Evil Twin (film)

Evil Twin
Theatrical poster
Hangul	전설의 고향
Hanja	傳說의 故鄕
Revised Romanization	Jeonseolui gohyang
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏnsŏlŭi kohyang
Directed by	Kim Ji-hwan
Produced by	Lee Kang-min
Written by	Ahn Min-jeong Kim Ji-hwan
Starring	Park Shin-hye Jae Hee
Music by	Kim Jun-seong
Cinematography	Son Won-ho
Distributed by	Prime Entertainment
Release dates	May 23, 2007 (2007-05-23)[1]
Running time	95 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	$2,396,341[2]

Evil Twin (전설의 고향, Jeonseol-ui gohyang) is a 2007 South Korean horror film. When an accident claims the life of a young girl, Hyo-jin. Her twin sister, So-yeon fell into a coma and awakens 10 years later. Many deaths follows her recovery, and she seemingly takes on her sister's personality traits. It is then revealed that the one killed in the lake 10 years ago was not Hyo-jin but So-yeon and the living twin is truly Hyo-jin. The secret is hidden by her mother, who tells the villager that Hyo-jin is dead, but the dreadful spirit of Fake Hyo-jin (So-Yeon) comes back to take someone to live underwater with her.

Plot

The movie begins with a young woman being strangled by a man. The man strangling her is accusing her of murder and of hiding secrets. He states that "if she didn't do it then a ghost did." A series of flashbacks show children running and playing in the forest. Two little girls are playing on a bridge and fall into the water. The woman's demeanor suddenly changes from being frighten to cold and serious. She says, "Then, cry for it."

Three men are sitting in the dark, drinking, and asking each other what they would do if they saw a ghost. Two of the men laugh and make fun of the third about his stuttering and cowardice. Stuttering, he says that they would be scared too if they meet dead Hyo-jin. The two men stiffen at this, but nervously laugh it off. An awkward silence follow. The third man makes an excuse of having a stomach ache and leaves, complaining about them teasing him. While walking home, he nervously glances at an old bridge and pretends not to see it. He goes to an abandon shack to relieve himself. He sees a woman sitting in a corner, her long hair covering her face. Frighten, he pulls his pants up and attempts to pretend he doesn't see her. The woman turns her face toward him and suddenly appear in front of him.

The scene alters to a long hallway. The young woman, So-yeon, shown in the beginning of the film, is shown standing at the end of the hall with a mysterious person behind her. So-yeon opens her eyes. Her mother is beside her and is happy by her waking up. She tells her that she must live for her sister. A doctor is brought to examine So-yeon and informs them that she has lost her memories, distressing the older woman.

A man is walking down a trail in the dark. He glances at the bridge and continues to walk into the mist.

So-yeon is being pampered and tended to by a servant woman, who tells her that she has been in a coma for ten years. So-yeon does not feel the affects and tells her that she feels as if she just had a good night sleep. Suddenly, she has a vision of drowning and develops chest pains after hearing someone outside speaking about a person drowning in a shallow ditch. The servant woman goes outside to scold the people for gossiping. So-yeon asks him if a man really was found, drowned to death in a ditch. The male servant confirmed this and then wonders how she knew it was a man, since he never stated the gender of the victim. So-yeon runs off, going directly where the body is, arousing the curiosity of her servants. Far in the distance, she sees the body being carried away. It was the stuttering man from earlier. An another woman spots So-yeon and points her out to her brother, the two men who were shown earlier drinking in the dark. While walking away, So-yeon comments that she saw him drowning.

Three servants in the kitchen are gossiping about So-yeon's miraculous recover from her coma. They speak about So-yeon's twin sister Hyo-jin. When they were young both girls fell off a bridge and drowned. Hyo-jin drowned to death, while So-yeon was put in a coma. The second daughter, Hyo-jin, was said to be her father's favorite and that their mother always favored the oldest daughter, So-yeon. So-yeon was said to have been a nasty child and often bullied Hyo-jin.

Hearing about So-yeon's recovery, Hyun Sik, So-yeon's fiance, is ordered by his mother to visit her. He is reluctant to see her as he was in love with Hyo-jin and was devastated by her death. Hyun Sik meets So-yeon and cool and detached towards her. So-yeon doesn't understand why. While out in the garden, So-yeon comments what she remembers playing with him there when they were kids and it was a happy memory. Hyun Sik also remembers that day. He was happily playing with Hyo-jin. So-yeon finds them, became jealous and hits Hyo-jin. So-yeon's bracelet cuts Hyo-jin forearm, resulting in a scar. Angry, Hyun Sik tells So-yeon that it was not a happy memory and walks off.

Cast

• Park Shin-hye ... So-yeon/Hyo-jin
• Jae Hee ... Hyun-sik
• Yang Geum-seok
• Park Myeong-sin
• Yang Jin-woo
• Han Yeo-woon
• Bae Yoon-beom
• Jeong Sang-hoon
• Bang Eun-mi
• Choi Soo-han

References

External links

• Evil Twin at the Korean Movie Database
• Evil Twin at HanCinema
• Evil Twin at the Internet Movie Database