Nightmare (2000 film)
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| Hangul | 가위 |
| Revised Romanization | Gawi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kawi |
| Directed by | Ahn Byeong-ki |
| Produced by |
Goh Hyeong-wook Stanley Kim Lee Min-ho |
| Written by | Ahn Byeong-ki |
| Starring |
Kim Gyu-ri Choi Jeong-yoon Ha Ji-won Yoo Ji-tae |
| Music by | Lee Tae-beom |
| Cinematography | Lee Seok-hyeon |
| Editing by | Park Soon-deok |
| Distributed by | Tube Entertainment |
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| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Nightmare (Hangul: 가위; hanja: 凶咒; RR: Gawi; lit. "Scissors", also known as Horror Game Movie) is a South Korean horror film, released in 2000. It stars Kim Gyu-ri, Ha Ji-won and Choi Jeong-yoon, and was directed and written by Ahn Byeong-ki, who also later directed Phone (2002), Bunshinsaba (2004) and APT (2006) The film was the 6th best selling film of 2000 with 322,000 admissions in Seoul after 5 weeks of screening.[1]
Synopsis
Hye-jin's homecoming should have been a joyous occasion. She was especially happy to see her childhood friend again, the shy Eun-ju. However, when a secret is revealed, harsh words are exchanged. These words deeply affect Eun-ju and, in the next scene, we see her plummeting from a 30-story building. In a flashback provided by Sun-ae, we learn that the ghost of Eun-ju is hunting down all of Hye-jin's friends and killing them. Is this possible or is a more worldly force at work? What is this mysterious tape that everyone is asking about?
Cast
- Kim Gyu-ri — Hye-jin
- Choi Jeong-yoon — Seon-ae
- Ha Ji-won — Eun-ju
- Yoo Ji-tae — Hyun-jun
- Yoon Joo-sang — Jeong-ok
- Jeong Joon — Se-hun
- Jo Hye-yeong — Mi-ryeong
DVD problems
Tartan Video's Region 1 release of the film has a vertically stretched image, (the 1.85:1 film is presented in 1.74:1) which causes noticeable distortion of angles, as well as making everything appear thinner than it should.
References
External links
- Nightmare at the Internet Movie Database
- Nightmare at allmovie
- Nightmare at HanCinema
- Review at Koreanfilm.org
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