Korean Horror Movie Presents Different Kind of Fear
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In his debut film, "R-Point," set in Vietnam War, Director Kong Su-chang tries to show the fear soldiers felt in the war where they had to fight enemies while being overtaken with their own anxiety to survive in unfamiliar surroundings.
The film is a fictional account of a group of soldiers who try to search for their missing comrades on an island called "R-Point (Romeo Point)," an army term referring to the place where their search effort is operated from.
Though the mysterious islet is a point of strategic importance, it is notorious for its nickname, "Jungle of Ghosts," since many people were massacred or went missing there.
Although it adopts a mixture of both genres of horror and war flicks, the movie aims to present a different kind of fear from conventional teenage horror tales and war epics. "The only hope the soldiers had in the war-torn country must have been to survive and get back home safely," said Kong. "So, I also wanted to add a sense of sorrow and grief of the victims in the movie."
"R-Point" will be released in August in South Korea. North American release dates have not yet been announced.
Source: The Korea Times
| I personally perfer the less bloody but more creepy, mysterious ones like The Grudge or The Ring. but...it does seem like Korean movies are often the highest rated. | |
| 02-10-2005 by Yasashii | discuss |
| I sometimes get frightened by horror movies. If they are bloody or disturbing to a certain point, I will get slightly jumpy and start to feel sick sometimes. this happened to me at the begining of Saving Private Ryan. | |
| 02-06-2005 by The Mothman | discuss |