How many episodes are in If Wishes Could Kill?

If Wishes Could Kill has 8 episodes in this listed season.

When does If Wishes Could Kill premiere?

If Wishes Could Kill premieres on 2026-04-24.

Is If Wishes Could Kill a new series?

If Wishes Could Kill is a new series (Season 1).

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If Wishes Could Kill(2026)

Also known as Wish Your Death • Girigo • جيريغو: أمنيات قاتلة

Archived · Netflix

7.3168 eps

S01

MysteryDramaHorrorThriller

ON AIR: APR 24Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

If Wishes Could Kill is a tight horror thriller built around a single, propulsive premise: five Seoul high schoolers receive death warnings through a wish-granting app, and each episode drives hard toward a deadline rather than letting the dread settle into atmosphere. The miniseries format suits the material well, keeping the story focused and the clock always running.

A dead classmate sits behind everything, and the mystery of that death gives the show a concrete puzzle to pull apart rather than free-floating menace. The five friends share both the danger and the secrets, so the horror keeps folding back into the group itself, into who knew what, who wished for what, and who might not survive the truth coming out.

Best for

digital dread, deadline survival and Mystery

Story lane

Mystery and Drama

Commitment

Season 1 · 8 episodes

Where

Netflix

Official Premise

Follows five friends in high school who receive a death warning from a mysterious wish-granting app. As they struggle to escape their fates, they uncover chilling truths that connect the app to the sudden death of a classmate.

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Strongest Match

The Shards keeps the same high school dread, where danger creeps in under polished privilege and every scene feels like it is counting down. Like If Wishes Could Kill, it leans on tight, escalating tension and unsettling secrets among classmates, but the menace stays slower, moodier, and more psychological.

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Why this pick

I Will Find You delivers the same relentless, deadline-driven tension as If Wishes Could Kill, with each episode pushing a desperate search into sharper danger. Where the app warning forces five friends to scramble, this one centers on a father’s urgency and buried truth, making the chase feel more personal and grounded, less tech-horror.

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Why this pick

Girl from Nowhere shares If Wishes Could Kill’s knack for turning school life into a pressure cooker, where secrets and cruelty snap into view fast. Instead of one shared warning, it uses self-contained high school episodes with an outsider exposing abuse and delivering twisty payoffs, so the scares feel colder and more episodic than one continuous countdown.

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