Keullojet
- 2020
- 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
2.9K
YOUR RATING
After Sang-Won's daughter Yi-Na goes missing in their new home, a mysterious man approaches him and tells him to look for her in the closet.After Sang-Won's daughter Yi-Na goes missing in their new home, a mysterious man approaches him and tells him to look for her in the closet.After Sang-Won's daughter Yi-Na goes missing in their new home, a mysterious man approaches him and tells him to look for her in the closet.
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South Korean horror movie, The Closet reminds me of the story, Battle Royale. Where parents turn to desperate and inhuman solutions due to hardships of the economy in a sick society that has leeched all compassion and joy out of life... and the innocents who pay the price.
I would say this is a so-so average korean horror film, I have watched better ones before. But I am definitely IMPRESSED by the child actress Kim Shi-A who portrayed the role of Myung-Jin. Just as I was about to rate this movie a 6/10, I realised it wouldn't do her justice after watching her performance during the 2nd half of the movie. Of course Ha Jung-Woo is already an established actor, but seeing a kid (Kim Shi-A) giving such impressive performance, it's really kudos mann...
Metaphysical horror film from South Korea. An obvious influence from other films of the genre, could be a modern Poltergeist or Insidious, with the excellent Korean cinema giving its own identity to the genre. It all started decades ago with a dramatic and painful death of a girl. Something that, however, remained to be haunted over the years. Many children disappeared from time to time under unknown circumstances. Now, a widowed father and his daughter are moving to a remote house close to nature so that the girl can feel a little bit better after the loss of her mother. However, there is something strange in the little girl's room and specifically in the closet. Something that will make the little one change gradually until she mysteriously disappears. How far can her father go to bring her back? An excellent effort from Korea, with good acting, very good direction and effects and a good balance of action / suspense and plot but also a balance of horror / drama and humor, although I would personally remove every element of humor to make it even darker. Very good recommendation overall from Korea and definitely recommended for fans of the genre.
Kwang-bin Kim's full length directorial debut, Keullojet (the Closet) 2020, is clearly influenced not only by the Ringu series of films but also well-established themes in Asian horror (eg a vindictive female ghost). However there is a lot more to Keullojet. The atmosphere created beautifully compliments the themes which the film conveys and the acting, esp by Jung-wu Ha and Nam-gil Kim, is excellent. As such Keullojet becomes more than something like the tacky Insidious (yet another movie which clearly influenced the second act) and presents a well-scripted secondary layer to it. 7/10.
Pretty funny that they mention 'interstellar' but not 'insidious' or 'the conjuring' which basically has the same plot as this movie: let's go find the missing kid to their realm, but of course added with some korean flair.
Did you know
- TriviaIn one scene, the exorcist asks Sang Won about the movie Along With the Gods where he answers not knowing it. Ha Jung Woo starred in both movies of Along With the Gods.
- ConnectionsReferences Metropolis (1927)
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $9,189,552
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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