Thanks to my super fast internet and too much free time I've watched several movies this week, mostly in the horror genre except for "Actresses" LoL
It started with this movie that was free on On Demand, I've been wanting to see for some time
Whispering Corridors 4: Voice
I didn't realize that the main girl Kim Ok-Bin was in this, I remember her from the drama "Over the Rainbow" and turns out that the girl who plays her best friend (Seo Ji-Hye) was also in the same drama with her so they've worked together twice. There's a girl there that looks like a creepy version of SNSD's Yoona.
I then ended up watching 2 more Kim Ok-Bin movies "Actresses" and "Thirst".
I think I had downloaded "Actresses" before watching "Voice" and didn't realize Kim Ok-Bin was in it. LoL It's an interesting movie where 5 Korean actresses from their 20s to 60s come together for a Vogue photoshoot but things aren't go as planned. The cool thing is that they're all playing themselves, some parts are scripted but the majority of the dialogue is improvised by the actresses. So it's a mix of acting and reality. Ok-Bin is a bit awkward and offbeat in this one, it's cute. It was from this movie that I found out she was in "Thirst"
I've been hearing about this movie on the MYX channel since last year and it's by the guy who made "Old Boy". I've seen his other movies "Lady Vengence", "I'm a Cyborg but that's OK" so I know his movies are a bit whacked. All I've been hearing about this movie is that it was a vampire movie. But it was nothing what I expected! The only thing vampirish about this movie is the craving for blood but other than that it was all kinds of crazy. I actually laughed more (in surprise and disbelief) than being creeped out, there's some intentional dark comedy in it. But wow, Kim Ok-Bin was crazy and freaking hot in this movie, her best role yet. I think I have a girlcrush on her now, and I admit it's because she looked strangely sexy in her nude/sex scenes. Nevermind that the lead actor was 20 years old than her IRL. Although a warning, there is male frontal nudity in this movie, one of the firsts in Korea cinema. But it's one of the most interesting movies I've seen by far.
Ok, then I came back to watching the other "Whispering Corridors" movies.
Whispering Corridors 3: Wishing Stairs
I've been wanting to watch this one for a long time too. I found out that Park Han-Byul (aka Se7en's long time girlfriend, who also looks like Jun Ji-Hyun) is in it along with Song Ji-Hyo who looks a bit like Kim Ok-Bin (argh, the girl won't leave me alone! LoL). Probably the creepier and better movie of the series (saw part 2 a few months ago).
Continuing with the school horror movies. I found "Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp", the movie just came out in theaters last month in Korea so I was surprised to find it in good quality. I watched it without subs, but despite that I thought it wasn't as great as the first one although more bloody and gorey than the first one. It's only good if you're a fan of T-ara's Jiyeon who is the main girl in the movie. If you look hard enough you'll also see T-ara's Boram in the background in a few scenes (she did have lines and longer screentime but they were edited out in the final cut). Btw, FYI T-ara's Eunjung was in the first Death Bell movie. I guess I'll give a better review of this when subs come out.
Finally, I watched the 5th installment of the "Whispering Corridors" series: "Blood Pledge" which I think is the last movie of the series. Btw, none of the movies are sequels to each other, it's all a separate story so you can watch it in any order. I this one had a slightly better story and probably the one with the most scares (as in the ghost pops out and loud music kind of scares) whereas the others were creepy but mostly dramatic. One of the main girls looks like a SNSD Seohyun and Krystal lookalike.
Whispering Corridors 5: Blood Pledge
Now, I have to watch the first Whispering Corridors movie which I downloaded a long time ago but never got a chance to watch. But I kinda don't want to cuz it looks so old and dated LoL But I want to give a ranking of all 5 movies of the series.
So yeah, and this has been your K-(horror) movie review with °e who has nothing better to do on her days off. LoL