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The official trailer for Devils Stay, a gripping Korean horror thriller, recently dropped, and it's packed with heart-racing suspense and chilling moments. You can check it out above. The film is set to be released in theaters in Korea on Nov. 14, followed by a theatrical release in the U.S. on Dec. 6 by Well Go USA.

Devils Stay is a horror thriller directed by Hyun Moon-seop (Nightmare Teacher). It stars Park Shin-yang, Lee Min-ki, and Lee Re.

After the sudden and tragic death of his daughter following an exorcism, a respected heart surgeon refuses to accept her passing, despite the reports from medical examiners and even the priest who conducted the ritual. However, as the funeral proceedings begin, mourners begin to observe unsettling changes to the girl’s body, leading the priest to question whether an even darker force may once again be haunting them all.

Park Shin-yang stars as Seung-do in the exorcism movie,...

Last week, it was announced that Theo James of The Gentlemen, the Divergent films, and the upcoming Osgood Perkins / Stephen King movie The Monkey is set to star in a film called The Hole, which is coming our way from South Korean director Kim Jee-woon. Now, the name of James’ first co-star has been revealed, and that co-star is Emmy-nominated Korean actress and model Hoyeon, who made her screen debut in the hit Netflix series Squid Game.

James is taking on the role of Owen, a successful professor living abroad in South Korea, who is bedridden after a devastating car accident that killed his wife, Sandy. He is left under the care of Yuna, his Korean mother-in-law — but when she starts to unravel the devastating truth behind Owen and Sandy’s marriage, and Owen himself, his road to recovery is threatened. Hoyeon will be playing Sandy.

Scripted by Christopher Chen,...

There’s a new film called The Hole coming our way from South Korean director Kim Jee-woon, and a press release has revealed that Theo James of The Gentlemen, the Divergent films, and the upcoming Osgood Perkins / Stephen King movie The Monkey is set to star in it. James will be taking on the role of Owen, a successful professor living abroad in South Korea, who is bedridden after a devastating car accident that killed his wife, Sandy. He is left under the care of Yuna, his Korean mother-in-law — but when she starts to unravel the devastating truth behind Owen and Sandy’s marriage, and Owen himself, his road to recovery is threatened.

Scripted by Christopher Chen, The Hole is based on the 2017 Shirley Jackson Award winning novel of the same name by Hye-young Pyun. This adaptation is being produced by Esmail Corp, K Period Media, and Anthology Studios. The...

Amazingly talented actor Theo James is taking on project after project, and we're so happy about this! We'll see him next in the upcoming supernatural horror film The Monkey, which is set to hit theaters in February 2025. Now, we've just learned that he'll be in a new thriller titled The Hole. Below, we have shared everything that we know about this film.

The Hole is based on the 2017 psychological thriller novel of the same name by Hye-young Pyun. This book went on to win the 2017 Shirley Jackson Award and was even praised by Time magazine, with the magazine calling it one of the top thrillers to read that summer.

Prominent South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon, who is best known for helming the revenge thriller I Saw The Devil, is signed on to direct this film adaptation. He's also known for being behind the psychological horror film A Tale of Two Sisters...

Halloween’s just around the corner, and you’re trying to figure out the perfect horror show to watch during the spooky season but just can’t seem to find the right fit. Well, do not fret, my friend, because in this list I will try to cover your specific criteria because not everyone likes gore, ghosts, or slow-burn mystery thrillers, and that’s totally alright. Horror is a massive mezze platter that can leave you overwhelmed, so let me help you decide which dish you want to devour. Many believe Korean dramas are only reserved for romance lovers because that’s the stereotypical Korean drama that’s been popularized over the years. But the Korean entertainment industry, just as any other industry, consists of many genres, melodrama being their favorite, comedy, romance, mystery thrillers, and yes, of course, horror. While always bringing their A-game in the genre with films...

When it comes to films based on the ‘two sisters’ premise, few can rival Kim Jee-Woon’s 2003 masterpiece, “A Tale of Two Sisters.” Regardless of genre, it remains a cinematic landmark. Enter “Do Patti” (2024), Netflix’s latest release led and produced by Kriti Sanon, and starring Kajol alongside beloved television star Shaheer Sheikh. While the film’s success or critical reception is a topic for another day, our focus here is its narrative. Here we will be exploring how domestic violence escalates into tragic consequences and what actions Saumya and Shailee take to end it.

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Do Patti (2024) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis:

“Do Patti” opens with a harrowing paragliding accident, where a couple is precariously stranded on a bridge, entangled in the parachute canopy. The police arrive swiftly, led by Officer Vidya Jyoti, to rescue them. Once safe, Saumya, the wife, reveals a startling accusation. She claims her husband,...

