Like a fairy tale set in a haunted house, this terrifying psychological horror yarn from Korea preys upon deep-rooted fears of adolescence, insanity and evil stepparents while scaring the bejabbers out of us. After a lengthy convalescence at a sanitarium following the death of their mother, teenage Su-mi (Soo-jung Im) and her younger sister, Su-yeon (Geun-young Moon), return to the dark, wooden house deep in the Korean countryside where their passive, depressed father, Mu-hyun (Kab-su Kim), lives with his second wife, Yun-ju (Jeong-a Yeom). It's an uncomfortable homecoming: Yun-ju resents the girls' reappearance nearly as much as they resent her attempts to replace t...
Released:
2003
Rated:
NR
Length:
115 mins