The Scarecrow (2026)

For 33 years, retired criminal profiler Kang Tae Ju has buried the Scarecrow case—along with his guilt. But when a imprisoned serial killer linked to those long-unsolved murders insists Tae Ju join the new investigation, the summons is impossible to ignore. The killer claims innocence. Tae Ju suspects a trap. Neither is prepared for what emerges. Dragged back into a world of old evidence and older wounds, Tae Ju must confront ambitious prosecutor Cha Si Yeong—a woman whose difficult past with him is as tangled as the case itself. As DNA reopens wounds and buried secrets surface, Tae Ju realizes the truth isn't hidden in the files. It's hidden in him. The Scarecrow is a haunting Korean thriller about memory, complicity, and the terrifying question: what if the monster you chased was never the monster at all? Some cold cases stay cold for a reason.