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Memento Mori

1999 · 98 min

A haunting, emotionally intense watch that blends tragic romance with eerie supernatural dread, demanding focus as it slowly reveals its secrets.

Genres
Horror, Romance, Drama
Tagline
Some secrets should never be revealed.
Overview
The ghost of a lesbian high-school girl takes revenge on the people who used to bully her. And another young girl finds her old diary detailing her love and rejection when she was alive.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • death
Places
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism6
Romance6
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Whispering Corridors Collection

  1. Whispering CorridorsMovie · 1998
  2. Memento MoriMovie · 1999 This title
  3. Wishing StairsMovie · 2003
  4. VoiceMovie · 2005
  5. A Blood PledgeMovie · 2009
  6. Whispering Corridors 6: The HummingMovie · 2021

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Genres
horror, romance, drama
Directed by
Kim Tae-yong, Min Kyu-dong
Written by
Kim Tae-yong, Min Kyu-dong
Starring
Kim Gyu-ri, Park Ye-jin, Rie Young-zin, Gong Hyo-jin, Kim Jae-in, Baek Jong-hak, Maeng Bong-hak, Lee Hyun-soon
Cinematography
Kim Yun-su
Runtime
98 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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