re: "A Tale of Two Sisters" (Korean)

[feygan]

Currently watching "A Tale of Two Sisters" (Korean.) I'm about 33 minutes in, and it's actually kind of boring. Though if you were scared by "The Grudge" or "The Ring," I guess this one could freak you out. Lots of suspense, weird twisting bodies, and strangeness ala "Hide and Seek" (that Robert DeNiro, Dakota Channing movie.)

Anyways, Korean dialog, English subtitles.

Two sisters return home after an unspecified illness to live with with their father and "evil" stepmother. The oldest sister, Su-mi, is kind of sulky and hates her stepmother just for existing. Semi-weird stuff happens around the house and the father doesn't even notice.

I have my suspicions about Su-yeon, the younger sister, but if they turn out to be true, that would just ruin the movie for anyone else that wants to see it. But... I guess I'll find out.

(I'm really bad about ruining movies by guessing the endings before they're even half through. This time, at least, I'm not going to verbalize my movie-ruining ideas. I'll just kind of keep them to myself...)

EDIT: About an hour in and did I call it, or did I call it. I was totally right about this movie. Which probably means I've been watching too many "suspenseful horror" movies lately and should just stop.

EDIT2: Wow. That's all I can say... Wow. Tragic, sad, semi-freaky, and just plain good. Watch it. NOW