Horror, martial arts, sci-fi and more – here’s our pick of 35 genre films you can watch for free on Tubi.

Like any streaming service, particularly of the ad-supported variety, there’s a lot of filler on Tubi, the subscription-free platform which recently made its debut in the UK.

On there you’ll find an array of low-budget documentaries of spurious quality, landfill reality TV and how-did-this-get-made TV movies (Amish Abduction).

Do a bit of digging, though, and you’ll find plenty of movies that are genuinely worth watching, including the work of such respected directors as Michael Mann (Ali), Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan), David Fincher (Gone Girl) and Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel).

Look beyond even those worthy films, and Tubi is positively stuffed with genre and cult offerings – sci-fi, horror, comedy, martial arts, thrillers and more besides. Finding these can take a bit of hunting around, however, so...

Filipino director Sheron Dayoc’s The Gospel Of The Beast won the top Golden Star Award for best Southeast Asian film at the first Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival (Hiff) in Vietnam, which also saw several titles dropped from the final programme due to censorship by local authorities.

The Gospel Of The Beast marks the first feature in seven years from Dayoc and tells the story of a teenage boy who accidentally kills his classmate and runs away with an older man he barely knows, forming a unique father-son relationship. It premiered at Tokyo in October.

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Four weeks after its initial release, South Korean horror film “Exhuma” is still burning through the country’s box office. “Pamyo,” as it’s known in Korea (which directly translates to “exhumation for relocation or cremation”), has resonated in a major way with audiences who have shown up in droves to see the story of a shaman named Hwa-rim (Kim Go-eun) and the wandering spirits she takes on with Bong-gil (Lee Do-hyun), her protégé. This week: it expands in the United States.

Just one week into its release, “Exhuma” became the highest-grossing Korean film of 2024 so far, knocking the Timothée Chalamet-starring “Wonka” off the top spot following its delayed release there. Chalamet’s other big film of the moment, “Dune: Part Two,” placed second in Korea for three successive weekends in the wake of “Exhuma” too.

That means that, nearly a month in, “Exhuma” has made $67.8 million with sales of 9.3 million tickets,...

"You think this is a joke?" Blue Finch Films in the UK has debuted a new trailer for a proper re-release of a long lost sports comedy from Korea titled The Foul King. It originally opened in Korea in 2000 but never landed in the US. It also played at TIFF and the 2001 Berlin Film Festival but it was never released in the US and has never arrived in the west (though you can obviously import DVD copies of it). Beloved Korean actor Song Kang-ho stars as Dae-ho, a timid bank clerk who is going nowhere in his everyday life. After meeting a famous former pro wrestler, Dae-ho transforms himself into a Korean wrestling villain. From acclaimed writer / director Kim Jee-woon. Although he's not talented enough to ever become a top wrestler, Dae-Ho trains diligently at night... and he is turned into the villain known as "The Foul King". The rest is history!

Blue Finch Film Releasing presents A Bittersweet Life, The Foul King and The Chaser on digital platforms from 8 April. These must-see modern Korean cult cinema classics from acclaimed filmmakers Kim Jee-woon and Na Hong-jin, are exploding back onto screens, with The Foul King available in the UK and Ireland for the very first time.

A Bittersweet Life

Gangster Sun-woo (Lee Byung-hun) has worked his way up the ranks in his organisation, earning the trust of his callous crime boss Mr. Kang, who assigns him to spy on his mistress fearing she may be having an affair. When Mr Kang's suspicions are found to be true, Sun-woo finds his life on the line when his choice to spare the mistress and her secret lover's lives starts an irreversible gang war.

This ultra-stylish neo noir is written and directed by renowned filmmaker Kim Jee-woon, and features a career-defining performance from international star Lee Byung-hun,...

Key highlights this February on the essential, alternative streaming service Arrow include a second season of films from the legendary Brazilian director José Mojica Marins, a devilish double-bill from Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia, a season of wonderfully weird short films, Valentine’s Day done Arrow-style, and much more.

In February, Arrow presents a season of bite-sized shocks in the form of the very best wild and weird short films, including Smile, the extraordinarily imaginative and disturbing award-winning short from director Joanna Tsanis; as well as The Wyrm of Bwlch Pen Barras, a Welsh language folk horror film about modern Wales, rooted in the country’s rich mythology, shot on 16mm and featuring a score by Cian Ciaran and Dafydd Ieuan from The Super Furry Animals; and ab adaptation of the famous short story by W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey’s Paw, produced by the newly revived Hammer Films, and...

