Why are foreign horror movies so much creepier than American ones? I had previously seen the American remake The Uninvited (which is okay, but not great) so I thought I was prepared for the "twist". Turns out there's a twist and then a TWIST.Soo-mi (Su-jeong Lim) and her quiet, shy sister Soo-yeon (Geun-Young Moon) go to their family's vacation home out in the country with their dad (Kap-su Kim) and new stepmother (Jung-ah Yum). Their mother had died and the girls weren't dealing with it very well. To make matters worse, the stepmother seems to be having a nervous breakdown. Soo-mi is incredibly resentful of the stepmother and does everything she can to show her displeasure. But when weird things start to happen, the family's darkest secrets will come to light.
There are a few jump scares but most of the real horror is the sadness it evokes. There's a deep, crushing sense of dread at the terrible unintended consequences we create for ourselves and for those around us. That's the kind of thing that lingers long after the credits stop rolling.
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