Cinderella (DVD)

Ul-jjang is the "Perfect Face" — and everyone wants it. But what if they weren't born with it? No problem. Whip out the credit card, suck on some anesthesia, and you'll wake up prettier than a picture.

Quiet, unassuming art student Hyoon-su (Sin Se-kyeong), is the envy of all her friends because she is the daughter of a super successful cosmetic surgeon, Dr. Yoon Hee (Ji-Won To). Hyoon-su, the only one not caught up in the obsession for physical beauty, watches as her friends get new noses, cattier eyes, and jauntier chins… and keeps on watching as, one by one, they begin to die mysterious deaths.  She knows her mother is up to something, but the truth is too ugly to bear.

Our victims are horribly haunted by images in the mirror (pretty, but "That's not my face!"), and creepy-crawly black-haired ghosts who slither across the operating room floor and lurk in various dark shadows. Before long, Hyoon-su discovers that even her face really isn't hers… but why? And how? Is it possible she could have had surgery and not even known?

I don't know. This is an Asian horror movie, after all. Cue the shudders and classical music.

It doesn't have to make a lot of sense, but it does need to emote and look pretty. That, it does. Cinderella also delivers in the gore department. Needless to say, the surgery scenes are pretty disturbing, and the blood flows quite freely.

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