Tuesday, January 26, 2021

{Review} Mercy Black

Synopsis|줄거리
Original Title: Mercy Black
Director: Owen Egerton
Distributor: Blumhouse Productions / Meridian Entertainment Group
Released: March 12, 2020
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Language: English
Country: USA
My Rating: 6/10
Add To: Netflix
Fifteen years after stabbing a classmate to conjure a phantom known as Mercy Black, a woman is released from psychiatric care and sent to live with her sister and young nephew. Now, she'll need to confront her past to save her nephew's future.

{Review} Case 39

Synopsis|줄거리
Original Title: Case 39
Director: Christian Alvart
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Released: October 1, 2010
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Language: English
Country: USA
My Rating: 8/10
Add To: Netflix
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins (Renée Zellweger) thinks she has seen it all -- until she meets 10-year-old Lilith (Jodelle Ferland) and the girl's cruel parents. When the parents try to harm the child, Emily assumes custody of Lilith while looking for a foster family. However, she soon finds that dark forces surround the seemingly innocent child, and the more she tries to protect Lilith, the more horrors she encounters.

Sunday, January 24, 2021

{Review} 경이로운 소문 (The Uncanny Counter)

Synopsis|줄거리
Original Title: 경이로운 소문
Also Known As: The Uncanny Counter/ Amazing Rumor
Director: Yoo Sun-Dong
Distributor: OCN
Released: November 28, 2020 
Genre: Action/Fantasy/Supernatural/Drama/Mystery
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea
My Rating: 10/10
Add To: Netflix
A group of people are called "Counter." Their purpose is to hunt down evil spirits and they each have their own special abilities. The group disguises themselves as employees at noodle restaurant.

악귀 사냥꾼 '카운터'들이 국숫집 직원으로 위장해 지상의 악귀들을 물리치는 통쾌하고 땀내 나는 악귀타파 히어로물

~~ Adapted from the webcomic "Kyeongirowoon Somoon” written by Jang Yi.

Friday, January 22, 2021

{Review} 치즈인더트랩 (Cheese in the Trap)

Synopsis|줄거리
Original Title: 치즈인더트랩
Also Known As: Cheese in the Trap
Director: Lee Yoon-Jung
Distributor: tvN
Released: January 4, 2016
Genre: Drama/Romance
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea
My Rating: 10/10
Add To: VIKI | Netflix
Having returned to college after a year long break, due to her family's poor background, Hong Sul, a hard-working over-achiever, inadvertently got on the wrong side of Yoo Jung, her senior who is athletic, good looking, gets good grades and has a kind personality, but also a hidden dark side. From then on her life took a turn for the worse and Sul was almost certain it was all Yoo Jung's doing. So why is he suddenly acting so friendly a year later?

"니들은 몰라도 난 안다고. 저 가짜 웃음 뒤에 숨겨진 선배의 또 다른 얼굴을..." 달콤한 미소 뒤 위험한 본성을 숨긴 완벽 스펙남과 유일하게 그의 본모습을 꿰뚫어본 비범한 여대생의 숨막히는 로맨스릴러

~~Adapted from the webtoon: 치즈인더트랩 by 순끼

Thursday, January 14, 2021

{Review} サイレン (Forbidden Siren)

Synopsis|줄거리
Original Title: サイレン
Also Known As: Forbidden Siren
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Distributor: Toho Company Ltd.
Released: Feburary 11, 2006
Genre: Horror
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
My Rating: 10/10
Add To: N/A
In 1976, on the island of Yamijina, all the island inhabitants disappeared with the wailing sound of a sire. A sole survivor was later discovered, but his mind had now gone insane. 29 years later, novelist Shinichi Amamoto (Leo Morimoto) goes to the island with his daughter Yuki (Yui Ichikawa) and his son Hideo (Jun Nishiyama). They stay at a home deep in the forest. A neighbor advises Yuki to avoid walking alone at night and if the siren of a tower goes off ... don't go outside.

~~Forbidden Siren (サイレン,also known as Sairen) is a movie adaptation of the videogame series Siren. It was released in Japan on February 9, 2006 to coincide with the Japanese release of the sequel game, Forbidden Siren 2, on which the movie is loosely based.

Sunday, January 10, 2021

{Review} デスノート (Death Note)

Synopsis|줄거리
Original Title: デスノート
Also Known As: Death Note
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Distributor: Warner Bros. Japan
Released: June 17, 2006
Genre: Live action/Supernatural/Action/Horror/Fantasy
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
My Rating: 10/10
Add To: N/A
Weary Shinigami the Death dropped a notebook in the human world where a weary genius picked it up. “The human whose name is written in this note shall die” it said… It was the notebook of death that determined people’s death. Light Yagami, an extremely bright elite university student was the one to possess this ultimate tool that should remain only in the hands of God. Light decides to create an ideal world and begins to hold the scales to judge the criminals in his discretion. Meanwhile, ICPO (International Criminal Police Organization) has placed a mysterious detective called“L” in Japanese police force to investigate a series of the criminal cases. “L” in the status of a divinity for his capacity and skill in gathering information and in reasoning had solved unresolved cases in the world, and now tightens the investigative screws over these cases, but Light also cleverly manipulating the notebook of death, tosses and shakes the investigation. The future of mankind is at the mercy of crucial and fierce battles of the two brains.

