Sorum

Less a ghost story, then a quietly chilling character study, this Korien film about Sun-yeong, a young taxi driver who move into room 504 of a dilapidated, run-down apartment building, where two tragedies have occurred, one thirty years in the past, the other much more recent (the previous owner committed suicide), and befriending an elderly writer as well as a abused middle aged woman, survives on the psychological horror, great cinematography, and good characterization, more than outright scares and gore. More for the intellectual art-house crowd than those interested in 'J-horror'. And while one can surely see where the film is going, you still find your breath tightening when you get there. Not a film for everyone, but I liked it well enough for what it is and didn't view it expecting it to be what is isn't.

My Grade: C+