Three twisted tales of ghostly love take place around a similar time in a Korean hospital. It avoids too many comparisons with other Asian horrors and this is to it's credit. The main contributer to this is the setting. Wonderful set design and costumes recreate a bygone era. The...( read more)
Choi Jae-Hwan, Jeong Jin-an, Kong Ho-Seok
Dr. Jung Nam finds a photo album dating back to his days as an intern at the Ansaeng Hospital. He thinks back to those days where he part of his soul died. In 1942, as a young medical intern, Jung-Nam...( read more
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Flixster Reviews (49)
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February 17, 2009
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July 2, 2009
This South Korean creeper is part gore fest, part romance, part ghost story, and all confusing, it takes place in a hospital during the 1942 Japanese occupation of Seoul.
Paranormal situations. Hallucinations, Premonitions, Medium audition and vision, all of that in a scenario ...( read more) -
October 14, 2009
Although slightly confusing story, the movie kept me interested and even managed to scare me a few times.
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September 17, 2009
A little confusing but still suspenseful. Not the best I've seen but still I like horror trilogies.
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October 23, 2008
Epitaph (2007) 'Gidam' is a horror movie about a mysterious incident that took place at the Gyeongseong Ahnsaeng Hospital in 1942.
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Epitaph is a visually well done film though a bit hard to follow as it has three independent stories set in the same place in time? Gho...( read more) -
September 12, 2008
The script went all over the place. I just can't give proper credits to the film since I didn't get much of it. It was greatly directed but it didn't make sense. You get mixed up by all the jumps in the past and/or in the future. Also, the music was irritating. A scary movie is n...( read more)
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August 24, 2008
Visionné dans le cadre du festival Fantasia 2008.
Dans ce qui devait se révéler comme une nouvelle innovation en la matière de cinémathèque coréenne, Epitaph s'avère être un film lourd et surchargé d'informations, qui à lui seul aurait probablement pu laisser place à une trilogi...( read more) -
August 6, 2008
A small film with great moments. If the little girl haunted by her dead mother doesn't scare you, nothing else will.
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June 25, 2008
Well-done, interesting story and visually stunning. I enjoyed this very much.
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June 25, 2008
I have to say I didn't understand a bit of the movie. Nothing made any sense to me. I think I have to watch it again!
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