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The Tunnel

2014 · 86 min

A claustrophobic descent into guilt and darkness, where every tunnel corner tightens the dread and hope fades with the light.

Directed by: Park Gyu-Taek
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Jeong Yu-mi, Song Jae-im, Yeon Woo-jin

Overview: Ki-Chul drives his friends out to a resort situated by an abandoned coal mine. His father owns the resort. When they get there, they cross paths with a spooky man who warns them about the coal mine. Later, the friends find themselves in a desperate situation and enter the tunnels of the abandoned coal mine. Will they ever see the light of day again?

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Directed by: Park Gyu-Taek
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Jeong Yu-mi, Song Jae-im, Yeon Woo-jin

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

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Horror	8
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	8
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: horror, thriller
Directed by: Park Gyu-Taek
Written by: Yu Se-mun
Starring: Jeong Yu-mi, Song Jae-im, Yeon Woo-jin, Son Byung-ho, Lee Si-won, Bae Woo-hee, Jeon Cho-bin, Min Do-hee
Runtime: 86 min
Country: South Korea
Languages: Korean

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