Hansel and Gretel, the two German kids who nearly became somebody’s meal, need little introduction. The characters in this Brothers Grimm classic have been used as a lesson about stranger danger and resilience for years. And while Hansel and Gretel’s ordeal has been put on screen multiple times — both faithfully and loosely — Yim Pil-sung’s 2007 movie is one of the more distinct adaptations. This Korean reimagining retains the essence of the influential fairy tale while also adding its own unique twists.

Hansel and Gretel was one of several movies from the golden age of South Korean Horror — often referred to as “K-Horror” in the West — to be based on fairy or folk tales. While Arang and A Tale of Two Sisters dug into local Korean lore, other movies drew from European narrations. However, much like Cinderella and The Red Shoes, Hansel and Gretel’s interpretation of its basis is rather liberal.

Horror is iterative, but it just as regularly moves through the same cycles decade after decade, ostensibly breaking new ground, when in reality, the genre is simply doing what is has always done. Today's horror landscape, for as remarkable and diverse as it is, is principally a landscape of legacy sequels. The horror of yesterday is new again, and commonly, old faces and names are dredged up to headline the latest nostalgic bloodbath. Reasonably, the present iteration could be decried as Hollywood's lack of originality, though seasoned horror veterans have seen this cycle before.

The early aughts were replete with imported horrors. Hollywood studios regularly borrowed transnational scares, repackaged them, and presented them as the next big thing. They were successful, too. Gore Verbinski's "The Ring," a remake of Hideo Nakata's "Ring," grossed nearly $250 million when released in 2002. Hollywood studios also remade the likes of "A Tale of Two Sisters,...

Premiering in competition at Cannes Film Festival last year, Kim Jee-woon reunited with long-time collaborator Song Kang-Ho for Cobweb. Capturing the star as a filmmaker frantically trying to finish the movie he believes will be his masterpiece, the film was picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Films for a U.S. release, now set for a February 9 debut in theaters and digitally.

Here’s the synopsis: “In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film ‘Cobweb’, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can’t understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill his artistic ambitions and complete his masterpiece?”

David Katz said in his Cannes review, “Very much associated with the first wave of post-millennial South Korean cinema that made global inroads,...

Prepare for a riveting night of true crime on Investigation Discovery as “Family of Darkness” unveils its Season 1 Episode 6, titled “A Tale of Two Sisters.” The episode delves into the intriguing and scandalous murder mystery surrounding twin sisters with lives as distinct as night and day.

The narrative unfolds as one sister embraces the life of a dedicated school teacher, while the other immerses herself in the world of notorious partying. However, their starkly different worlds collide when they become embroiled in the shocking murder of a well-respected doctor. The ensuing trial not only becomes the talk of their town but also captures the nation’s attention through sensationalized tabloids.

This gripping episode promises viewers a rollercoaster of emotions, unraveling the complexities of sisterhood, scandal, and a high-profile murder. Tune in at 10:01 Pm on Thursday, December 14, 2023, to witness the twists and turns of “A Tale of Two Sisters” on Investigation Discovery.

Silent Night is an action-thriller film directed by John Woo, from a screenplay by Robert Archer Lynn. The Christmas-themed film revolves around a man who witnesses the murder of his young son when he gets caught in the crossfire of two rival gangs. On that day, the man was also injured and he lost his voice because of that. Now, he is on the path of revenge and is trying to kill everyone involved. Silent Night stars Joel Kinnaman in the role with Kid Cudi, Catalina Sandino Moreno, and Harold Torres in supporting roles. So, if you love the most silent action movie here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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Synopsis: The blissful married lives of Supriya and Rohan, a visually impaired couple, come to a halt when the former is raped by men with political links. When she commits suicide,...

The bond between siblings in movies can be depicted as both loving and supportive or intense and rivalrous, adding depth to the storytelling. Iconic sister duos in movies often overcome challenges together, whether it's in the form of magic, horror, or complex family dynamics. Some memorable sister duos in movies include Elizabeth and Jane Bennet (Pride & Prejudice), Sally and Gillian Owens (Practical Magic), and Su-mi and Su-yeon (A Tale Of Two Sisters), each displaying unique dynamics and impactful storytelling.

The bond between siblings has been a driving force for countless movies, and the best sister duos make for unforgettable silver-screen storytelling. There have been many on-screen sisters over the decades, but only the most memorable have gone on to become iconic duos. While there are many movies with a group of sisters, like Little Women, it is even better when the relationship is a closer one that is between just two siblings.

