K-Horror from the director of 'Phone', this moody film starts out simple enough but becomes more complex as it develops at a slow, calculated, deliberate pace. The viewer will experience some sudden jolts meant to startle while trying to unravel the mystery of apparent suicides...( read more)
So-young Ko, Seong-jin Kang, Hie-jin Jang
Se-jin, a young woman who lives in an old apartment in a Seoul suburb, amuses herself by observing the windows of the apartments on the other side. One day, she notices that the lights of some of thes...( read more
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Flixster Reviews (31)
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January 16, 2009
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August 3, 2008
It's another one of those A-horror movies that makes use of the revenge plot and the long-haired ghost with a bad case of the twitches. Camera-work was nicely-done but most of the scenes come out cliche-ish that they are almost predictable. The ending was a bit confusing but I th...( read more)
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April 13, 2009
A little cliche but still an enjoyable K-horror. Although it was predictable I enjoyed the ending and I can't resist a revenge flick.
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February 15, 2009
This film promised terror and well it got spooky, I wasn't terrified, but the ghostly parts of the film really were very good, I jumped a few times and it had a desired creepyness effect, but the film didn't quite come through as much as other great Korean films I've seen lately,...( read more)
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February 11, 2009
What we have here is a Korean horror picture by the name of APT. aka 9:56. At this point in time, there is nothing originally new, but it is a good film nonetheless.
The story involves revenge, which is a fairly common theme among Korean films, and the setting ta
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November 13, 2007
Although interesting in the beginning, it gradually gets more confusing and hard to put together all the pieces of information. I've got the general idea of the movie's plot but there are some details that I didn't fully understand.
And there is also the fact that the entire mov...( read more)
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