Noise

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Noise

2024

1h 33m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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13 Reviews

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An unbearable noise from neighbor invading private life and personal space brings chaotic madness and psyche. Joo-young is a hearing-impaired woman relying on a hearing aid. Shortly after she moves to a new apartment, her sister goes missing. While following the leads, she finds out her sister's disappearance may be related to mysterious noises heard in her apartment. Questioning suspicious neighbors and tracking the source of the noise, Joo-young starts to experience strange and horrifying incidents around herself.

Steve Erickson

Arts Fuse

While the sound design is first-rate, befitting the concept, the cinematography is so muted and dark that it saps the film’s power, even though it forces the audience to concentrate harder on its array of noises.

Aug 15, 2025

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Mike Thorn

In Review Online

Noise crucially lacks a sense of accumulating tension. Its first act effectively establishes a sense of unknowable dread, but the film quickly becomes repetitive, and then eventually stagnant.

Aug 12, 2025

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Scott Phillips

Forbes

the screenplay finds new ways to toggle ... between Is it supernatural? and Is there a simple explanation? For every character who’s a Mulder, there’s a character who’s a Scully. Unlike so many horror films, I found the conclusion to be very satisfying.

Aug 7, 2025

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Chris Sawin

Bounding Into Comics

Noise is an auditory nightmare fueled by uncertainty and a foreboding atmosphere. Authentic moments of dread are drowned out by the echoing reverb of halfhearted writing.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 5, 2025

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Sara Clements

Next Best Picture

Kim Soo-jin demonstrates a masterful command of sound and sensory storytelling, giving us a horror film where fear isn’t just heard – it’s felt deep within.

Rated: 6/10

Jul 31, 2025

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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana

What a Scream Podcast

...very much follows the tried and tested formula of a traditional ghost story, similar to that of a gothic haunted house. The things that go bump in the night are not always the things you have to be afraid of, sometimes it's the living you should fear.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 30, 2025

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Lape, Jimmy Jr C

Noise falls short as a horror film, lacking the chilling elements needed to create real fear. Instead, it leans more toward a social commentary, exposing the harsh realities of poor apartment construction and its impact on residents’ lives.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/22/25

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B P

Sound Unnerves in South Korean Supernatural Horror Thriller

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/22/25

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Kim Soo-jin

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Lee Sun-bin

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Kim Min-seok

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Jeon Ik-ryung

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Ryu Kyung-Soo

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Han Soo-a

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Synopsis

An unbearable noise from neighbor invading private life and personal space brings chaotic madness and psyche. Joo-young is a hearing-impaired woman relying on a hearing aid. Shortly after she moves to a new apartment, her sister goes missing. While following the leads, she finds out her sister's disappearance may be related to mysterious noises heard in her apartment. Questioning suspicious neighbors and tracking the source of the noise, Joo-young starts to experience strange and horrifying incidents around herself.

Director: Kim Soo-jin
Screenwriter: Lee Je-hui, Kim Yong-hwan, Kim Soo-jin
Production Co: Studio Finecut
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Korean
Runtime: 1h 33m