Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror

2022

1h 45m

Crime

Documentary

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83%

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6 Reviews

62%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

In this feature-length documentary, Director Choi Jin-seong tells the story of two female college students, a group of journalists and the cybercrime police officers who chased down the "Nth Room", an online criminal network of sexual exploitation. Crafted from interviews, archives, animation and reenactments, the film reveals how women and girls were coerced into uploading explicit materials of themselves to Telegram chat rooms, which ringleaders charged fees in cryptocurrency for tens of thousands of users to access. This is the story of one of the most devastating digital crimes that gripped the region, the age of digital anonymity that allowed it to thrive, and the victims who spoke out to help bring it down.

Natalia Winkelman

New York Times

What could have been an urgent inquiry into the systems enabling sex criminals becomes something more pedestrian — a stylized replay of a game of cat and mouse.

May 20, 2022

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Jae-Ha Kim

Jae-Ha Kim (Substack)

"Cyber Hell" chronicles the Nth Room, which targeted Korean women and underage girls. After tricking them into sending nude 'modeling' photos, the victims were subjected to blackmail, threats, and violent degradation.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 1, 2024

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Sabrina McFarland

Common Sense Media

Writer and director Choi Jin-seong shares an influential learning tool for all with this unimaginable, yet true, account of social media crimes involving sexually exploitative photos and videos.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 6, 2022

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Aurora Amidon

Paste Magazine

Cyber Hell highlights a dark, terrifying reality that we are all susceptible to simply by existing on the internet, without exploiting it

Rated: 7.9/10

May 19, 2022

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Pierce Conran

South China Morning Post

Despite the film’s stylish production and compelling content, the choice to focus on the search for the criminals takes away from the crimes themselves, not to mention the victims who were subjected to them and what they mean for society.

Rated: 3/5

May 19, 2022

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Romey Norton

Ready Steady Cut

From beginning to end this documentary is gripping, entertaining, and a must-watch. I couldn’t take my attention away from it.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 18, 2022

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tripti g

An interesting documentary about the nth room, but they did try a bit too hard to be dramatic with the music etc.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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tan s

Netflix tried too hard to make a News topic into an entertaining movie. They added too much dramatic music and unrelated and unrealistic confessions of the journalist or workers of the TV Station. Disappointment AGAIN from Netflix!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

In this feature-length documentary, Director Choi Jin-seong tells the story of two female college students, a group of journalists and the cybercrime police officers who chased down the "Nth Room", an online criminal network of sexual exploitation. Crafted from interviews, archives, animation and reenactments, the film reveals how women and girls were coerced into uploading explicit materials of themselves to Telegram chat rooms, which ringleaders charged fees in cryptocurrency for tens of thousands of users to access. This is the story of one of the most devastating digital crimes that gripped the region, the age of digital anonymity that allowed it to thrive, and the victims who spoke out to help bring it down.

Director: Choi Jin-seong
Screenwriter: Choi Jin-seong
Genre: Crime, Documentary
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Streaming): May 18, 2022
Runtime: 1h 45m