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After convalescing in hospital, two sisters return home to their father and stepmother. Su-mi is the older sister and she's prepared to speak her mind. Su-yeon, however is more wary and still haunted by bad memories of the place, she becomes an easy target for her stepmother's bullying. But then there are the strange things that start happening in the house. Is this their stepmother trying to torment them or is there something more sinister hiding in the shadows?
Special Features
- Behind The Scenes Feaurette
- Widescreen 1.85:1 MPEG4 AVC
- DTS - HD Master Audio 5.1 Dolby True HD
- Languages - Korean
- Subtitles - English
- Disc - BD25
- Region Code B
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This korean movie is 10X better than the one re-made by Hollywood. It is suspenseful (not scary as like "in-your-face" hollywood style) and mind-bending. For some, it can be a quite a drag since it started off slow, but I don't mind because it builds up the story and suspense. The ending is really weird. Overall, I like it.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I've never really been interested in any so-called 'Horror' movies, regardless of their style or nationality. Because to be honest with you, I simply do not find the supernatural to be particularly scary. 'Ghosts,' 'Monsters' and other 'Creatures From Beyond The Grave?' You might as well ask me to be terrified of 'Pixies' or 'Snow White & The Seven Dwarves.'
Maybe I've just experienced too much 'REAL' horror to be frightened by these figments of somebody else's imagination. But when push comes to shove though, all fear is in the mind, and so I've always been a huge fan of emotionally-charged and psychological thrillers.
In this respect then, "A Tale Of Two Sisters" almost certainly delivers in spades. Because although in terms of greatness, it just cannot compete with other virtually silent Korean cinema, films like "3 Iron" and "April Snow" were each conveying entirely different emotions. And this brief glimpse into the tensions of an emotionally traumatised step-family, forever teetering on the brink of murder, suicide and insanity was simply far too beautiful to ignore.
Of course, while the three actresses who star in this movie are all certainly among the most talented in Korea, Yeom Jeong-Ah definitely steals the show as the deranged and terrifying step-mother, and her cold, dead smile was like an icicle through my heart as she stalked the house like a raptor looking for its next meal.
Her needle-like gaze and the way that her expression could change in the blink of an eye; her brother's wife cowering with terror at the thought of what might happen when he made her angry...
What had actually happened to the young sisters' real mother? Why is their father now little more than an emotional husk? Why had the older sister been committed to a psychiatric hospital? At the end of the day, I truly didn't care!
Regardless of the story, the mysteries and so forth, no matter 'Why' they were all traumatised or insane, the morbid fascination of watching them struggle to play 'Happy Families' before things came to a head was darkly and disturbingly compelling. I'm happy to say that although they didn't 'Shock' me in the slightest, the unexpected twists were also deliciously satisfying. The so-called 'Horror' also worked very well because it was merely the insane women's hallucinations and nightmares. So before you decide to buy, to watch or to review this DVD, please understand that it is not a 'Horror' film with a clear-cut, if utterly ludicrous explanation.
It is an exploration of insanity, not another pointless 'Ghost Story' with a beginning, a middle and an end. So as long as you understand that at least one of the characters is almost completely delusional and insane, then this supposedly 'Tangled & Indecipherable Movie' will ultimately make total sense.
Maybe I've just experienced too much 'REAL' horror to be frightened by these figments of somebody else's imagination. But when push comes to shove though, all fear is in the mind, and so I've always been a huge fan of emotionally-charged and psychological thrillers.
In this respect then, "A Tale Of Two Sisters" almost certainly delivers in spades. Because although in terms of greatness, it just cannot compete with other virtually silent Korean cinema, films like "3 Iron" and "April Snow" were each conveying entirely different emotions. And this brief glimpse into the tensions of an emotionally traumatised step-family, forever teetering on the brink of murder, suicide and insanity was simply far too beautiful to ignore.
Of course, while the three actresses who star in this movie are all certainly among the most talented in Korea, Yeom Jeong-Ah definitely steals the show as the deranged and terrifying step-mother, and her cold, dead smile was like an icicle through my heart as she stalked the house like a raptor looking for its next meal.
