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Warning: Do Not Play

2019 · 85 min

A slow, uneasy crawl through urban legend and creative obsession, more unsettling atmosphere than shocks, with a lingering dread that follows you out.

Directed by
Kim Jin-won
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Starring
Seo Yea-ji, Joo Jong-hyuk, Jin Sun-kyu
Tagline
Watch at your own risk.
Overview
A struggling director makes a desperate bid to dig into the urban legend about a film shot by a ghost, at the risk of her own life.

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Directed by
Kim Jin-won
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Starring
Seo Yea-ji, Joo Jong-hyuk, Jin Sun-kyu
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • obsession
    • art
    • mystery
    • fate
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • found footage
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence strong
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror7
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance1
    Tension7
    Darkness7
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    horror, mystery
    Directed by
    Kim Jin-won
    Written by
    Kim Jin-won
    Starring
    Seo Yea-ji, Joo Jong-hyuk, Jin Sun-kyu, Kim Bo-ra, Ji Yun-ho, Cha Yeob, Jae-Young Joe, Jo A-ra
    Music
    Park Ki-heon
    Cinematography
    Yoon Yeong-soo
    Runtime
    85 min
    Country
    South Korea
    Languages
    Korean

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