Geomeun jip (2007)

Director:

Terra Shin

Writers:

Yûsuke Kishi (novel)
Young-jong Lee (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

21 June 2007 (South Korea)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Jun-oh, an insurance claims agent, faces off with a client who he suspects of committing murders with the intention of collecting insurance premiums. |

Plot Keywords:

Memory Card | Hospital | Insurance Fraud | Insurance Agent | Kidnapping

Cast

Jeong-min Hwang	...	Jun-oh
Jeong-min Hwang
In-gi Jung
Shin-il Kang	...	Chung-bae
Seo-hyeong Kim	...	Mi-na
Seung-Mok Yoo
Seon Yu	...	Yi-hwa

Also Known As:

Black House (International: English title)

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Japan:R-15 | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

South Korea

Company:

CJ Entertainment

Good Korean remake

Insurance agent, Jun-oh (jeong-min Hwang) goes to a house to talk to an insurance client, where he finds the hanging body of the client's son dead of an apparent suicide. But he soon feels that the young lad didn't kill himself, but was killed to get at a sizable insurance payout. When no one else seems to believe him or even care, Jun decides to get to the truth by himself by digging into the past of the troubled family.

Let it be noted that I have yet to see "Kuroi ie" the 1999 Japanese adaptation of the same Yûsuke Kishi novel that this film was also based on, so I can't offer up any comparisons. That being said, I found the South Korean version of the story to be captivating enough to keep my attention throughout and marginally well acted. The film plays it's horror out mostly psychologically until it's last 40 minutes when the film goes all out Slasher and the gore becomes much more visceral. I enjoyed and recommend it.

My grade: B-

Region 1 DVD Extras: A 21 minute Making of; Production design featurette (7 minute); and 10 deleted scenes