After watching this movie, my girlfriend at the time made me change my mobile phone ringer, because it sounded just like the ones used in the movie. From the reactions of my fellow movie watchers, this film appeared to be sufficiently scary to be called a scary movie. Again, I remained unfazed by the film, but perhaps it's because I'd seen the movie before.
The basic plot is that there is a ghost stalking our protagonist through her mobile phone and people die and other bad stuff happens. Like many Korean films, there are twists and turns to the plot as information is released in bits and pieces. There is some very impressive child-acting with this film--the little kid very effectively portrays menace, hatred, rage and jealousy.
The film has plenty of "boo" moments to keep people on their seats, a couple minorly humorous moments and so forth. In the end, the film is a decent scary movie that is, like most scary movies, a little shallow in the end. But it's effective enough as a scary movie. Not bad for a once-over. It doesn't hold up as well the second time because all the plot twists are already known.
Not a must-see, but a decent film, as far as horror films go. If you're looking for some goosebumps to appear on your arms, you might give this a try. 6/10.
The basic plot is that there is a ghost stalking our protagonist through her mobile phone and people die and other bad stuff happens. Like many Korean films, there are twists and turns to the plot as information is released in bits and pieces. There is some very impressive child-acting with this film--the little kid very effectively portrays menace, hatred, rage and jealousy.
The film has plenty of "boo" moments to keep people on their seats, a couple minorly humorous moments and so forth. In the end, the film is a decent scary movie that is, like most scary movies, a little shallow in the end. But it's effective enough as a scary movie. Not bad for a once-over. It doesn't hold up as well the second time because all the plot twists are already known.
Not a must-see, but a decent film, as far as horror films go. If you're looking for some goosebumps to appear on your arms, you might give this a try. 6/10.