7 May 2015

301/302 (South Korea, 1995)

Two obsessive-compulsives, a chef and an anorexic writer, are neighbors in an apartment building. The chef (301) tries to entice her neighbor to eat with fabulous meals. The writer (302) refuses to eat, and this refusal begins a turbulent relationship that forces both women to delve into their pasts of torment.

Here's a weird little film. 301/302 blends sex, cooking, murder and strange personalities in one large, unhealthy and gross mix. Definitely a film I never hear people talk about or find on any lists, which is a shame because it's absolutely worth watching. Nice to see that it's not only Japan that makes these kind of strange films.  

Genre: Horror/Mystery/Thriller

6 May 2015

The Uninvited (South Korea, 2003)

Jeong-won is a man with no memory of his childhood and his real family. At the beginning of the film he witnesses the deaths of two young girls. He begins seeing the girls dead bodies sitting at his kitchen table. He meets Yeon, a narcoleptic who is a witness in a infant murder case. She can also see the "ghosts" and he soon finds out she is psychic and can also help him recover his lost memories. 

I saw The Uninvited a couple of years ago but wasn't wildly impressed. After having gone back to it I think it must have been due to the fact that I expected something extremely terrifying. Horror fans won't be screaming their eyes out, but at the very least it's a creepy, involving ghost story with some very disturbing scenes. 


Genre: Horror