Family Plot Review ofA Tale Of Two Sisters DVDby
Zoe
Advantages: Sustained terror throughout Disadvantages: Which may not be to everyone's taste
...get when Janet Leigh takes a shower or Jack Nicholson enters a hotel bathroom, how long do you think a film can sustain that feeling of gut wrenching suspense?
In the case of ‘A Tale of Two Sisters’ the answer is well over an hour and hence it gains the moniker of “the most terrifying film I have ever seen”. An impressive claim which I will struggle to justify on paper (particularly without ruining the scares) but if I persuade only one of you ...
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Advantages: One of the scariest films I have ever seen Disadvantages: Too complicated to understand, inconsistent.
...under your kitchen sink?
Then, A Tale of Two Sisters is for you!
The story
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I don't want to get into too much detail, as I believe that horror films are far scarier when one doesn't know the story.
In a few words, Su-Mi and Su-Yeon are two sisters (no kidding!), who return to their family home to live with their dad, Mu-Hyun, and his new wife Iun Joo. From the first moments, tensions build ...
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...said that, this would be a wickedly creepy, disturbing, tense psychological thriller any day of the week. And the tension is throughout the entire film, not just the first half hour.
The story is basically two sisters returning to live with their father and step mother after a prolonged stay in some sort of institution. It does not make it clear why they were there, but there is obviously tension between the oldest daughter and her father and ...
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Advantages: Some excellent scenes that aren't likely to leave you any time soon. Disadvantages: An unsatisfactory ending - even by horror film standards!
...will undoubtedly leave you with a head scratching "huh?" come the end credits.
The film follows the story of two sisters, Su-mi and Su-yeon, and their interaction with their father and step-mother, Eun-joo. The first two-thirds of the film consist mainly of the tensions between the older sister (Su-mi) and her parents, interspersed with some genuinely creepy scenes that although very stylishly shot have little to do with the plotline.
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Advantages: Terrifying, Beautiful, and Moving Disadvantages: The Twists in the Plot can be Confusing
...(Moon Geun-young) returning home after a mysterious illness. The relationship between the sisters is extremely close, and Su-mi is very protective of her younger sister. When they arrive back at the house, strange and unsettling things begin to happen. It is difficult to explain the film as it contains alot of twists, and also visual imagery which is important to the plot.
Kim Jee-woon's A Tale of Two Sisters was one of the most terrifying films ...
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Horror - Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard, Jorge Montesi, Don Taylor, John Moore, Richard Donner - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over