Some of the best genre movies of the past two decades come from Korea. While a lot of people know the names Bong Joon-ho and Park Chan-wook, not as many people are aware of the brilliant but underrated Kim Jee-woon. Director Kim has given us some all-time great Korean horror and genre movies like "I Saw the Devil." He even made the fantastic Apple TV+ series "Dr. Brain."

But before all that, director Kim's made "A Tale of Two Sisters," a horror movie based on a popular Korean folktale (which has been adapted several times). The plot focuses on Su-mi, a young girl recently released from a mental institution. Finally back home, she is very protective of her younger sister Su-yeon, and quite cold toward her stepmother Eun-joo — who used to be a nurse for the sisters' late mother. Su-mi seems plagued by disturbing visions of ghosts plaguing the house,...

November 1st is a tough day for horror hounds. The decorations are still up, the air remains crisp, but the spirit has seemingly moved on, perhaps vanquished by the sun. Alamo Drafthouse says to hell with all of that and has announced two month’s worth of genre joy that’ll take you from Dia de los Muertos to Christmas Eve with minimal whiplash.

Terror Tuesday is a weekly slash-and-thrash through the world of horror, and they’ve booked a number of holiday-tinged forever classics mixed in with new canon-busting entries, many of which are screening from new, sparkling scans. Highlights include Lake Mungo, Tales from the Hood, The Changeling, and a pre-Thanksgiving feast with the Sawyers.

Weird Wednesday is similarly a weekly exploration of exploitation, pop oddities, and underloved gems. (Think of it as channel-surfing a transmission from a better dimension). And like Terror Tuesday, they’ve loaded it...

Oscar winner Bong Joon-ho’s 2006 monster movie “The Host” is among Paris-based distributor The Jokers Films’ recent releases, made available for the first time ever as a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray edition.

The Jokers’ other new French release, the 4K restoration of Bruce Weber’s 1988 Chet Baker doc “Let’s Get Lost,” also screened at the Lumière Festival in Lyon with Weber in attendance.

Describing the film’s sound and 4K restoration as “sublime,” The Jokers head Manuel Chiche says, “‘Let’s Get Lost’ is now a timeless classic not only about life but also about art and creation.”

“Let’s Get Lost” is due to hit French theaters in summer 2024.

“The Host,” meanwhile, premiered earlier this year in France with a special screening, along with the Oscar-winning “Parasite,” and master class by Bong at Paris’ famed Grand Rex theater and also unspooled at the Institut Lumière in Lyon as part of a Bong retrospective.

For veteran Korean director Kim Ji-woon, his latest feature Cobweb was an exploration into the aesthetics and meaning of cinema. A satire about a film director who is convinced that a reshoot of his film’s ending could make it a masterpiece, the film delves into the beauty of cinema and the emotional journey of those who work behind the camera and in front of it.

“The pandemic got me thinking a lot about filmmaking,” Kim said at a special talk session held during the Busan International Film Festival on Saturday, where Cobweb‘s main actors, including Song Kang-ho (Parasite) and Im Soo-jeong (A Tale of Two Sisters) also participated. “Cobweb got me thinking a lot about the moments when I first fell in love with cinema and dreamt of filmmaking — which changed everything for me.”

The film, which originally premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May and was released locally last week,...

Ballerina is a Korean action film written and directed by Lee Chung-hyun. The Netflix film follows the story of Ok-ju, an ex-bodyguard who is on a quest to fulfill her friend’s last wish: revenge. Ballerina is action-packed with some really heavy moments that are played to perfection by Jeon Jong-seo. So, if you loved the Netflix film here are some similar movies you could watch next.

Lady Vengeance

Synopsis: After being wrongfully convicted, a woman is imprisoned for 13 years and forced to give up her daughter. While in prison she gains the respect of her cellmates and plots her revenge on the man responsible. Once released, she begins her elaborate plan of retribution, but discovers a horrifying truth.

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Synopsis: The acclaimed fourth film from groundbreaking writer and director Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill Volume 1 stars Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction), Lucy Liu,...

It seems that Mongolian movies have been taking steps forward towards genre paths, with the recently released “Disorder” being a testament to this fact. Baatar Batsukh, an experienced cinematographer in his directorial debut, makes his effort in genre filmmaking with “Aberrance”, a claustrophobic horror that premiered in Oldenburg before screening at SXSW. It is now being released in the US, as the first Mongolian horror movie to do so.

Aberrance will be released in North American cinemas starting October, 6, courtesy of Freestyle Digital Media

Erkhmee and his wife Selenge arrive at an old cabin deep in the Mongolian wilds, for reasons that are initially unknown. When Selenge spots a dead cat in the garbage bins nearby, it becomes evident that something is wrong with her. When the seemingly polite, but essentially nosy to the point of stalking neighbor starts watching the couple from every angle possible, it is revealed that...

