Seire (Korean: 세이레) is a 2021 South Korean horror film directed by Park Kang and starring Seo Hyun-woo, Ryu Abel, Shim Eun-woo, Ko Eun-min and Kim Woo-kyum.
| Seire | |
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| Directed by | Park Kang |
| Written by | Park Kang |
| Starring |
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| Distributed by | Film Movement |
Release date | October 2021 (Busan International Film Festival) |
Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Cast edit
- Seo Hyun-woo as Woo-jin
- Ryu Abel
- Shim Eun-woo
- Ko Eun-min
- Kim Woo-kyum
- Seo Jin-won as President of the Health Center[1]
Release edit
The film premiered at the 26th Busan International Film Festival in October 2021.[2] The film will receive a theatrical release in 2022.[3][4]
Reception edit
Seire won the FIPRESCI award at the 26th Busan International Film Festival.[citation needed]
Alain Elliot of Nerdly rated the film 4 stars out of 5, calling it "the perfect showcase of how to blend old tales and folklore in a modern setting and telling real stories that are relevant now".[5]
Chad Collins of Dread Central rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5, calling it "a haunting, austere ghost story."[6]
Neil Young of Screen Daily wrote a positive review of the film, stating that it "balances psychological probings and potentially supernatural elements in deliberately disorienting and accomplished fashion."[2]
Panos Kotzathanasis of HanCinema gave the film a positive review, writing, "The overall minimalism with the occasional splashes of visually impressive moments appears to be a well-fitted approach for the "new generation" of horror films, along with the combination of a number of art-house elements, as the richness in context."[7]
Sean Parker of Horror Obsessive wrote a positive review of the film.[8]
References edit
- ^ Lee Da-won (November 24, 2022). "서진원, '세이레' 출연…서현우와 호흡" [Seo Jin-won, appeared in 'Sire'... Breathing with Seo Hyun-woo] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Retrieved November 24, 2022 – via Naver.
- ^ a b Young, Neil (7 October 2021). "'Seire': Busan Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Frater, Patrick (22 March 2022). "Korean Horror 'Seire' Delivered to U.S. Cinemas by Film Movement (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Squires, John (22 March 2022). "Korean Horror Movie 'Seire' Releasing in 2022 from Film Movement". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Elliot, Allain (3 August 2022). "Fantasia 2022: 'Seire' Review". Nerdly. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Collins, Chad (3 August 2022). "'Seire' is a Frightening, Hallucinatory Ghost Story [Fantasia 2022 Review]". Dread Central. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Kotzathanasis, Panos (8 October 2021). "[HanCinema's Film Review] "Seire"". HanCinema. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Parker, Sean (1 August 2022). "Fantasia 2022: Seire Instills Dreamlike Dread in Indifferent Dads". Horror Obsessive. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
External links edit
- Seire at IMDb
- Seire at Rotten Tomatoes
