Writerdirector takashi shimizu toasts the 10th anniversary of his influential horror film juon with two spooky shorts. The legend of a portrait a writer pursues a local legend about a ghost in a painting. This update of the 1960 chiller was an official selection of the 2010 cannes film festival. Then some priests entered banging on gourds and nguyen stabbed the picture to trap the evil spirit inside. Photo of muoi for fans of asian horror movies 323520 muoi. The legend of a portrait a korean writer travels to vietnam to do research for her story about a cursed portrait of a vietnamese girl named muoi. Let me first explain the legend of muoi herself in order to establish some context. Balasan dari film film horror dan thriller thriller and. Honestly, i really wanted to rate this film higher, but they just couldnt integrate the dreams to be an actual part of the film. In this atmospheric horror film, a south korean writer travels to. Subtitled in arabic, german, english, spanish, french, indonesian, italian. It became the first horror film in vietnam, after the fall of saigon.
In japanese traditional beliefs and literature, onryo, literally vengeful spirit, sometimes rendered wrathful spirit refers to a ghost believed to be capable of causing harm in the world of the living, injuring or killing enemies, or even causing natural disasters to exact vengeance to redress the wrongs it received while alive, then taking their spirits from their dying bodies. The legend of a portrait, directed by kim taekyeong. He didnt finish his portrait of muoi, and muoi didnt keep it, because of the fiance. The legend of a portrait korean movie 2007, watch muoi. Film film horror dan thriller thriller and horror films. Its told in a nice way, with little snippets of information from various people, and eventually going to the house where a horrible thing happened to a girl, muoi, 100 years ago. The legend of a portrait 2007 vostfr admin 20170424t01. After watching the movies, please mention your personal experiences. It became the first horror film in vietnam, after the fall of saigon and also, the first rated film in vietnam. Desperately needing inspiration for a new story, yun travels to vietnam to research a local folklore involving a painting of a girl named muoi. Muoi took revenge by killing herself then returning as a ghost with a bone to pick. This contradicts the fact the legend of muoi is a hundred years old.
The evil twin trailer 2006, korea with english subtitles. In this feature adaptation, a dead twin sister comes back from the grave to win back her lost love. Definition of popcorn films in the idioms dictionary. Taking place in present day korea and vietnam, writer yunhee travels to vietnam to write about the legend of muoi. The final tale in the film, in a cup of tea, is the strange story of a writer who keeps seeing faces in, as the title reveals, a cup of tea. Widely hailed as the first horror film shot in vietnam after the fall of saigon, muoi is a. In some ways you could call this film a love story, in other ways a comedy, but most of all its simply a portrait of two lonely people and how they choose to deal with the emptiness in their lives. Horror movies had been part of conventional cinema since the early 1930s when films such as king kong and dr. In ancient china, the tyrannical dragon emperor united the kingdoms under his rule after he acquired magical powers. Running simultaneously with interactive is sxsw film, which has a tradition of hip popcorn films. The legend goes that one hundred years ago, a woman named muoi fell in love with a good looking painter named nguyen. Thanks to two great acting performances and the directors compassionate viewpoint, the story leaves a. Muoi film poster vietnam horror, the first film after the fall of saigon. A hundred years ago in vietnam, muoi was an extremely beautiful woman, but was a commoner or something along those lines.
Muoi legend of a portrait apt phone the heirloom the frighteners 1996 dvdrip the unseeable arang bangkok haunted kairo pulse. Korean film starring won bin favorite korean movie of all time. The legend of a portrait is a 2007 horror film starring jo an, cha yeryun and anh thu. Despite being a korean movie, most of the scenes in the movie take place in scenic.
However, the version of the dress seen in the film is a much more recent and the well known creation starting in 40s at the earliest. List of best scariest horror movies of the 21st century so. The five tailed fox korean anime film doggie poo korean anime film about a dogs poop falling in love with a nearby dandelion, music by yiruma which is the only reason we watched it. It thinks its an art film because it never shows genitalia and has its two main characters come to a melancholic end.
Legend of a portrait 2007 being human, season 5 uk version 20 legend of the psychotic forest ranger 2011 insidious. Her work as an actress is wellappreciated through the awards she has received, such as the new star award for her acting on the land at the sbs drama awards in 2004, best new actress for her acting in lifting king kong at the 17th chunsa film art awards in 2009, and the excellence award for the category of actress in a daily drama at the kbs. Buy arkle portrait of a legend dvd from amazons movies store. Best asian horror on netflix new asian horror on netflix. Chapter 2 20 the supernaturals 1986 zombie 108 2012 aftershock 20 resolution 20 the strange call, season 1 2012 horror hungry humongous 1991 bath salts zombies 20 20 272. An environmental portrait is a portrait executed in the subjects usual environment, such as in their home or workplace, and typically illuminates the subjects life and surroundings. The movie is absolute garbage, a complete bore, and not worth the time or effort. Sharing film film horror dan thriller thriller and horror films only. A korean writer travels to vietnam to do research for her story about a cursed portrait of a vietnamese girl.
