Whispering Corridors (1998)

Original title

여고괴담

Directed by

Park Ki-hyung

Genre

horror film, teen film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

15

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 124 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

At a strict girls' high school in South Korea, students and teachers face eerie supernatural events. The story uses horror to criticize the authoritarian and conformist pressures in the education system.

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What happens

Whispering Corridors (Korean: 여고괴담; RR: Yeogogoedam; lit. 'Ghost Story in a Girls' High') is a 1998 South Korean supernatural horror film directed and co-written by Park Ki-hyung. It was part of the explosion in South Korean cinema following the liberalization of censorship in the aftermath of the end of the country's military dictatorship. The film makes a social commentary on authoritarianism and conformity in the harsh South Korean education system. This film is the first installment of the Whispering Corridors film series, and was followed by five sequels (Memento Mori, Wishing Stairs, Voice, A Blood Pledge and The Humming), though none of the sequels share a continuing plot or characters with each other. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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