Wishing Stairs

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Wishing Stairs
Poster for "Wishing Stairs"
Directed by	Yun Jae-yeon
Produced by	Lee Chun-yeon
Written by	Kim Su-ah Lee Yong-yeon Eun Si-yeon Lee Soyoung
Starring	Song Ji-hyo Park Han-byul Jo An-ah
Music by	Gong Myeong-ah
Cinematography	Seo Jeong-min
Distributed by	Cinema Service
Release date(s)	August 1, 2003
Running time	97 mins.
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Preceded by	Memento Mori
Followed by	Voice
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Wishing Stairs (여고과담 3: 여우계단, Yeogo goedam 3: Yeowoo gyedan) is a 2003 South Korean horror film. It is the third in a series of South Korean horror films set in girls high schools that began with 1998's Whispering Corridors, but, as with all movies in the series so far, is unrelated to the others.

[edit] Plot summary

The legend goes that if you climb the twenty eight steps leading up to the school dormitory, counting each step aloud, and find a twenty ninth, a spirit will appear and grant you a wish.

The movie takes place in a girl's art school and focuses on two friends studying ballet, however their friendship soon turns sour when they find themselves competing for a single spot in a Russian ballet school. Yun Jin-seong played by Sung Ji Hyo, remembering the old legend of the "Wishing Stairs" wishes for a place in the prestigious ballet school, and in a shocking turn of events, she gets it, at the cost of her best friend, Kim So-hee's life. However, it's only when the extremely odd character of Eom Hye-ju wishes the dead girl back, that an unspeakable evil is released.

The film itself seems to mirror the ballet "Giselle", which girls in the film are studying, as well as drawing upon the classic short story "The Monkey's Paw". So-hie as Giselle. Jin-sung as Albrecht. Jin-sung betrays So-hee, which in turn leads to So-hee being crippled and commits suicide after her friend Jin-sung confesses she has hated her all along. When So-hee's spirit is wished back, Jin-sung is haunted by So-hee's ghost, and in the end forgiven.However Jin_sung died in the end because So-hee didn't want to keep waiting for her. The film, however has a very different outcome than that of the ballet.

[edit] Trivia

• This movie is parodied in japanese anime School Rumble in episode 4 of the 2nd season where two girls put a Push pin in Mikoto Suo's ballet shoes due to their wish to outshine Suo's better dancing.

[edit] See also

• K-Horror

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