Whispering Corridors: The Humming

One of the best horror films... Much more better than conjuring 3.

This is my first movie in this series and I think I'll look for the others! A fairly well made movie about a high school for girls where there are rumours of haunting and a scary happening in the past, all fueld by a closed of floor that has been unused for years. You get plenty exploring in the dark, whispering empty corridors when the school is closed and a well made drama between the protagonist - a former student returned, maybe with knowledge of said happenings... And the pupils and serious real world issues of abuse and neglect. Throw into this the creepyest rotten pupil slowly appearing from the abandoned floor and you get a pretty decent film. Intrigued?

This tired horror franchise had its moments apart from lazy jump scares and convoluted narrative. Wrong educational system and child abuse made interesting subjects. Kim Seo-hyung was the main reason i gave it a try and she didn't disappoint.

Alright, another Whispering Corridors movie! My expectations: a ghost story set in a highschool with a decent atmosphere. I wasn't expecting for this to be an award winning effort. I was just in the mood for a ghost story. I enjoyed the previous entries in this series as good entertainment and sometimes with surprisingly great music and atmosphere.

This movie though was nothing like that.

The cinematography is great. Everything feels like a big budget project. The acting is also great, especially the protagonist. She did a great job with what she was handed.

And she wasn't handed a good script. The plot is all over the place. The director was too hasty baiting the audience before giving them something to stand on. He was already throwing build up scenes at us without establishing a rapport with the viewer. Why should I care about what's going to happen when I, as a viewer, don't know who these people are?

It is all a shame because later on he does that with his protagonist but it was at the end of the movie where nothing was at stake anymore.

The other characters are so underdeveloped that I keep confusing them with each other.

The sixth and (so far) last instalment of the long-running WHISPERING CORRIDORS series from Korea, this one is very much a generic high school ghost tale which has a better story than it does execution. The ghost material is oddly sparse and for the most part we're involved with a mystery plot involving a sleazy teacher and some dark events of the past. It's a slow and understated little movie that benefits from some assured performances and a very nice climax that takes time to explain an impressive back story. However, the slow and sagging mid section of the movie works against it, and it's a little dull at times.