Memento Mori (1999)

Original title

여고괴담 두번째 이야기

Directed by

Kim Tae-yong, Min Kyu-dong

Genre

drama film, horror film, teen film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

16

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 126 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In an all-girls high school, a pair of students fall in love but their relationship is discovered. After one of them dies by suicide, the other student experiences ghostly phenomena that intertwine with the school's dark secrets.

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What happens

Memento Mori (Korean: 여고괴담 두번째 이야기: 메멘토 모리; lit. 'Second Ghost Story in a Girls' High: Memento Mori') is a 1999 South Korean horror film, and the second installment of the Whispering Corridors film series. It is a sequel to 1998's Whispering Corridors, and is also set in an all-girls high school, but the films are otherwise unrelated. Memento Mori was one of the first Korean commercial films to depict lesbian characters. However, prevailing Korean attitudes constrained its potential to be widely viewed, even more so as the controversial themes targeted the teen demographic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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