DIRECTOR: Kim Jee-woon
PRODUCERS: Oh Jeong-wan, Oh Ki-min ​    
PRODUCTION CO: BOM Film Productions
​​SCREENPLAY: Kim Jee-woon
PHOTOGRAPHY: Lee Mo-gae
EDITOR: Ko Im-pyo
MUSIC: Lee Byung-woo

WITH: Im Soo-jung (Bae Su-mi), Moon Geun-young (Bae Su-yeon), Yum Jung-ah (Heo Eun-joo), Kim Kap-soo (Bae Moo-hyeon), Lee Seung-bi (Mi-hee), Lee Dae-yeon (Su-mi's doctor), Park Mi-hyun Mrs Bae), Woo Ki-hong (Sun-kyu)

FESTIVALS: Sitges

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REVIEWS

“Loosely adapted from a Joseon-era Korean folk tale, Kim Jee-woon’s shocker tells the story of two close young sisters – one recently released from an asylum – who are not sure what they find more terrifying in their father’s traditionally decorated home: their abusive stepmother or the resident phantoms. A deft, disorienting hybrid of ghost story and psychodrama, this boasts swoon-inducing production design, right from the exquisitely patterned wallpaper that accompanies the opening credits, but it also positively drips with domestic dysfunction and madness, leading to a harrowing, tragic revelation. It’s the very finest horror feature of the Korean wave.”

– Anton Bitel, BFI

“Kim's twisting screenplay lands on a solid emotional foundation that explains, enriches and reverberates back through the film, but he also saves a few heart-grabbing moments to punctuate this tragic back story and leaves a hint of mystery to his unsettling cinematic visions. It makes for one of the best and most haunting of the recent Asian horror films.”

​– Sean Axmaker, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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FILM SOCIETY SCREENINGS

Palmerston North
Wednesday, 20 March, 6.00pm

​​New Plymouth  
Wednesday, 10 April, 6.00pm

Auckland
​Monday, 22 April, 6.15pm

Hamilton
Monday, 08 July, 6.30pm

Nelson     
Wednesday, 17 July, 6.00pm

Whanganui   
Monday, 05 August, 7.00pm

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