Sunday, July 26, 2020

{Review} 여곡성 (The Wrath)

Synopsis|줄거리
Original Title: 여곡성
Also Known As: The Wrath
Director: Yoo Yeong-seon
Distributor: Smile Entertainment
Released: November 8, 2018
Genre: Drama/Thriller/Paranormal/Horror
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea
My Rating: 7/10
Add To: Amazon
In the household of Lee Gyeong-jin, a high-ranking official of Joseon Kingdom, three sons die from an unidentified horror. A woman pregnant with a child of the third son soon learns of the evil spirit that haunts the house.

“들은 것을 말하지 말고, 본 것은 기억하지 말라” 원인 모를 기이한 죽음이 이어지는 한 저택. 우연히 이곳에 발을 들이게 된 옥분은 비밀을 간직한 신씨 부인을 만난다. 신씨 부인은 옥분에게 집안에 있는 동안 반드시 지켜야 할 규칙을 이야기하고, 옥분은 상상조차 할 수 없는 서늘한 진실을 마주하게 된다. 죽음이 소리 내어 울기 시작한다! 살고 싶다면, 귀를 막아라!

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

{Review} 기억의 밤 (Forgotten)

Synopsis|줄거리
Original Title: 기억의 밤
Also Known As: Forgotten
Director: Jang Hang-jun
Distributor: BA Entertainment 
Released: November 29, 2017
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea
My Rating: 5/10
Add To: Netflix
When his abducted brother returns, seemingly a different man with no memory of the past 19 days, Jin-seok chases after the truth behind the mysterious kidnapping.

새 집으로 이사 온 날 밤 정체불명의 괴한들에게 납치된 형 유석. 동생 진석은 형이 납치된 후 매일 밤 환청과 환각에 시달리며 불안해한다. 납치된지 19일째 되는 날 돌아온 유석은 그동안의 모든 기억을 잃었다고 말한다. 하지만 돌아온 뒤로 어딘가 변해버린 유석을 의심하던 진석은 매일 밤 사라지는 형을 쫓던 중 충격적인 사실과 마주하게 되는데... 두 남자의 엇갈린 기억 속 감춰진 살인사건의 진실을 찾아야만 한다!

{Review} 女鬼橋 (The Bridge Curse)

Synopsis|줄거리
Original Title: 女鬼橋
Also Known As: The Bridge Curse
Director: Lester Hsi (奚岳隆)
Distributor: Double Edge Entertainment
Released: February 27, 2020 (Taiwan)
Genre: Horror/Paranormal
Language: Mandarin
Country: Taiwan
My Rating: 10/10
Add To: Netflix
A group of undergraduate students who dare to test the urban legend that anyone who crosses a ghostly bridge - where a women once took her own life - at midnight will find evil awaiting them.

《女鬼橋》(英語:The Bridge Curse),是一部於2020年上映的臺灣懸疑驚悚電影,由詹宛儒、張寗、林哲熹、嚴正嵐、葛丞、謝毅宏、孟耿如領銜主演,2020年2月27日於臺灣上映。

Monday, July 20, 2020

{Review} 반도 (Peninsula)

Synopsis|줄거리
Original Title: 반도
Also Known As: Peninsula
Film series: Seoul Station
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Distributor: Next Entertainment World
Released: July 15, 2020 (Korea)/August 12, 2020 (USA)
Genre: Drama/Horror/Action
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea
My Rating: 8/10
Add To: N/A
Peninsula takes place four years after the zombie outbreak in Train to Busan. The Korean peninsula is devastated and Jung Seok, a former soldier who has managed to escape overseas, is given a mission to go back and unexpectedly meets survivors.​

[전대미문의 재난 그 후 4년 폐허의 땅으로 다시 들어간다!] 4년 전, 나라 전체를 휩쓸어버린 전대미문의 재난에서 가까스로 탈출했던 ‘정석’(강동원). 바깥세상으로부터 철저히 고립된 반도에 다시 들어가야 하는 피할 수 없는 제안을 받는다. 제한 시간 내에 지정된 트럭을 확보해 반도를 빠져 나와야 하는 미션을 수행하던 중 인간성을 상실한 631부대와 4년 전보다 더욱 거세진 대규모 좀비 무리가 정석 일행을 습격한다. 절체절명의 순간, 폐허가 된 땅에서 살아남은 ‘민정’(이정현) 가족의 도움으로 위기를 가까스로 모면하고 이들과 함께 반도를 탈출할 수 있는 마지막 기회를 잡기로 한다. 되돌아온 자, 살아남은 자 그리고 미쳐버린 자 필사의 사투가 시작된다!

Thursday, July 16, 2020

{Review} Cupid's Nightmare by Atika Desai

Synopsis|줄거리
Title: Cupid's Nightmare
Author: Atika Desai
Genre: Young Adult/Romance/Contemporary
My Rating: 5/5
Add To: Goodreads

Love never goes according to plan.
After Sophia escapes her seven-minute date, she’s greeted by a stranger sitting on her couch, claiming to be Cupid. Who knew he’d be so hot and yet, so terrible at his job? She might as well say goodbye to love.
When Cupid brags about being widely regarded as the top matchmaker on the planet, Sophia can hardly believe her ears. However, he's now in a slump, and his boss is on the warpath. Sophia has 29 days to fall in love with somebody, heck, anybody, or Cupid can kiss his job goodbye.
Sophia has dodged Cupid's arrows for the last ten years, and she doubts his aim will get any better in 29 days.

Monday, July 6, 2020

{Review} Love

Synopsis | 줄거리
Original Title: Love
Director: Gaspar Noé
Released: May 20, 2015
Genre: Adult/Erotica
Language: English
Country: Europe
My Rating: 0/10
Add To: *Not supplying for fear of minors, sorry*

A man in an unsatisfying marriage recalls the details of an intense past relationship with an ex-girlfriend when he gets word that she may be missing.
Love is a 2015 erotic drama art film written and directed by Gaspar Noé. The film marked Noé's fourth directorial venture after a gap of five years. It had its premiere at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and was released in 3D. The film is notable for its unsimulated sex scenes.
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