House of the Disappeared (2017)

“House of the Disappeared” is not a masterpiece in any way, but it's still pretty awesome! It’s a remake of a Venezuelan movie from 2013 which I haven’t watched, so I had no expectations whatsoever when watching the Korean version.

I wouldn’t call the movie a pure horror movie, it’s more of a mystery movie with elements of horror, thriller and family. The focus is more on the family relations and a mother’s love, rather than the horror I would say.

The storytelling can be low-key at some parts, but it never gets boring or slow in any way. The way the story unfolds fits the movie perfectly.

Short summary: The movie is about a woman who is imprisoned for 25 years because of the death of her husband and the disappearance of her son. When she is released she goes back to the house where everything happened to find out the truth about that night.

The twists and turns at the end really enhanced the movie experience for me, and it also affected my ratings a lot. It’s not the most mind-blowing twists out there, but they’re still good. Some parts are quite predictable, while others came as a surprise to me.

If you like mystery movies, I recommend this one!

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Mystery plus time travel equals mind-blowing

First of all, I didn't watch the Venezuelan movie wherein this originally came from and I really had a terrible sets of Korean movies that I watched before that's why I'm not expecting anything from this one. I am not really a fan of horror unless the plot is worth the scare so I watched this with a 'meh' feeling HOWEVER this movie is a actually great and definitely my style. Maybe because I am not really a fan of horror movies that's why I appreciated minimal jump scares. I was completely taken a away by the plot and how things fit perfectly step by step. I was amazed how they were able to add time travelling to mystery-thriller genre. It was really good and it's definitely my style.

Plus seeing Taecyeon in this movie as a 'hot, sexy' priest is really a bonus. The sound effects were just enough to give you chills which is really my style. If I were given a chance I would like to re-watch this as a Halloween special marathon.

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Few months I saw this film's trailer and since then I was waiting first for release and then for English subs. It was supposed to be a thriller and I really love thrillers and mystery plots. Now I can see on MyDramaList that it's changed for horror and after watching it I can say that it is a horror. A good one.

Story is simple. Husband is dead and son is missing. Wife and mother is claimed guilty and send to the prison. After 25 years she came back to house where tragedy happened and tries to find her son, who she thinks was caught by mysterious being hiding in basement.

You have no idea, if she's crazy, if she really kills her husband and what actually happened to her son...
Film, even though it's a horror, for me is a family drama, which shows how powerful is mother's love. You can feel her pain and desperation. It's really sad story with lots of plot twists and unexpected turns. For example, I needed to watch last scenes twice to fully understand it. Acting was really good, even young actors.

It may not be a masterpiece, but it's a film worth watching. Even for people, who don't really like horrors.
It has interesting plot and scenes that sometimes give you chills, good actors and nice music. And Taecyeon being a priest, the only person who actually believes old woman story...

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About movie...

I will show you my opinion about this movie.

I can tell you that if you see this title it isn't impressive this was my first thought nevertheless I watched it and I can tell I'm really surprised about the plot and acting in this movie.

The first 30 minutes can be boring for you but it has to be like this. They show us you the story about main family but Its just my opinion.

The rest of the movie will be suspenful. You can feel scary if you don't have strong nerves. This movie have a lot of plot twists. I can tell you will be exciting while you will watch it.

So what can I say enjoy watching.

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The best way to watch this movie is to not know what it is truly about and trying to guess the forces involved as the plot unfolds. Questioning the reason behind all the evens happening both in the past and present are what kept me interested. It was fun to guess if it was psychological thriller or the paranormal ghost story or something completely different. With the way the scenes were presented, any guess was valid.

On one hand it's a story about the sacrifices people can make for the ones they love, on the other, how you cannot escape the destiny and story written for you. It had heart, tension and some good scares. One of the scenes, that I would probably pic as one of my favorites from any movie I watched this year relied only on the sound and was such a refreshing way of creating suspense.

The acting was quite nice. I was hesitant to start the movie because of Ok Taec Yeon, but since his character was not that complex, and served a propose of guiding the viewers. He was more or less the exposition.

The movie is also shot in a beautiful way. Many scenes were presented from unusual angles and I could clearly see how much attention was put in the lighting.

There was one aspect of the plot I wasn't too happy about, but since it's a major spoiler I will write about it in comment section under spoiler. But even with that, I could appreciate the story for what it was. Another thing that was slightly off was the makeup done on Kim Yoon Jin to make her look older. Even tho better than in many other productions, it was still not fully believable.

Still, would definitely recommend. Best to watch with lights off and headphones on.

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