Based on previous looks at the upcoming horror movie Yoga School [요가학원] , I thought this movie might turn out slightly cheesy and very B-list. But after seeing the preview trailer (watch below), I’m pleasantly surprised to find it looking a lot sleeker, cooler, and more mysterious than I’d expected.
Rather than going for outright scares, Yoga School aims more for creating a chilling ambiance and the cinematography goes for a dark, stylish flair. (I still think the posters are crap, though. And given that the preview actually looks good, the posters hardly do it justice.)
The trailer begins as Eugene‘s character, a shopping network host, is told at work that her appearance (meaning lack of) is hurting sales, and is none-too-gently told to take better care of herself. She’s outraged, but is told, “Women have to be pretty.” Thus she seeks out a yoga school promising effective results, which is also sought out by other women harboring insecurities about their appearances (Park Han-byul, Jo Eun-ji, Kim Hye-na).
The women move in to train and live on the premises for a few days, and are given a set of strict rules by their mysterious teacher (Cha Soo-yeon). They are kept from making contact with the outside world while training at the school, given food restrictions, told to refrain from showers, and forbidden to look into mirrors.
We can see the ladies breaking the rules, and what unfolds is a series of creepy events. But, as the cast has noted, what is frightening isn’t merely the strange circumstances of the school but the ugliness of people’s desires as they are gradually laid bare.
Yoga School opens on August 20.
Via Asia E
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Tags: Cha Soo-yeon, Eugene, horror movies, Jo Eun-ji, Kim Hye-na, Lee Young-jin, Park Han-byul
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I agree, the posters arent that great, but im a sucker for scary movies! and the trailer does make it look pretty good
Okay….I think that’s one movie I’m never ever going to see. It shall forever be added to the list of horror movies to avoid…Freaky. My dogs must think I’m insane or something; I freaked out practically the entire trailer…
Oh my…. I agree 100% with Reese. Scary scary.
After the head twist and the creepy music and then at the 30 second mark, the freaky tall friend with the 8-ball black eyes saying in a weird scary voice “if you want, i think i can help you…..” I stopped watching the trailer. LOL.
My memory of Eugene is this sweet k-pop singer in SES, and I don’t want my memory tainted if she turns out to be a zombie by the end of trailer!
OMG that’s scary. The thing that made me shudder the most? All the sounds of the bones creaking and twisting. *shivers*
That said, I’d watch this. Looks a lot better than what I assumed it’d turned out to be
is the entire cast women.. if so I think will get scared of all the screaming that will be in the movie… lol…
Okay, the trailer was enough to freak me out. I’m staying away from scary movies.
CREEPY!!! lol but i love horror movies so I’ll defintely watch this one…lol…
Yikes, it may forever change my view on yoga.
It should be illegal for anyone to ever be the flexable and that just cements my thoughts: Scary Movies – BANNED from my to watch list.
Excited for this.
My friend is a HUGE horror fan (I think she’s seen every horror movie since the 70′s) and she’s only 23, LOL.
I’m trying to convince her to watch more Asian horror because I think Asia is so good at this genre.
So we finally rented Audition. . .and fell asleep.
NEXT TIME.
Whoa even though I didn’t understand a single word of it, that looked absolutely SCARY! Pretty original idea for a movie and I’m looking forward to watching it, if it ever gets released in the US
mmmm….is this the Cha Soo Yeon, the actress who was also in The Time Between Dog and Wolf? If so…, omg,I hardly recognized her!
She has become so skinny!!! i liked her in TTBDW, she was beautiful with such proportionate body…
maybe am wrong…probably a different actress…
the trailer seems good….. aaahhh…. wanna watch this…but am scared…lol!!!
It looks really scary! I really like the cast though.
been watching the trailer for the nth time…. yup that is Cha Soo Yeon.
wanna watch this….mmm…… i should ask my housemates for a movie night…
well…aaa…. if ever this will be in DVD….
Haha the poster reminds me of vampires
oh i so look forward to this. but will have to wait for the subtitles. lol hopefully i will remember to look for it when it hits dvd.
i so wanna see this movie
that was hella creepy…i soooo want to see it XD
Wow. I think I’m going to steer clear of this movie. I do yoga myself so I think I should avoid this rather than scare myself in every yoga session I have…
Adding Yoga is cool..
Otherwise it’s just another boring k/horror flick..
Hmm.. maybe i’m more immune to horror lately, i gotta see the real thing before commenting~
Oh god I hate horror! Yes I’m a scaredy cat.
Hahaha…. Eugene as a shopping network host really reminds me of Oh Dal Ja especially the hairstyle
I’ll be looking out for this movie
definitely will NOT be watching this. i can’t even look at the posters, i’m THAT chicken shit.
I watched the trailer on my iPod in a hospital reception room. I got some weird looks when I all but jumped out of my chair. I hate sounds similar to the breaking of bones. It makes me shiver and flinch. I still want to see it though.
I like the yoga theme so I’ll definitely watch this but other than that, it looks very similar to a lot of other asian horror films. Especially the bone clicking – that’s totally lost all its effect on me :S