INTO THE MIRROR

5Hocus pocus: Eisoptrophobia comes into full play.

The Koreans are known for their sappy melodramas and sanguinary war sagas, but horror? THE PHONE is passable at best and A TALE OF TWO SISTERS is way overpraised. The only spooker I recommend from the Land of the Morning Calm is GEOUL SOKEURO (rehashed in LaLa Land as MIRRORS). Predicated on our phobia of reflections (as can be explained here), this stylish, sinister and minimalistic 2003 film makes one think twice before gazing into the looking glass again.