SHAKES
AND RATTLES IN KOREAN MOVIE “HORROR STORIES 2”
Asia’s culture
probably holds the creepiest of ghostly encounters based on true events due to
the people’s dire need to connect with the spirits of their loved ones or someone
who might reveal truths of unsolved mysteries.
In the upcoming
Korean movie “Horror Stories 2,” parallel to the country’s “Shake, Rattle and
Roll” ghost stories, three stories of spirits come to life in an insurance
company wherein they connect with the dead to find answers to fraudulent
claims. But as each case is reopened, a dark shadow surges over them and grows
stronger as the memories of the dead come to life.
The movie
starts to reveal dark spirits in the basement of an insurance company where an
employee and her boss goes through old files for review. The company’s manager named Park (played by
Park Sung-Wong) discovers that his eccentric new employee Se-Young (Lee
Se-Young) has an extraordinary ability to see past events that happened by
connecting to any personal belongings of
the dead. Park then uses Se-Young’s gift
to unravel mysteries in their past insurance cases that were left unanswered.
The first of
“Horror Stories 2” files entitled “Cliff” focuses on two friends who got stuck
on a cliff for days until one of them fell of the cliff. Days later, the real story behind the fall
begins to surface as the survivor sees and hears horrifying images of his dead
friend.
A car accident
happens along the way in the episode “The Pain of Death” when three friends decide
to go on a road trip heading to the mountains drunk after they failed on their
teacher certification needed to apply for a job. Along the way, the girls crashed in the dark
isolated part of a sleepy town going to the mountains. When they try to go back on the road bruised
and bloodied, they find themselves in a place where they try to escape death
waiting for them.
A trainee
teacher tries to “Escape” from the shame caused by his students on his first
day in school. Brought about by mischievous students,
Byeong-Shin (played by Ko Gyung-Pyo) finds himself in a series of humiliating
situation that he cannot control. In his
desire to forget what happened, he is then transported to another dimension
through black magic being practiced by one of his students. But he soon finds out that he has stepped
into a realm where no one has escaped before.
As the hidden
stories are revealed from the files they thought to be fraudulent, Se-young
notices that the dark shadows of the spirits sweeping through the room slowly casts
over them but Mr. Park is too preoccupied to listen to Se-young’s warnings.
Rated R16, “Horror
Stories 2” will open in cinemas on November 27 from Axinite Digicinema, Inc.
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