Hilariously over the top domestic thriller melodrama and yet so
wonderfully directed. I couldn’t get over the richness of light, the
perfect camera angles, the way the camera stalked around the scenes,
the profound sense of claustrophobia, the shocking twists (well, first
you’re shocked, then you just laugh… I mean it’s pretty
ridiculous). But just as an exorcise in filmmaking it’s absolutely
perfect. Some of the performances are outstanding as well. Featuring
some really gorgeous actresses turning in pretty emotionally resonant
performances. The lead femme fatale is particularly affecting. This
movie also has what must be the most dangerous staircase in cinema
history! And the last shot of the film is a wonderful piece of dated
Korean moral propagandizing. Really entertaining. I chuckled through
the whole thing.