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A young woman is released from hospital after receiving treatment for a cancer that she is unlikely to recover from. With the treatment having caused her hair to fall out her sister, Ji-hyeon buys her a wig in attempt to give her more confidence. It appears that the wig is having the right effect when Su-hyeon embraces a new lease of life. Soon the changes in her sister's behavior and appearance begin to cause concern and Ji-hyeon soon comes to the conclusion that the wig is in fact cursed and is manipulating its new owner in order to fulfill its own terrifying purpose. Reminiscent of A Tale of Two Sisters in its visual style, The Wig is another quality fright fest from the best in the business.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another tale of two sisters,
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This review is from: The Wig [2005] [DVD] (DVD)
A great enigmatic South Korean offering really reminiscent of the excellent 'A Tale of Two Sisters' Very stylish and given its subject matter it sidesteps a lot of the overused allbeit iconic imagery that you find in a lot of Korean and Japanese horrors.
Its a very multi-layered plot and I'm not going to mention most of it except for the bare bones of the story which focuses upon two sisters one of whom has leukemia (and subsequent hair loss) who utilises a wig purchased by her sister with rather an unfortunate history and side effects. Really well filmed and directed; some scenes are quite fast moving so its one you have to concentrate on to fully appreciate the often subtle touches and visual imagery on display. There are no extras on the disc which is a shame as the direction of the film was extremely interesting. It's not overly gory or frightening but has real intelligence behind it. A pretty much of a must see if you appreciate asian cinema and especially so if you liked A Tale of Two Sisters.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Powerful drama,
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This review is from: The Wig [2005] [DVD] (DVD)
I purchased this title expecting it to be similar to films such as The Grudge or The Ring, purely going by the box art which shows a ghostly face peering out of the back of the wig whilst the sister in the film is wearing it! Although it has some moments of this sort of suspense and horror,the story mainly revolves around the interplay between the two sisters and I found that I enjoyed the film a great deal because of this. The character of the sister with leukemia was very well played,and the tragic ending was very powerful. In short, I expected a creepy horror movie but instead got a very well filmed "tale of two sisters" which I enjoyed immensely.
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3.3 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews) 12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Bad Hair Day,
By Allan Inouye "a well wisher" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Wig [DVD] [2005] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
This Korean movie tries to answer the pressing question: can someone make a horror movie out of a wig? The answer depends on what you mean by "horror." I was horrified at the end to realize I had purchased this dud on line from Amazon.
The main characters are two sisters, one dying from leukemia (who has lost her hair to chemotherapy) and the other suffering from a failed marriage. The suffering sibling gives her sister a wig. When the dying woman puts it on, she immediately loses the 10:00 shadows under the eyes, her posture improves, and she gets surges of energy. Unfortunately, during one of these energy surges she tries to seduce her soon-to-be-ex-brother-in-law, to the horror (again that word) of her suffering sister. Meanwhile strange things are happening. The wig, for instance, keeps falling off its hanger onto the floor. This may be because 1) it is too heavy for the hanger, or 2) it actually prefers the floor. The answer is 2), for reasons explained at the end of the movie. One key sequence encapsulates some of the problems with this film. A friend of the two girls borrows the wig, and the next day she and her husband turn up dead. The wig magically returns to its owner. I had to watch this sequence again, because I did not know who was who. In fact, this is a problem during the key revelation flashback, when the origin of the wig and its relationship to the main characters is revealed. I was wondering, "Who?" "What?" "Why?" And who is doing what to whom? A lot of these characters look alike. The really "scary" scene at the climax shows the hair climbing up a flight of stairs. This is reminiscent of the Terminator, when the mutilated machine crawls across the floor and up some steps to terminate Sarah Connors. In that movie the effect was to show how implacable the machine was. In this movie it was laughable. We now discover that the wig really likes to be on the ground, moving around like a "skink." (Don't look this one up in Webster's: a "skink" is a long-haired legless animal that crawls up stairs in Asian horror movies.) The penultimate scene showing one of the sisters holding the dead body of her sibling goes on and on and on, as if repetition will make it seem more pathetic. Whether or not it works depends on what you mean by "pathetic." By this time the characters and you, the viewer, will all have had a Bad Hair Day. 4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Good Movie,
By L. C. Tomas "baka gaijin" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Wig [DVD] [2005] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
It's a very good movie, and one I highly recommend to all, if you like Asian horror, especially K-horror. It certainly has some pretty creepy moments, let me tell you - worth a watch. It isn't as silly as its premise might at first seem.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Asian ghost tale with a rich, bittersweet story of loss and sorrow,
By Channel KDK12 "Channel KDK12 - Serious Horror" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Wig [DVD] [2005] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
Ji-hyeon [Seon-Yu] has lost everything--her voice to a freak accident, her fiancee, Ki-Seok, to reasons she does not understand, and now she is about to lose her sister, Su-hyeon [Min-seo Chai] her only living family member, to leukemia. Trying to cover up the severity of Su-hyeon's illness for both herself and her sister, she tells her sister she is cured, and presents her with a wig to cover the baldness caused by chemotherapy. But the hair of the wig was illegally obtained from the dead, and one dead person in particular, causing drastic changes in Su-hyeon's body and mind. Ji-hyeon must find a way to free her sister from the curse that comes with the Wig. The Wig is both terrifying and heartwrenching, with excellent character development and a strong story, along with eerie effects as the wig takes on a life of its own.
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