장화, 홍련 ( A Tale of Two Sisters ) : South Korean movie review
This movie is based on a fourteenth-century Korean folktale. Apparently this folktale has been adapted into many movies over the course of time. This is a psychological thriller / horror movie. When writing about " The wailing ", I mentioned how I do not like horror movies. So why would I watch this one? Because I knew this would similarly change my perception of what this genre can be. And of course, because this is a South Korean movie. Master director Jee-woon Kim gives us another masterpiece. In this movie we see a young girl who is released after treatment in a mental health institution. She visits her family's home in the countryside with her younger sister and father. The young sisters have a forced and awkward reunion with their stepmother. What follows is what this movie takes us through. Image courtesy IMDB Things start normally, and then as we progress we keep noticing eddies in the space - time continuum. The indifferent attitude, the overzealous talking, in