Some movies have successfully used the twist that the main character was secretly the killer all along, adding a new layer of complexity and turning the story into a campier, more fun affair. However, stories where the hero is the killer tend to flop more often than they soar, as viewers have already seen countless spins on this trope and it can feel tired and predictable. A few great movies, such as High Tension and The Uninvited, have managed to make this revelation genuinely shocking and effective, adding depth to the story and leaving viewers surprised.

The revelation that a movie’s main character was secretly the killer all along is a hoary old cliché, but a few choice movies have made this infamous twist shine. It is a played-out, tired trope. A murder mystery sets up an intriguing bevy of suspects, gives viewers good reason to believe that each of them is guilty,...

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“Cobweb”, Kim Jee-woon's tenth feature film, marks the director's return to comedy for the first time since the beginning of his career. This satire on the film industry is a true cinematic layer cake: one can dig into it with hearty bites for the sheer pleasure of the visual feast, or one can peel it apart, layer by layer, to unveil a fascinating portrayal of the dark period of Korean history in the 1970s and a profound introspection by the director on creativity and the filmmaking profession.

Kim Jee-woon began his career in the 1990s as an actor and a theater director before directing his debut feature film, “The Quiet Family”, in 1998. He is part of a new generation of filmmakers, along with Bong Joon-ho and Park Chan-wook, who no longer followed the traditional apprenticeship model of old studios, but are authentic cinephiles who came to cinema out of pure passion.

Clockwise from upper left: Parasite (Cj Entertainment), Snowpiercer (The Weinstein Company), Train To Busan (Well Go USA) Graphic: AVClub When Parasite won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2020, it marked a historic moment for cult favorite filmmaker Bong Joon-ho and for South Korean cinema. While some American audiences were surprised,...

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When Parasite won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2020, it marked a historic moment for cult favorite filmmaker Bong Joon-ho and for South Korean cinema. While some American audiences were surprised, and even annoyed, to see an international film win Best Picture, many film...

Buckle up, horror fans! Craving something surprising? Devastating? Mind-blowing? We've rounded up the 13 most shocking horror movie plot twists in cinema history. From spine-tingling classics to recent hair-raising new releases, these unexpected turns will leave you breathless. Get ready for mind-bending surprises that have terrified audiences and redefined the genre.

And, because we want you to experience these cinema marvels in the flesh, this entire list is presented as spoiler-free as humanly possible. So, grab a blanket and a brave friend, because things are about to get seriously twisted.

Universal Psycho (1960)

Alfred Hitchcock's seminal masterpiece, Psycho, remains one of the most influential horror films of all time. As audiences were lured into the mysterious world of Norman Bates and the Bates Motel, the game-changing plot twist sent shockwaves through the industry. Revealing the true identity of the killer, Hitchcock's genius forever redefined the narrative landscape of horror movies.

Buckle up, horror fans! Craving something surprising? Devastating? Mind-blowing? We've rounded up the 13 most shocking horror movie plot twists in cinema history. From spine-tingling classics to recent hair-raising new releases, these unexpected turns will leave you breathless. Get ready for mind-bending surprises that have terrified audiences and redefined the genre.

And, because we want you to experience these cinema marvels in the flesh, this entire list is presented as spoiler-free as humanly possible. So, grab a blanket and a brave friend, because things are about to get seriously twisted.

Universal Psycho (1960)

Alfred Hitchcock's seminal masterpiece, Psycho, remains one of the most influential horror films of all time. As audiences were lured into the mysterious world of Norman Bates and the Bates Motel, the game-changing plot twist sent shockwaves through the industry. Revealing the true identity of the killer, Hitchcock's genius forever redefined the narrative landscape of horror movies.

With Cobweb, South Korean genre stalwart Kim Jee-woon falls back on that old piece of received wisdom: “movie people, ain’t they crazy?” When in self-satirizing mode, it’s uncanny how often filmmakers will depict their industry and their working environment as a barely held-together farrago; if this were accurate, how many movies would actually be completed? But also premiering at Cannes this May was Sean Price Williams and Nick Pinkerton’s The Sweet East, which reversed this trend slightly by portraying its two filmmaker characters, played by Jeremy O. Harris and Ayo Edebiri, as eerily perfect professionals not lacking for sharky opportunism.

Very much associated with the first wave of post-millennial South Korean cinema that made global inroads, Kim (known for twisty shockers like A Tale of Two Sisters and I Saw the Devil) intends Cobweb as both a film allowing him to take stock and memorialize his lucrative...

