By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter
While film is an old Western tradition, Koreans have long relied on horror flicks to cool the summer heat. And as the summer season lurks just around the corner, serial killers, freaks and ghosts are out in full force to chill moviegoers.
Compared to ghosts and schizophrenic psychos that predominantly figure in Western horror films such as "The Omen", "Creep" and "Silent Hill", what can local moviegoers expect from the domestic horror films? The following are some of Korean horror films slated for this summer.
Arang (on June 28)
This is the first local horror film, which opens the summer season.
As it is based on a Korean folk tale in which a ghost visits a district governor to ask him help her pay off her grudge, the film aims to put Korean touches to maximize fear for local audiences.
Directed by
Ahn Sang-hoon and starring
Song Yoon-ah and
Lee Dong-wook, the film revolves around two detectives who encounter mysterious accid...
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