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An Uninvited Guest

2011 · 81 min

A claustrophobic home-invasion pressure cooker that keeps tightening the screws with unsettling revelations and little room to breathe.

Directed by: Lee Sang-hwa
Genres: Thriller, Horror
Starring: Shin Yi, Kim Tae-jeong, Kim Han-gyu

Overview: A crazed and dangerous man barges into Eun Jin's home while she's alone. His actions and behavior are strangely similar to that of her husband. Eun Jin's neighbor comes by with rice cakes, and she too is taken hostage. The strange man is scary, but he reveals even scarier things about Eun Jin's husband.

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Directed by: Lee Sang-hwa
Genres: Thriller, Horror
Starring: Shin Yi, Kim Tae-jeong, Kim Han-gyu

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
deception
survival
fate
violence
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	4
Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	9
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: thriller, horror
Directed by: Lee Sang-hwa
Written by: Lee Sang-hwa
Starring: Shin Yi, Kim Tae-jeong, Kim Han-gyu, Hwang Seon-Hwan
Runtime: 81 min
Country: South Korea
Languages: Korean

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