~~Death Note is a live-action film adaptation of the manga created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and illustrator Takeshi Obata.

Friday, January 8, 2021

{Review} デビルマン (Devilman)

Synopsis|줄거리
Original Title: デビルマン
Also Known As: Devilman
Director: Hiroyuki Nasu
Distributor: Toei Company
Released: October 9, 2004
Genre: Live action/Supernatural/Action/Horror/Fantasy
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
My Rating: 10/10
Add To: N/A
The weak teenager Akira Fudô has been protected by his best friend Ryô Asuka since they were children. When Akira's parents die in an accident, the family Makimura brings him to live with them, and Akira falls in love for the gorgeous Miki Makimura. When the father of Ryô accidentally opens a gate to hell in Antarctica, demons are released, merging with humans to survive. Akira hosts Aman and becomes Devilman but keeping his humanity while Ryô hosts Satan. The hysteria and panic replaces reason and mankind initiates a war against the demons, but destroying also themselves.

~~Devilman is a live-action film adaptation of the original Devilman manga by Go Nagai.

{Review} 더블유 (W Two-Worlds)

Synopsis|줄거리
Original Title: 더블유
Also Known As: W – Two Worlds/W-두 개의 세계/W – Two Worlds Apart
Director: Jeong Dae Yun
Distributor: MBC
Released: July 20, 2016
Genre: Fantasy/Drama/Romance/Action
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea
My Rating: 10/10
Add To: VIKI
Oh Sung Moo, the father of cardiothoracic surgeon Oh Yeon Joo, mysteriously goes missing while writing the last chapter of his webtoon "W". Yeon Joo goes to his office looking, but a hand from his monitor suddenly pulls her in, and she finds herself on the rooftop of a building, next to a man bloodied. She manages to save the person, only to realize that he is Kang Cheol, the main character of her father's webtoon. Yeon Joo later discovers she can only enter and leave the webtoon depending on Kang Cheol's feelings.

현실 세계의 초짜 여의사 오연주가 우연히 인기 절정 웹툰 'W'에 빨려 들어가, 주인공 강철을 만나 로맨스가 싹트면서 다양한 사건이 일어나는 로맨틱 서스펜스 멜로 드라마

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

{Review} 기묘한 가족 (The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale)

Synopsis|줄거리
Original Title: 기묘한 가족
Also Known As: Strange Family/The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale
Director: Lee Min-Jae
Distributor: Megabox Plus M
Released: February 14, 2019
Genre: Comedy/Thriller/Horror/Romance
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea
My Rating: 10/10
Add To: YouTube
Man-Deok (Park In-Hwan) runs a gas station in a peaceful country village. He has three adult children: Joon-Gul (Jung Jae-Young), Min-Gul (Kim Nam-Gil) and Hae-Gul (Lee Soo-Kyung). Man-Deok only thinks about spending the rest of his life in Hawaii. Oldest child, Joon-Gul, is married to Nam-Joo (Uhm Ji-Won). He loves his family, but he doesn't express his feelings to his family. Min-Gul is the middle child in the family. He is the only to have graduated from a university in his family. He gets fired from his company and comes back to his hometown. Hae-Gul is the youngest child in the family. One day, a strange man (Jung Ga-Ram) appears in the country village. Due to him, Man-Deok’s family and the entire village is shaken.

조용하고 평화로운 시골에 '기묘한 가족'이 살고 있었어요. 그리고 그 앞에 금쪽 같은 좀비가 나타났답니다. 망해버린 주유소의 트러블메이커 가장 '만덕'은 우연히 만난 좀비를 집안에 들인다. 여타 좀비와 달리 반반한 외모, 말귀 알아듣는 ‘쫑비’를 보며 저마다의 속셈으로 패밀리 비즈니스를 꿈꾸는 가족. 리더인 맏며느리 '남주'를 중심으로 행동대장 장남 '준걸'과 브레인 차남 '민걸' 에너지 담당 막내 '해걸'에 물리면 죽기는커녕 더 젊어지는 좀비 '쫑비'까지! 이들의 기막힌 비즈니스는 조용했던 동네를 별안간 혈기 왕성한 마을로 만들어버리는데... 이거 혹시… 우리 때문이야?
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