Mokdugi (2003) - 목두기 비디오 (Mok-doo-gi Bi-di-o)

Mock Documentary Maximizes Fear

2005/07/04 | Source | Permalink |

By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter

Documentary and fiction films seem to have nothing in common and actually look totally different in the way they depict reality. But independent filmmaker Yun Jun-hyung combines the two formats to create an incredibly powerful way of making a horror film.

"I wanted to make a film that could be enjoyed by as many people as possible", Yun said during an interview with The Korea Times on Friday. "But with the 30 million won or so I managed to collect, there weren't many things that I was able to do like other commercial films, and the format of a documentary film was the most efficient way we could come up with to make a horror film".

"Mokdugi Video" is a ghost story, but is filmed as if it were a documentary, giving it a realism similar to "The Blair Witch Project". Moviegoers can usually keep some distance when watching horror films, thinking that it's only fiction, but a documentary film doesn't always allow for a similar suspension of disbeli...| More