fans tracking her career, this signals ambition: she is not repeating what worked but expanding into darker, more complex material.

It is also a smart commercial bet. Occult and fantasy K-dramas have seen surging global demand since the pandemic, with viewers gravitating toward supernatural worlds as counterpoints to real-life uncertainty. Dark romance, occult romance, fantasy romance — these genre hybrids consistently capture wider audiences on streaming platforms because they pull viewers from multiple interest pools at once.

The K-Drama Remake Strategy, Explained

If it feels like every other new K-drama announcement is a remake lately, that is because it is. Korean broadcasters in the mid-2020s are systematically returning to proven intellectual properties from a decade ago — not out of creative exhaustion, but as a calculated strategy. A tested story structure paired with a current star and modern production values is a lower-risk way to attract OTT subscribers in an increasingly competitive streaming landscape.

Chilling Romance was one of the rare Korean films that made both horror and romance work simultaneously. That combination maps perfectly onto the genre-blending formula dominating K-drama in 2025 and 2026. The challenge, as always with remakes, is managing expectations from fans of the original — how much of the film's horror intensity the drama retains will likely shape early audience reactions.

When and Where to Watch

Spooky in Love premieres July 18, 2026 at 9:10 PM KST on tvN. For viewers in Southeast Asia, that translates to 8:10 PM in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines, and 7:10 PM in Thailand and Vietnam. Streaming availability outside Korea has not been officially confirmed yet, but tvN dramas typically land on platforms like Viu, Netflix, or TVING depending on the region — keep an eye on announcements closer to the premiere date.