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A Tale of Two Sisters

Janghwa, Hongryeon (A Tale of Two Sisters)

2003

Kim Jee-woon

Kim Kap-su, Yum Jung-ah, Lim Soo-jung, Moon Geun-young ...

5.9

10,572

Horror. Mystery. Drama Two sisters who, after spending time in a mental institution, return to the home of their father and cruel stepmother. Once there, in addition to dealing with their stepmother's obsessive and unbalanced ways, an interfering ghost also affects their recovery.

	Media	Author	Review
		Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"There's more rank dread and inscrutable mystery in any one scene of this South Korean psychological thriller than in all the American horror films of the past 10 years"
		Tom Long Detroit News	"Ji-woon Kim may be the Korean David Lynch and his juxtaposition of seemingly innocent and suddenly searing situations is marvelously unnerving"
		Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"We aren't meant to understand the story fully until the film's closing minutes, so the shocks and suggestions come in a muddled context."
		Derek Elley Variety	"Though pic is at heart an old-fashioned scarefest (...) it manages to suspend disbelief without over-taxing the viewer’s patience"
		Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"A tour de force of psychological horror at its creepiest."
		Richard James Havis The Hollywood Reporter	"Although A Tale of Two Sisters has some excellent suspense sequences, it falters badly during the dramatic parts."
		David Parkinson Empire	"Masterfully manipulative and bloody scary (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jamie Russell BBC	"Dark, dreadful, and utterly disturbing, it's a remarkable modern fairy story."

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