Her needle-like gaze and the way that her expression could change in the blink of an eye; her brother's wife cowering with terror at the thought of what might happen when he made her angry...
What had actually happened to the young sisters' real mother? Why is their father now little more than an emotional husk? Why had the older sister been committed to a psychiatric hospital? At the end of the day, I truly didn't care!
Regardless of the story, the mysteries and so forth, no matter 'Why' they were all traumatised or insane, the morbid fascination of watching them struggle to play 'Happy Families' before things came to a head was darkly and disturbingly compelling. I'm happy to say that although they didn't 'Shock' me in the slightest, the unexpected twists were also deliciously satisfying. The so-called 'Horror' also worked very well because it was merely the insane women's hallucinations and nightmares. So before you decide to buy, to watch or to review this DVD, please understand that it is not a 'Horror' film with a clear-cut, if utterly ludicrous explanation.
It is an exploration of insanity, not another pointless 'Ghost Story' with a beginning, a middle and an end. So as long as you understand that at least one of the characters is almost completely delusional and insane, then this supposedly 'Tangled & Indecipherable Movie' will ultimately make total sense.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
This review is not about the movie, which is really rich, dense, thrilling, inteligent and intense, but which too much has already been said about. It is about this particular blu-ray release. It is really very poor. The image is only barely better than that of the dvd. Colors are a bit more saturated and the contours are a bit more defined, but it is very far, far away from the quality of detail that a blu-ray transfer of any recent (or old but restored) movie should have. The image lacks contrast, and the scenes in the interior of the house, only about 90-95% of the movie, just don't work unless a TV mode that enhances brightness and contrast is used. The image is blurry, it has a kind of softness that clearly points towards a video master source rather than a celluloid one. It is too obvious that no remastering has been attempted at all. I'd bet it is merely a high-definition release of the same video master used for the standard dvd release. Just like the very poor edition of "Oldboy", maybe even more deceiving. Too bad, this is the last time I buy a Tartan blu-ray edition. From now on, I will stick to original Asian releases; the quality of any Asian blu-ray is just amazing, mind-blowing. Plus, it lacks worthy extras. If you don't have it, maybe you can think about this unexpensive edition. But if you already have it, especially if you have the excellent US dvd edition, with lots of extras and the insightful director's commentary, it is really not worth the high definition upgrade until a better, remastered edition is released.
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Superb and extremely moving
I've never been a big fan of films especially Hollywood blockbusters, they also seem so false, but I have really been enjoying watching Korean horror/thriller flicks. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. George Johnson
I had no idea.....
.....that the 2008 film 'The Uninvited' The Uninvited [DVD] [2008] was a remake of this Korean Masterpiece. Read more
Published 14 months ago by The Dandy Highwayman
Not a real horror, but I enjoyed it.
First of all, I don't understand why people seem to put most Asian movies where strange things happen, in the 'horror' genre. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Wicked Sheila
Better then the remake...but thats not saying much!
On the plus side for this movie it does create some tension in a few scenes and there is one decent jump moment but the thing that lets this down is the fact that it's just too... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Si
5-star movie! Terrible 0-star blu-ray conversion!
I can only agree wholeheartedly with the previous reviewer. A 5-star movie with a no-star blu-ray conversion. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Fergus Stewart
A brilliant and disturbing journey into fear
I found that like all very fine films, "A Tale of Two Sisters" presented the viewer with quite complex questions without necessarily trying to give a final answer to the issues... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Richard Johnston
Dissapointing Asian horror film
I love Asian horror films and have seen most of them. This movie however falls far short of the high benchmark. Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2010 by J. Moyle
TWINS ARE SCARY.
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Published on 23 Jan 2009 by billbot3000
Best Asian horror after the Grudge
Asian horrors are so much different from Western ones. While in the west it is the visuals that are meant to strike fear into the hearts of the viewers, this really, for me,... Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2009 by Andrew J. Gibbs-ripley
I tried to understand!
I've watched alot of asian movies and heard alot about this movie, how its a must see for asian horror fans ect and was looking really foward to seeing it. Read more
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