South Korean director Kim Jee-woon’s much anticipated period comedy drama Cobweb has kicked off the Cannes market with a slew of international sales. Set to premiere in Cannes in an out-of-competition slot on May 25, Cobweb stars Song Kang-ho (Parasite) as a filmmaker frantically trying to finish the movie he believes will be his masterpiece.

International sales for the film, distributed and sold by Seoul-based Barunson E&a, so far include Japan (Happinet Phantom Studios), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Hong Kong/Macau (Edko Films), Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand – Clover Films), France and French-speaking territories (The Jokers Films, handled by Finecut), German-speaking territories and Italy (Plaion Pictures), Spain (La Aventura), Cis (Arna Media), Middle East (Phars Film), India (Impact Films), ex-Yugoslavia (Cinemania), Worldwide Inflight (Anuvu/Emphasis). The film is produced by Sll’s Anthology Studios.

Set in South Korea during the politically repressive 1970s, Cobweb centers on a director named Kim (Song...

During the 2000s, there was no shortage of horror movies, and now that society is loving horror movies again, a lot of these should be revisited. From 1931's Frankenstein to 1973's The Exorcist horror movies have been an important part of pop culture for decades. However, there have been eras where they were more prominent than others. The 70s and 80s saw iconic horror films like Halloween and A Nightmare on Elm Street, while the late 90s launched the iconic Scream franchise. Horror films reached a new peak in the 2000s, with popular films like Friday The 13th and House of Wax being remade.

However, the industry also spun out some original horror films, some of which inspired the iconic parody franchise, Scary Movie. The franchise has mocked every horror film, from Scream and The Grudge, to The Amityville Horror and The Blair Witch Project. Horror movies began to fade sometime in the 2010s,...

South Korean director, writer and producer Kim Jee-woon has signed with CAA for representation.

Kim’s latest film, “Cobweb,” will premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, his third film to do so following “A Bittersweet Life” in 2005 and “The Good, the Bad, the Weird” in 2008, which also debuted out of competition.

“Cobweb” is the first project from Kim’s production company, Anthology Studios, which he co-founded in 2021 with producer Jay Choi (who was previously local production head for Warner Bros. Korea) and actor Song Kang-Ho. When the project was announced in 2021, Kim described the film as “experimental” and said that it will be shot entirely on sound stages in support of a film-within-a-film narrative.

Song stars in the film, playing an obsessive director on a mission to reshoot the end of his latest film, also titled “Cobweb,” in two days to create a masterpiece. His attempts are constantly...

Kevin MacDonald Strikes Factual Deal With Workerbee

Oscar-winning director and producer Kevin Macdonald has struck a multi-project creative partnership with the Workerbee Group. Macdonald, whose credits include “One Day in September,” “Touching the Void” and “Marley,” is executive producing a major feature documentary for a streaming platform as the first element of his two-year Workerbee deal. Details are yet to be announced of the film or the other premium factual projects which are expected to include those he directs and executive produces.

Manchester-based Workerbee recent credits including “Janet” for Lifetime and A&e, “Bruno Vs Tyson” (Sky), “The Bridge” for Channel 4 and HBO Max, “Peter Crouch: Save Our Beautiful Game” for Discovery and “Idris Elba’s Fight School” for BBC Two.

The company has recently been revamped into a clear films and formats divisional structure. The Macdonald deal is the first creative partnership to be announced by the newly formed Workerbee Group,...

Finecut will handle French-speaking territories.

South Korea’s Barunson E&a is set to launch sales on director Kim Jee-woon’s much-anticipated drama and black comedy Cobweb, starring Cannes best actor awardee Song Kang-ho of Broker, at the European Film Market (EFM).

The recently launched sales unit of the production company behind Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winning Parasite will handle the film’s international sales excluding French-speaking territories, which will be handled by leading independent Korean sales agent Finecut.

The film is produced by Anthology Studios, Barunson Studio (an affiliate of Barunson E&a), and Luz y Sonidos.

Cobweb has been...

Korea’s Barunson E&a, the production company behind Oscar-winning drama Parasite, is launching international sales on Kim Jee-woon’s Cobweb, starring Song Kang-Ho, at the upcoming European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin.

The star-studded black comedy drama is the fifth on-screen collaboration between Song and director Kim, whose credits include gritty noir A Bittersweet Life (2005), revenge thriller I Saw The Devil (2010), ‘Kimchi’ western The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008), period spy action The Age Of Shadows (2016), and recent AppleTV+ series Dr. Brain (2021).

