Ostensibly a teen fright-fest about a vengeful ghost Whispering Corridors follows in the horror tradition of using the supernatural for displaced social commentary. The film is an illustration of the growing gap in Korean society between the values of the youth and the older generations focused around the misogyny and cutthroat competition in the educational system. It became a huge hit in its native country after word got out that the ministry of education wanted to
Forget the Hollywood remakes - scare yourself this Halloween with the original Korean frighteners in this triple-pack! Each and every one gives you something new to fear. Into The Mirror is the story of Wu Young-Min who quit the police force after inadvertently killing his partner. Now working at a department store when he encounters his ex-rival who is in charge of investigating murders at the store Wu finds himself being pulled into the investigation... Remade by Hollywood with Kiefer Sutherland. Acacia tells of an obstetrician and his wife are unable to have a child and decide to adopt. Later the couple fall pregnant and have a baby of their own. Meanwhile their adopted son grows jealous and runs away. In his absence a dead tree in the garden where he used to play mysteriously comes to life and fills the house with a heavy scent... Finally The Wig is the story of a young woman discharged from hospital after being treated for a cancer. Having endured the devastating effects of her treatment the woman is left without hair and her sister buyers her a wig as a way of clinging on to the little dignity she has left. However it's not long before her sister begins to suspect that the wig has a sinister power that is rapidly taking control of her ailing sibling...
A young couple adopt an orphan boy but he's convinced his true mother has been reincarnated as a tree. Growing attached to the acacia in the garden his new parents become alarmed when he goes missing. Has evil taken root or are ghosts wanting to join the family?
Ghost School Horror features four films set in an all-girls' school... But it's more than students that stalk the classrooms! Each tale is haunted by supernatural happenings and curses. In a country where pupils will attend school from dawn 'til nightfall there's no surprise it breeds disturbing levels of competitiveness or jealousies. Whispering Corridors (Dir. Ki-hyeong Park) (1998): A past pupil returns to school as a teacher. Befriending two very different students she triggers a series of increasingly disturbing events. A teacher is found dead and more deaths follow. Events of the past start to influence those of the present. Memento Mori: (Dir. Tae-Yong Kim and Kyu-Dong Min) (1999) When Min-Ah discovers a secret shared diary written by two students at an all-girls' school she finds it a compelling read. She becomes obsessed with the accounts of a secret romance between the two girls but when one of the students is found dead a new terror seeps through the school. Was it suicide or something more sinister? And what is the true meaning of the words written in the diary memento mori (remember the dead). Wishing Stairs (Dir. Jae-yeon Yun) (2003): There's a legend which claims that if you count aloud 28 steps to the school dormitory a 29th stair appears and a spirit will grant you a wish. Jin-sung hopes to win a vital scholarship to ballet school but when a rival wins it's time to seek out the spirit. But be careful what you wish for... The Voice (Dir. Ik-hwan Choe) (2005): Schoolgirl Young-eon is killed apparently by a mysterious voice that no-one else can hear. Her best friend Sun-min soon starts to hear her ghostly voice imploring her to investigate what it was that killed her. But soon others are starting to hear Young-eon's voice and things start getting out of hand...
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