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The Cat

2011 · 106 min

A slow creeping dread seeps in as a woman's phobia and a ghostly girl blur the line between guilt and supernatural revenge.

Directed by
Byun Seung-wook
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Starring
Park Min-young, Kim Dong-wook, Kim Ye-ron
Tagline
How Many Lives Do YOU Have?
Overview
So-yeon suffers from claustrophobia and inherits a Persian cat when its owner dies. She begins having nightmares and people around her begin dying as she searches for the truth.

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Directed by
Byun Seung-wook
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Starring
Park Min-young, Kim Dong-wook, Kim Ye-ron
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • isolation
  • trauma
  • healing
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
horror, mystery
Directed by
Byun Seung-wook
Written by
Byun Seung-wook, Jang Yoon-mi
Starring
Park Min-young, Kim Dong-wook, Kim Ye-ron, Shin Da-eun, Lee Sang-hee, Cho Hyen-woo, Park Hyun-young, Seo Yi-sook
Cinematography
Lee In-won
Runtime
106 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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