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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1646959/
Director: Chul-soo Yang
South Korea, Crime/ Drama/ Horror
The dictionary definition of the word bedevilled is "to torment mercilessly; plague.
This is the story of Hye-won, a bank worker in Seoul who, stressed and frazzled by life, decides to return to her hometown on a remote island for the first time in 15 years. And by remote, I mean remote – it takes ages to get there by ferry, and only nine people are living there now. Unfortunately, aside from her old friend Bok-nam and Bok-nam’s daughter, everyone on the island is seriously nasty and disturbed. The longer Hye-won stays there, the more ugly secrets from the past get unearthed and the more dreadful things become. Eventually, something has got to give, and soon an explosion of violence ensues.
This is a dramatic piece of work and overall a solid flick. Bedevilled may be a classic revenger’s tragedy, but Jang Cheol-So’s debut is all the more effective for taking its time in getting to the blood-drenched retribution. He creates an atmosphere of slowly mounting dread that builds to an incredibly bloody final act.
8/10, check this film out.