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The Cursed: Insatiable Desires

2025 · 97 min

A slow-creeping anthology of bad bargains, where ordinary desires curdle into eerie, interconnected dread.

Directed by
Hong Won-ki
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Starring
Yoo Jae-myung, Moon Chae-won, Seo Young-hee
Overview
An old man attempting to harm the village's mystical guardian tree. An office worker, obsessed with beauty, tampering with her neighbor's packages. A mother making deals with ghosts to secure her daughter's place in medical school. A senior police officer insisting on handling a case alone, despite his junior's objections. A college student seeking fame on social media through horror content. These seemingly unrelated incidents are eerily linked by their intertwined relationships and a shared undercurrent of wrong choices driven by desire. At the heart of it all lies a sinister dark market. Once its true nature is revealed, there’s no turning back.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Hong Won-ki
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Starring
Yoo Jae-myung, Moon Chae-won, Seo Young-hee
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • greed
  • obsession
  • morality
  • betrayal
  • fate
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour2
Realism5
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
horror, thriller
Directed by
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Written by
Yoo Young-seon
Starring
Yoo Jae-myung, Moon Chae-won, Seo Young-hee, Won Hyun-jun, Solar, Cha Sun-woo, Bae Su-min, Seo Ji-soo
Music
Koo Ja-wan
Cinematography
Park Jong-cheol
Runtime
97 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean, Vietnamese

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