Set in the 1970s, an era in which censors dictated the shape of a film’s plot, Cobweb stars Song as an obsessive director on a mission to reshoot the end of his latest film, Cobweb, in two days to create a masterpiece. His attempts are constantly thwarted by the censors and his confused and uncooperative cast and crew.

In addition to Song, the star-studded ensemble cast includes Im Soo-jung,...

The teenage central character of Polite Society has more energy than she knows what to do with, and so does the film that contains her.

This debut feature from writer/director Nida Manzoor, creator of the acclaimed television series We Are Lady Parts, is the sort of wildly audacious work that signifies a rising talent who can’t wait to throw more ideas into the cinematic mix. Admittedly, not all of them gel in this raucous comedy receiving its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival before a theatrical release by Focus Features in April. But even when the ambitious film overshoots, you can’t wait to see what happens next.

And a lot happens in this story revolving around Ria (Priya Kansara), a British-Pakistani girl who dreams of becoming a stuntwoman like her idol (represented by photos of famed real-life British stuntwoman Eunice Huthart), to whom she consistently writes...

Mr. Harrigan's Phone and Smile are out to spice up Halloween season a bit with their terrifying stories about evil entities and the dead returning to the realm of the living. However, sometimes all viewers want is a good traditional horror story that goes well with the autumn season.

When Halloween rolls around, it might feel like people just talk about watching the same movies, over and over again. While this is fun, a good way to find out about new films is to forget about what's local and look at what the rest of the world has to offer. When looking abroad, there are creepier ghost stories one could ever imagine.

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Even with its short running time, Séance doesn't rush at all, and instead meticulously crafts its supernatural elements as an effective vehicle to reach the climax of the film's haunting family drama.

Fans of weird and eerie German movies, rejoice! Your Halloween spooky viewing has arrived, and it's carved out a steady spot in Netflix's Top 10 trending watches. "Old People" is German-Romanian filmmaker Andy Fetscher's horror thriller wherein the old eat the young, bludgeon them, and sometimes vomit on them. It's the sort of concept that M. Night Shyamalan would have a field day with, but Fetscher adds more chaos and a cadre of monsters at the door.

A title card at the opening reads:

In times of yore, an avenging spirit was thought to inhabit old people. A dark power that took possession of the frailest members of the clan and drive them into a seemingly blind rage.

That's right – this is functionally an elderly rage-zombie movie. What a time to be alive.

At its core, the story focuses on generational disconnect by observing lonely elders, excluded from local festivities,...

Exclusive: The prevalence of Korean projects heading to the U.S. continues.

Jee-Woon Kim, one of South Korea’s most lauded directors, has teamed with Star Trek: Discovery writers Bo Yeon Kim and Erika Lippoldt to develop a new series about a Korean family immigrating to the U.S.

The trio are developing the untitled project with eOne, the studio behind series such as Showtime’s Yellowjackets and ABC’s The Rookie franchise.

Jee-Woon Kim will direct the project. He is behind Korean films such as I Saw The Devil, A Bittersweet Life, The Good, The Bad & The Weird, and A Tale of Two Sisters. He also directed and exec produced Apple series Dr. Brain, which was the streamer’s first Korean original. He will also exec produce this series.

Bo Yeon Kim and Lippoldt will write the pilot and serve as showrunners for the series. The writing partners served...

The National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas) has partnered with the Singapore Film Commission (Sfc), the Film Development Council of the Philippines (Fdcp) and Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca) for the inaugural Malaysian Development Lab for Fiction Feature Films (mylab).

An incubator program for scriptwriters, directors, producers to work on developing scripts and film projects under lectures and the guidance of regional and international experts in scriptwriting, directing, producing, distribution, and markets and festivals, mylab focuses on projects at an early stage of development, with a team of scriptwriter, director and/or producer attached, targeted at regional or international audiences. It aims for each project to deliver a package of script, budget, financing plan, dossier and pitch-ready materials at the end of the program.

The partnership with Sfc and Fdcp enables a film project in development from each country to participate in the third session of mylab, which will take place at Busan,...

Veteran producer has signed up for three years.

In South Korea, Gangneung International Film Festival (Giff) has appointed veteran producer Oh Jung-wan its new festival director.

Her three-year term is effective from today (April 12) and will run until March 2025.

An important figure in the renaissance of Korean cinema in the 1990s, Oh’s early executive producer credits include seminal films such as The Marriage Life (1992), The Gingko Bed (1996) and An Affair (1998).

She founded Bom Film Productions in 1999 and went on to produce titles such as Kim Jee-woon’s The Foul King (2000), A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003) and A Bittersweet Life...

