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Go-sa sequel on the rocks?

javabeans — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:45:58 +0000

Last month, a sequel was announced for last year’s summer horror flick Go-sa: Bloody Midterms, also called Death Bell (starring Lee Beom-soo, Nam Gyuri, Kim Bum). However, two recent press conferences for the sequel project have been abruptly canceled without adequate reason, leading to puzzlement over why.

Go-sa 2 is to be a collaboration between CEO Kim Kwang-soo of production company Core Contents Media and horror director Ahn Byung-ki (of Nightmare and the upcoming Phone remake). A previous press conference had been announced, then canceled. It was rescheduled for December 9, but two hours before the event, it was also canceled, saying that Kim had caught a cold.

Go-sa was the debut film project for Core Contents Media, and its surprise success in theaters allowed the company to produce the Kwon Sang-woo melodrama More than Blue (aka A Story Sadder than Sadness), which was not a critical or commercial success. Reportedly, the Go-sa sequel is not likely to bring back Lee Beom-soo. Singer-turned-actress Nam Gyuri had a fractious split with Core Contents when she left SeeYa and criticized CEO Kim, so she’s clearly out as well.

(Tangential note: If you can read Korean, the source article is pretty amusing because it’s basically spewing vitriol at the producers for canceling the press conference. I’ve just taken out the general facts, but the original is so bitter it’s actually funny. You’d think a cancellation were a grave moral failing. It even points out that it’s not even swine flu, but a normal cold, lol.)

Via OSEN

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Sequel in the works for Go-sa: Bloody Midterms

javabeans — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:43:39 +0000

Perhaps you’ll recall the Kim Bum high school horror movie Go-sa: Bloody Midterms [고사 : 피의 중간고사], which also starred Lee Beom-soo as a teacher and former Seeya member Nam Gyu-ri as a student and Kim Bum’s love interest. It had a pretty successful run last summer with sales of 1 million tickets, which is strong enough to now produce a sequel.

Production company Core Contents Media has announced that the story of Go-sa 2 will not directly continue from the original movie, but will still be set amid a academy background (which may make it more like the Memento Mori–Whispering Corridors horror series). They are currently in the scriptwriting stage, and the concrete details will be revealed in a press conference in January.

All I know is that based on the description, I’d doubt that Kim Bum would return in the sequel (and there’s also the fact that he was fresh off High Kick at that time, but has since become a major star). Perhaps it’ll turn out like the Memento Mori series of horror flicks (which raised the profiles of stars like Kim Min-sun, Gong Hyo-jin, Park Jin-hee, and Park Han-byul) and cast up-and-comers to be a launching pad for future stars.

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Unreleased poster belatedly revealed for horror film

javabeans — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:30:29 +0000

(Ow. A bit more frightening than a similar poster for Yoga School, isn’t it?)

The horror film Faithless Hell [불신지옥, also called Faith] opened on August 12 to general praise for its premise (religion) and strong directing. Yet it’s not till now, two weeks after its premiere, that the film starring Nam Sang-mi (Gourmet) and Shim Eun-kyung (Legend) has put out a hitherto-unreleased poster.

This promo image takes a decidedly different approach from the one that was previously used (see below), going more for the horror angle as it features Shim Eun-kyung as the possessed younger sister to Nam Sang-mi.

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Preview shows off a stylish Yoga School

javabeans — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:48:43 +0000

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.)

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Post tags: Cha Soo-yeon, Eugene, horror movies, Jo Eun-ji, Kim Hye-na, Lee Young-jin, Park Han-byul

Yoga School’s dark and twisty (har) teaser poster

javabeans — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:03:04 +0000

Can I just say: Owwwwwwwwwwww.

That’s the official promo poster for the upcoming film Yoga School [요가학원], and with the horror-meets-yoga theme, I see what they were going for. Perhaps inadvertently, however, the effect strikes me as a lot more comical than scary, with a hint of camp — which is all right with me. (What do you think: does it seem creepy and chilling, or just look like bad Photoshop?)

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Nam Sang-mi’s supernatural horror thriller

javabeans — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:20:37 +0000

Nam Sang-mi‘s newest is a mystery horror film, which is literally translated to Faithless Hell [불신지옥, Bulshin Jiok] (which may not be the eventual English title it takes on). It has now fixed upon a release date in the prime summer horror season: August 13.

The film had initially been named Scream [비명], but I think the newer title is more apt for the cult-related storyline; the movie is described as a religious supernatural horror. (eep! That just happens to be the brand of horror I most fear.) Nam Sang-mi plays a woman whose religious younger sister goes missing, and the subsequent search leads her to deeper secrets and more people’s deaths.

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Horror comes to Yoga School

javabeans — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:19:47 +0000

Eugene

Like I said, summer is the time for horror. First we had the high school-set Suicide Pact; then Lee Seo-jin‘s high school-set drama Soul. Now it’s (the very unhorror-ly titled) Yoga School [요가학원] — although you wouldn’t know it from these photos from the film’s open set day, would you?

The story centers around five beautiful women who harbor different insecurities and seek out a mysterious yoga school that promises undying beauty. The film is directed by Yoon Jae-yeon, who directed the third Memento Mori film Wishing Stairs.

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High school horror series continues with Suicide Pact

javabeans — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:36:33 +0000

Check out the latest poster releases for the upcoming horror film Suicide Pact, which is the latest installment of the 여고괴담 “Horror School” (or Memento Mori) series.

The franchise has produced four films in the past decade, and with summer approaching, the fifth is set to premiere in a few weeks. The photos alone are enough to tell me I’ll be staying far, far away — but if horror-thrillers are your thing, it may be right up your alley.

The story features five high school friends dealing with different problems who swear to die together in the name of friendship — until one of them commits suicide first.

Suicide Pact opens on June 18.

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Horror flick Chaw sells to 15 countries

javabeans — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:54:02 +0000

The horror movie Chaw [차우] always struck me as a B-list premise — killer pig runs wild! chaos and carnage ensue! — but the thing that kept me from writing it off was Uhm Tae-woong (Devil) and Jung Yumi (Que Sera Sera). Both are great actors who pick their projects carefully, and neither seems the type to go for a throwaway slasher flick.

And maybe it’s better than it sounds, because it has managed to sell to 15 countries, in advance of its theatrical release later this summer.

Chaw attracted notice amongst the European film market back in February at the Berlin Film Festival based on promotional trailers and has now sold to Germany, Austria, India, and Singapore, among others.

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Finding her Soul Mate in New Zealand

javabeans — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:58:29 +0000

“Barbie Doll” Han Chae-young is taking the lead in a Korea-New Zealand co-production, Soul Mate, to be directed by New Zealander Scott Reynolds (When Strangers Appear).

Backed by New Zealand production company Eyeworks Touchdown and a Korean film house, Soul Mate is a horror movie telling the story of an Asian woman living in New Zealand, who becomes entangled with ghosts and dead spirits. The film will be entirely English-language, which Han’s management feels will open the possibility of aiding her toward Hollywood. Let’s not put the cart before the horse, fellas. Han Chae-young did live in the States and speaks English, but still has a very thick accent and limited fluency, from what I can see in interviews.

Reynolds plans to be in attendance at the upcoming Pusan International Film Festival, which we’ll be hearing a lot about this week, I can assure you.

Via Yonhap News

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