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Nightmare

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After a troubled female college student commits suicide by jumping from a high-rise apartment tenement, six of her friends, including ex-baseball star Hyun-jun (Yoo Ji-tae) and advertising executive Mi-ryeong (Jo Hye-yeong), begin having nightmares and visions involving the dead girl. Before long, things take an even darker turn when several members of the group turn up dead, and the survivors realize that they are being haunted by the violent spirit of their deceased friend.

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William Schwartz HanCinema You can also see flashes of tragic resignation in Ha Ji-won's performance that were much more effectively utilized in her later melodramatic career. Oct 2, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member very nice i liked it Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Ha Ji-won is fabulous here, playing a Korean JHGC (J-Horror Goth Chick) with bangs and neatly combed hair. Just a little black around the eyes and she's as creepy as they come. And quite beautiful too. In fact, the only redeeming quality of this attempt to jump on the I Know What You Did Last Summer style of horror bandwagon is that all the female players are gorgeous. And they do a fine job acting. Beyond that, compliments are hard to muster. I hesitate to single out someone for deep ridicule but the guy who plays the lawyer in this flick, his acting is so bad it's painful. He ruins the film. There are buckets and buckets of blood spilled and some of the kills are pretty good, and, much to my surprise as it's unusual in Korean cinema featuring young starlets, there's brief nudity, Ha Ji-won included. All in all there is some enjoyment to be had from watching a handful of attractive young Koreans go through the horror motions, but I can pretty much guarantee you will be groaning and moaning and pointing fingers and poking fun at this flick before it's over. <a href='http://sitenoise-atthemovies.blogspot.com/2010/01/nightmare-gawi-horror-game-movie-2000.html' target='_blank'>sitenoise at the movies: Nightmare</a> Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member i loved this as a kid and i still love it to this day Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Discreto horror/thriller coreano, che regala qualche bella sequenza, ma che non si eleva particolarmente dalla media, preferendo conformarsi a più riuscite produzioni precedenti. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member was into it for a while, but the same people kept dying and re-dying! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Hye-jin's homecoming should have been a joyous occasion. She was especially happy to see her childhood friend again, the shy Eun-ju. However, when a secret is revealed, harsh words are exchanged. These words deeply affect Eun-ju and, in the next scene, we see her plummeting from a 30-story building. In a flashback provided by Sun-ae, we learn that the ghost of Eun-ju is hunting down all of Hye-jin's friends and killing them.. ~~~~~~~~~~~ The movie moves a little slow , but it has an interesting story to tell and will be appreciated by the viewers...story concerns a group of school friends hiding a secret from the past, which comes back to haunt them...flashbacks and modern day scenes with some thrills and scares are quite a good deal that create tension . Nightmare is fine for those who just like to watch horror flicks and disappointing for those that have high expectation...so don't get your hopes up to enjoy the movie... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After a troubled female college student commits suicide by jumping from a high-rise apartment tenement, six of her friends, including ex-baseball star Hyun-jun (Yoo Ji-tae) and advertising executive Mi-ryeong (Jo Hye-yeong), begin having nightmares and visions involving the dead girl. Before long, things take an even darker turn when several members of the group turn up dead, and the survivors realize that they are being haunted by the violent spirit of their deceased friend.
Director
Byeong-ki Ahn
Producer
Stanley Kim, Goh Hyeong-wook, Lee Min-ho
Screenwriter
Byeong-ki Ahn
Rating
R (Brief Sexuality/Nudity|Strong Violent Content|Language)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (DVD)
Jun 28, 2005
Runtime
1h 38m