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Lingering

2020 · 100 min

A slow, damp dread settles in as a lakeside hotel turns quietly wrong around a searching sister.

Directed by
Yoon Eun-kyoung
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Starring
Lee Se-young, Park Ji-young, Park Hyo-joo
Tagline
Welcome to hotel lake.
Overview
When Yoo-mi seeks out her mother's friend at a hotel to drop off her younger sister, she falls into unexpected mystery and horror.

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Directed by
Yoon Eun-kyoung
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Starring
Lee Se-young, Park Ji-young, Park Hyo-joo
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • mystery
  • family
  • isolation
  • trauma
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour1
Realism5
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
horror, mystery
Directed by
Yoon Eun-kyoung
Written by
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Starring
Lee Se-young, Park Ji-young, Park Hyo-joo, Park So-i, Jeon Su-ji, Lee Ju-won, Kim Bo-yoon, Wang Seok-hyeon
Music
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Runtime
100 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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