Free fest of Korean horror movies in NYC Aug. 9-13

for any New Yorkers/New Jerseyans who might be interested....

Korean Cinema 101: Fright Nights in Korean Film
Korean Cultural Service in New York
August 9-13, 6:30 pm
Chills and thrills await those are brave enough to attend “Fright Nights in Korean Film!” Our staff worked hard to find the scariest, goriest, creepiest Korean horror movies around! Movies to be screened are: The Horror Game Movie (Gawi), Phone, Wishing Stairs (Yeogo goedam 3: Yeowoo gyedan), Into the Mirror (Geoul sokeuro), and Acacia.
All films have English subtitles. The Korean Cultural Service in New York is located on the sixth floor of 460 Park Avenue (at 57th Street), New York, NY. For more information, including schedules and detailed movie information, visit www.koreanculture.org or call (212) 759-9550.

August 9-13: Fright Nights in Korean Film

The Horror Game Movie (a.k.a. Nightmare)
(Gawi) 2000, color, 97 min.
Monday, August 9, 6:30 pm
Director: Byeong-ki Ahn
Starring: Ji-tae Yoo, Kyu-ri Kim, Joon Chung
The Horror Game Movie is an artfully executed remake of a familiar Hollywood plot previously seen in I Know What You Did Last Summer and Prom Night. The story turns on an accidental death, in this case the death of a fellow school club member. Two years later, heroine Hye-jin must figure out the secret of her classmate’s death before Hye-jin joins the increasing body count…

Awards:
Presented at the San Francisco Dark Wave Horror Festival
Presented at the 11th International FebioFest 2004 in the Czech Republic
Presented at the 2001 Festival International de Film Fantastique in Brussels

Phone
2002, color, 104 min.
Tuesday, August 10, 6:30 pm
Director: Byeong-ki Ahn
Starring: Ji-won Ha, Wu-je Choi
A young journalist starts receiving troubling messages on her cellular phone. When a young girl answers the phone by accident, she seems to become possessed by a malicious spirit. Phone was one of the top box-office hits of summer 2002, from the director of The Horror Game Movie. The rights to Phone have been purchased by Focus Features’ Rogue Division here in the United States; Americans may see a U.S. remake in the next few years.

Awards:
Presented at the 2003 New York Asian Film Festival in Manhattan
Presented at the United Kingdom’s Raindance Film Festival 2003

Wishing Stairs
(Yeogo goedam 3: Yeowoo gyedan) 2003, color, 97 min.
Wednesday, August 11, 6:30 pm
Director: Jae-yeon Yun
Starring: Ji-hyo Song, Han-byeol Park
This movie is the third installment of the Whispering Corridors series. A staircase leading to the dormitory of a remote boarding school usually has 28 stairs, but every so often there appears to be 29. When someone steps on the mysterious extra stair, the horror begins… (from www.imdb.com)

Awards:
Presented as the closing film at the 2003 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival

Into the Mirror
(Geoul sokeuro) 2003, color, 113 min.
Thursday, August 12, 6:30 pm
Director: Seong-ho Kim
Starring: Ji-tae Yoo, Hye-na Kim, Myeong-min Kim
Woo Yeong-min retired from the police force after inadvertently causing the death of his partner. He becomes head of security in a shopping mall. A series of bizarre deaths makes him realize that only by facing his inner demons can he begin to solve the mysteries around him. Into the Mirror is director Seong-ho Kim’s first feature film.

Awards:
Presented at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal
Presented at the 2003 Sitges Film Festival
Presented at the 2001 Pusan International Film Festival


Acacia
2003, color, 104 min.
Friday, August 13, 6:30 pm
Director: Gi-hyeong Park
Starring: Hye-jin Shim, Jin-geun Kim, Wu-bin Mun
In this psychological thriller, a childless couple adopts a young boy from an orphanage. The boy becomes obsessed with an old acacia tree growing in their yard; he believes it is the reincarnation of his dead birth mother. When the child disappears, the couples’ marriage begins to unravel.

Awards:
Presented at the 8th Pusan International Film Festival
Presented at the 13th Philadelphia Film Festival

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