Squid Game: Replica of show's killer doll 'catches' jaywalkers in Manila

'Mugunghwa kkoci pieot seumnida'. Photo: Handout

What better way to promote a new TV show than to scare the living daylights out of unsuspecting passersby?

In a marketing stunt for Korean thriller Squid Game, which has become a viral smash hit worldwide, Netflix installed a replica of the giant animatronic doll that appears in episode 1 at the Robinsons Galleria mall in Quezon City, Philippines.