When all is finally revealed, it becomes clear that the stylish spookiness was its own slim reward.
A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003)
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Reviews Counted:52
Fresh:45
Rotten:7
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: Restrained but disturbing, A Tale of Two Sisters is a creepily effective, if at times confusing, horror movie.
Theatrical Release:Dec 3, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: Something strange is happening when Su-mi and her younger sister Su-yeon come home to their father's large, but dark and somewhat foreboding house after a stay in the hospital. Their dad is... Something strange is happening when Su-mi and her younger sister Su-yeon come home to their father's large, but dark and somewhat foreboding house after a stay in the hospital. Their dad is taciturn and burdened and their step-mother, Eun-joo greets them with forced enthusiasm and more than a little sense of irritation. But that's nothing compared to what happens when bedtime rolls around. Su-mi unpacks her bags in her old room only to find her desk and closet full of someone else’s stuff. Su-yeong hears step foots outside her bedroom door and then sees a creepy, ghost-white hand opening the door – but there's no one there. Meanwhile, Eun-joo goes from pre-hysterical to cruel. Then things get really weird: A ghostly young woman is hiding under a kitchen cabinet; a terrifying ghoul visits So-mu's bedroom. Then dad tells a disbelieving Su-mi that Su-yeon has been dead for months. If that's true, what's in that big bag Eun-joo is beating with a poker, that thing that's leaving a blood trail? -- © Tartan Films [More]
Starring: Su-jeong Lim, Geun-yeong Mun, Jung-ah Yum, Kap-su Kim
Starring: Su-jeong Lim, Geun-yeong Mun, Jung-ah Yum, Kap-su Kim
Director: Ji-woon Kim
Director: Ji-woon Kim
Screenwriter: Ji-woon Kim
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Reviews for A Tale Of Two Sisters
Classic horror in the vein of Hitchcock, Argento and Miike...the scariest film in years!
[D]issect[s] grief and madness with an authenticity that will engage and bewilder both your lizard brain and your higher intellect...
As a ripe, almost Victorian-tinged contemplation of desperate sisterly devotion, it can be harrowing.
Although A Tale of Two Sisters has some excellent suspense sequences, it falters badly during the dramatic parts.
Plays like a gorgeous painting hanging in a gloomy gallery -- you stand in front of one corner, mesmerized by turquoise wallpaper or a burgundy rug, then a fleeting movement in another corner draws you over.
Kim's artful Tale may be stronger on atmosphere and mood than on story, but it contains hidden charges that chip away at the borders of certainty -- and that can be scary.
Unnervingly conflates fairytale lore with the angst of adolescent sexual development.
Dark, dreadful, and utterly disturbing, it's a remarkable modern fairy story.
Haunting presences, inexplicable cutaways, overwhelming suspense, deeply disturbing sub-themes and a general willingness to leave things unanswered. Fantastic!
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