"Parasite" star Song Kang-ho is teaming up with famed Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon for the fifth time for the upcoming film "Cobweb." It's been two years since the Korean actor rocked American audiences with his layered role in the film that won the Oscar for Best Picture, and even longer since he's worked with director Kim Jee-woon.

Kim, who is perhaps best-known in America for the horror classic "A Tale of Two Sisters" and the gut-wrenchingly intense thriller "I Saw The Devil," described the new project as "experimental," according to Variety. Although the plot of "Cobweb" is not yet public knowledge, Kim...

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"I think the director's thoughts, feelings, colors, and smells exist in every scene." There's a new "Director's Vision" featurette out for their sci-fi thriller series Dr. Brain, which is already playing now on Apple TV+. It spends time with acclaimed Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon discussing working on this. Dr. Brain is an emotional journey following a brain scientist who's obsessive about figuring out new technologies to access the consciousness and memories of the brain. His life goes sideways when his family falls victim to a mysterious accident, and he uses his skills to access memories from his wife's brain to piece together the mystery of what actually happened to his family and why. The series stars Lee Sun-kyun, Lee You-young, Park Hee-soon, Seo Ji-hye, & Lee Jae-won. I'm already a big fan of ...

"His memories went straight inside you?" Whoa this looks trippy. Apple has unveiled an official trailer for a sci-fi thriller series titled Dr. Brain, which is debuting in just a few weeks (Nov 4th) on Apple TV+. A surprise series?! Yes, please! Directed by the visionary filmmaker Kim Jee-woon, starring Lee Sun-kyun. "Get ready for a mind-bending journey with a genius neuroscientist who navigates through other people's memories in search of the truth." The series is an emotional journey that follows a brain scientist who is obsessive about figuring out new technologies to access the consciousness and memories of the brain. His life goes sideways when his family falls victim to a mysterious accident, and he uses his skills to access memories from his wife's brain to piece together the mystery of what actually happened to his ...

Something almost beyond comprehension is happening on October 31st… and two men want to do a couple of podcast episodes about it. This is the Halloween Parade… volume 1.

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Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary

Wait Until Dark (1967) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

The House On Skull Mountain (1974)

King In The Wilderness (2018)

Sugar Hill (1974)

World War Z (2013)

I Walked With A Zombie (1943)

White Zombie (1932) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary

Night of the Living Dead (1968) – George Hickenlooper’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review

Pumpkinhead (1988)

Blacula (1972)

Blackenstein (1973)

The Flesh And The Fiends (1960) – Charlie Largent’s two reviews

Road Rebels (1964)

Dear Evan Hansen (2021)

Perks Of Being A...

Arrow Video’s August films include a brilliantly original American indie comedy, a pair of out-there arthouse masterworks, a rediscovered 70s horror creepfest, a terrifying Korean ghost story, and definitive, collectable editions of an awe-inspiring science fiction blockbuster.

The releases will come in limited edition packaging, with beautiful new artwork, pristine restorations giving the films a new lease of life, brand new expert commentaries and feature-length documentaries,reversible sleeves, as well as goodies including fold-out posters, art cards, books and illustrated booklets.

First in August, Arrow Video presents the mind-blowing ‘acid-western’ El Topo, which shocked and bedazzled audiences upon its controversial original release, single-handedly inventing the American midnight movie phenomenon. A countercultural masterpiece which ingeniously combines iconic Americana symbolism with director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s own idiosyncratic surrealist aesthetic, El Topo is an incredible journey through nightmarish violence, mind-bending mysticism and awe-inspiring imagery. This era-defining film is now presented in a...

Another year, another paycheck whisked away by Arrow Video's prodigious lineup. This August the cult home video juggernaut takes no pity on collector's with a robust slate that includes David Lynch's Dune (UK/US/Can) in 4K Uhd, Adam Rehmeier's Dinner in America (UK only), Masamura's Blind Beast (UK/US/Can), Brotherhood of Satan (UK/US/Can), Kim Jee-woon's classic horror film, A Tale of Two Sisters (UK Only), a box set of previously released Sergio Martino classics, and a la carte reissues of Alejandro Jodorowsky's classic midnight mindfucks, El Topo and The Holy Mountain (both UK only) and standard 4K Uhd & Blu-ray releases of Sergio Corbucci's Django (UK/US/Can). Dune is the obvious leader in this pack, and as such, Arrow is presenting it not only in a limited edition slips cover special...

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South Korea’s 2016 zombie apocalypse movie Train to Busan broke significant records, becoming not just one of the country’s top-grossing films of all time but an international hit as well. Parasite landed four Oscar wins in 2020, including Best Director and Best Picture. Throw in a handful of titles, like A Tale of Two Sisters and I Saw the Devil, and South […]...