As I sat down here in 2021 to watch the 1998 South Korean movie "Whispering Corridors", I must admit that I was expecting this to be a horror movie. I was familiar with the franchise by its title, just never had the chance to sit down to watch them.
While writers Jung-Ok In and Ki-hyeong Park made a script and storyline that was watchable enough, this movie just didn't really delivered the goods for me. The movie was lacking vital horror elements that you usually see in the South Korean horror genre. Instead, "Whispering Corridors" (aka "Yeogo goedam") was more of a supernatural mystery than it was a horror.
The storyline was a bit slow paced for my liking, but there definitely were aspects to the storyline and script that were interesting enough. However, the movie as a whole, just felt less than mediocre in my opinion. I am sure that if you are an Asian schoolgirl then you will find something scary in the storyline here, but for the rest of us, not so much.
Visually then "Whispering Corridors" had some nice elements to it. But keep in mind that there is actually nothing scary about director Ki-hyeong Park's 1998 movie.
The acting performances in the movie were adequate, and the actresses and actors managed fair enough, despite having some rather mundane and often faceless characters to portray. As the movie has ended, I must admit that most of the characters - even by name - elude me. A bit too bland and neutral in this aspect.
My rating of the 1998 movie "Whispering Corridors" lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars. While I managed to sit through the entire movie, I wasn't overly entertained. And I can in all honesty say that this is not a movie that I will be returning to watch a second time.
While writers Jung-Ok In and Ki-hyeong Park made a script and storyline that was watchable enough, this movie just didn't really delivered the goods for me. The movie was lacking vital horror elements that you usually see in the South Korean horror genre. Instead, "Whispering Corridors" (aka "Yeogo goedam") was more of a supernatural mystery than it was a horror.
The storyline was a bit slow paced for my liking, but there definitely were aspects to the storyline and script that were interesting enough. However, the movie as a whole, just felt less than mediocre in my opinion. I am sure that if you are an Asian schoolgirl then you will find something scary in the storyline here, but for the rest of us, not so much.
Visually then "Whispering Corridors" had some nice elements to it. But keep in mind that there is actually nothing scary about director Ki-hyeong Park's 1998 movie.
The acting performances in the movie were adequate, and the actresses and actors managed fair enough, despite having some rather mundane and often faceless characters to portray. As the movie has ended, I must admit that most of the characters - even by name - elude me. A bit too bland and neutral in this aspect.
My rating of the 1998 movie "Whispering Corridors" lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars. While I managed to sit through the entire movie, I wasn't overly entertained. And I can in all honesty say that this is not a movie that I will be returning to watch a second time.