Squid Game: Horror thriller that's taking the whole world by storm 

In the gory thriller that has swiftly become a smash hit on Netflix, competitors play children’s games for huge cash prizes … and if they lose, they die. Can you stomach it?

The true backdrop to the dystopian Squid Game is inequality, a theme it shares with Oscar-winning 2019 South Korean drama, 'Parasite'. Picture: Netflix

What if winning playground games could make you rich?

That’s the basis of Squid Game — the South Korean show currently at number one on Netflix around the world — where debt-ridden players sign up to compete in six games for a cash prize of 45.6 billion won (around €30m).