From the Shelf: Arang (2006, Ahn Sang-hoon)
Acquired: April of ‘07 as a review screener from the sadly-defunct Tartan Films.
Seen before?: Once - May 7th, 2007.
I covered most anything that’s worth covering in my Blogcritics review of this well-worn ghost movie, though it’s probably worth mentioning that the line of dialogue cited in the review (“It’s better to meet a ghost than a pervert”) more or less serves as a keystone to the entire film. Perversity and rape keep popping up as the film rolls on, making the thing seem like a long Korean knockoff of “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” (or, as I prefer to call it, “Law and Order: The All-Rape Edition”). Doesn’t make the film any better, but I figured I’d at least bring it up.
Up next: The reason I got a DVD player…