Nguyen then tricked her ghost into becoming an artists model again so he could finish her portrait. Take care of my cat the crucible aka silenced pirates woochi planet of snail lovers vanished the righteous thief the flu. Because this blog does not consist of a single focus topic i chose the name divers and sundry where divers means being of many and various kinds, and sundry means consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds. Based on one of koreas best loved tv series home of legend with over 650 episodes. Japanese horror korean horror chinese horror thai horror i own nothing. The fiance was a rich woman who got pissed and started spreading horrible rumors about muoi who was bewitching men with her pretty face. So we put togther a complete list as we could find from numorous sources into a list you can use 587 films.
Overall, this is a film that may impress you on a single viewing despite its many cliches, but it is loaded with cheap scares and could have been one of the greats had they done a few things differently. Masters of horror chocolate 2005 nordi pal complete the exorcist. The legend of a portrait 2007 anh thu, anhthu, yeryeon cha history war. This movie would have been perfect as a short story with simply learning what happened to muoi. She complains of the heavy load and leaves the house to go looking presumably for the husband, but after a day she gives up and returns, after which the diviner is able to complete her exorcism with an. But any flick that shows this much pheromonesweating skin in this many kama sutra positions is a skin flick. It is credited for being the second horror film to be released in vietnam and the first to receive a rating. Below you can also find a selected list of related titles that might be of interest to korean film enthusiasts, as well as some books published in other languages. Horror movies conventional cinema film studies essay. The legend of a portrait 2007 is a joint koreanvietnamese horror film telling the vengeful tale of betrayal and revenge.
Best of korean movies on netflix streaming, korean movies movies and tv shows on netflix, watch korean movies on netflix, highest rated korean movies movies and tv. The movies are arranged according to their year so that there will not be any difficulty for you to find out the movie name. The legend of a portrait 2007 is a joint koreanvietnamese horror film telling the unforgiving tale of betrayal and revenge. Tomb of the dragon emperor 2008 is the third and final movie in the mummy trilogy. Korean with english subtitles an atmospheric horror film, muoi is the story of a novelists search for new material gone wrong.
More technically proficient than inspired, this elegantly crafted korean horror film is a beautiful pastiche that exploits the power of familiar genre elements but does not equal the masterworks it emulates. The husband must endure while grabbing her hair and riding astride her corpse. The film is directed by kim taekyeong, who also directed the praised korean thriller dead friend 2004. Please leave comment or feedback if you think differently and have something in mind which you want me to notice. In white ghost, a psychic teen terrorizes his family.
After betraying the woman who helped him, he is sealed away, seemingly for good. The doll master is completely lacking style, the visuals arent memorable or ambitious and ultimately it means that the dull story doesnt capture the imagination at all through any means. A suburban town in japan is the victim of what is supposedly just an urban legend, a womans spirit with a horribly disfigured face. The legend of a portrait is a 2007 south koreanvietnamese horror film directed by kim tae kyeong. Best of asian horror on netflix streaming, asian horror movies and tv shows on netflix.
The legend of a portrait 2007 this horror movie was released on july 26, 2007, in south korea. The complete series 20142016 timothy dalton horror breaking through 2015 anitta. We scoured the internet and came up short on finding a comprehensive list of asian horror films to help collectors like us narrow our searches. Yoonhee heads for vietnam to unveil a centurylong legend of the portrait. Best korean movies on netflix new korean movies on netflix. You may also check out the scariest movies or horror movies which are based on true stories. Before muoi gets to yunhui, muoi disappears, and seoyeon appears in front of yunhui, in muois dress, and below the noose indicating, that yeah, she is kind of muoi. Books about korean cinema the following is an almostcomprehensive list of the books that have been published on korean cinema. The vietnamese coproducers should have forced the korean director to change such a blatant mistake. The legend of a portrait is a 2007 korean horror movie, set primarily in vietnam. Her korean friend who is living in vietnam tells her of a century old vietnamese legend dealing with a portrait of a woman named muoi. As yoonhee unveils the mystery of muoi, vietnam, seemingly an exotic place. This is a complete list of south korean films that received a domestic theatrical release in 2007 source for release dates and boxoffice admission results except where cited otherwise.
Favorite korean films korean drama love message board. Le film peculiarities of the national fishing 1998. Ultimately the film just felt like it was going through the motions to churn out another jhorror to put some cash in the directors pocket. The legend of a portrait, 2007, directed by kim taekyung, with anh thu, hong anh, jo an, at turner classic movies.
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