Epitaph (DVD) (DTS) (Limited Edition) (Korea Version) DVD Region 3

Kim Bo Kyung | Kim Tae Woo | Lee Dong Gyu | Jin Gu

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Rhoda
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April 26, 2008

This customer review refers to Epitaph (DVD) (2Disc) (Korea Version)

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Scary.. Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10

I like watching thriller but this movie is too scary for me. a couple of times i would shout. Gives me the goosebumps. Very nice although at times at got lost in the story.

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Arthur
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January 14, 2008

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Bone chilling Asian horror!!! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10

For those of us that have been waiting for a truly frightening new Asian horror film like: "The Eye" and "Re-cycle" (Pang Brothers excellence), "Shutter" and "Alone" (Thai masterpieces), "A Tale of Two Sisters" (South Korean horror film that is the best of all time), our movie has arrived. "Epitaph" is simply a work of art and a terrifying, bone-chilling experience. This film can not be missed. There have been a lot of cliched Asian horror films as of late with the long-haired female ghost claiming victims. THIS FILM IS NOT ONE OF THOSE. This film is a trip to pure, hair-raising terror. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!

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Ruben
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December 12, 2007

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The film of the year Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10

I saw this film in San Sebastian film festival, its amazing, I love this film.
The photography and de OST are wonderfull at every moment in the movie. There are three diferents storys in the film, every one with diferents ideas about the Love.
I had the oportunity to talk with two directors of the film, Jung Brothers, and they were really kind and answer all the questions about the misterys in the film.
A must see of korean films.

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mart
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December 4, 2007

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Brilliant and Genuinely Scary! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10

I watched Epitaph last night and it has definately left a psychological imprint on my brain and thrown my emotional well-being right out of whack. It starts off at quite a medium pace while managing to keep you nailed to your seat, and it doesn't take too long before it scares the S*!T out of you! Then it starts to get very confusing, and continues to confuse you, until the end, at which time you understand a lot more, but nowhere near enough. Epitaph is a complex supernatural, psychological horror/thriller murder-mystery that needs to be viewed more than once to give you the chance to take it all in and then tie together the numerous strange and frightening events that take place throughout the film. Although I should probably mention that the same could be said for 'A Tale of Two Sisters', which is arguably Korea's finest moment of horror film making. Even after one viewing I can sense that Epitaph will rejuvinate Korea's horror genre a great deal after a lot of recent missfires.

The Film: Epitaph is set in 1942 in Ahn Seng hospital, and is divided into three parts which are presented as flashbacks (except the very beginning and very end which are set in 1979): The first part is about a male intern at the hospital who starts to have feelings for the corpse of a beautiful woman who was murdered and became frozen in ice, while also feeling the pressure from his female boss who wants him to marry her daughter. This first part of the film is more suspenseful than scary, with the exception of one scene! The second part is about a little girl who is the only surviver of a serious car accident, and seems to be haunted by her mother who died in the crash. This middle segment of Epitaph has a couple of absolutely terrifying moments, and I don't scare easy! I've had the rather scary images in my head all day, and they wont go away! Then there's the third and last part, about the doctor (who has a limp) who is followed around by the ghost of his dead wife. This part is more like a supernatural, psychological thriller, a very good one! And there's a beauty of a plot twist near the end but don't worry, I wont give anything away!

So to sum up. On its initial viewing it's very confusing, very interesting, and entertains from start to finish. The cast's performances are superb throughout, and did I mention that there are some oh-my-god-I'm-crapping-in-my-pants scary bits that'll stay embedded in your head forever! I have a feeling that after I've seen Epitaph a few more times and understand it more thoroughly, I may even rate it as high as 'A Tale of Two Sisters', which is my all-time favourite horror/thriller. Now the main question - should you buy it? Abso-bloody-lutely! I'm just still trying to make more sense of it, I definately have to watch it again soon. By the way, the dvd package is brilliant, it folds out, and it comes with postcards and a poster, are you still reading this? Buy it now!!!!!

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numinair
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December 4, 2007

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Multifaceted Brilliance! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10

Well, I was expecting this film to be good - but I never realized it was going to be this good! What a rich and detailed film this is, and also genuinely scary in parts, too! I loved the cracked ice part (the sound threw me out of my chair, nearly!), the shadow less woman when Dr Kim Dong Won projects a light bulb around his wife - to show..no shadow! And with its psychotic and paranoiac third sequence with a familiar end twist, this is one carefully tuned and interestingly disturbing movie

As with the K-horror "Cadaver", this film features a complex story line with multi flash back techniques and surreal sequences, that can make it at times a bit difficult to follow. But, albeit a complex viewing experience, this film is an absolute gem. The plot parts fit together well and although vaguely obscure, it isn't a film structured as artifice without reason. In fact "Epitaph", although circuitous towards its outcome, is one of the best pieces of Korean cinema horror you will get, along with "A Tale of Two Sisters" and "Memento Mori". In fact the word epitaph, itself, is the answer to all this film. Its the ghost film you have been waiting for, and features plenty of thought provoking plot to keep you engrossed right until the end. Mainly set in a 1942 Japanese occupied Korea, this unusual tale of dreamlike/nightmare reality is shown in flashbacks within the confines of an ornate an quite exquisite (but haunting!) hospital, with three major story lines concerning a medical student, a young girl car crash survivor and a neuro surgeon, who all have supernatural circumstances regarding the refections of an elderly doctor about his own personal mortality (and the hospital's demolition) in 1979.

When a young girl is brought into the Safe Hospital's autopsy room, after being found frozen in ice after a double suicide, I expected, at first, this to be a mere ghost haunting yarn within the hospital grounds (think TV- horror "Coma") and with the dead girl as the major supernatural element, and although she fills the first segment of the film, how wrong was I. "Epitaph" is certainly no one trick pony, and the three dovetailed happenings suggest a world of neither here nor there - a dead zone - and played out at times in an exquisite fashion, and of haunting hidden memories. Its a love story, too, but a bloody scary one! Its complex and multifaceted in its plot execution, but not an unpalatable viewing experience. The general scary Asian ghost visuals are also showcased here, too, but in a more abstract and meaningful manner, revealing a much larger connection by the three episodes. As to where you are here, and if you have seen the following, think of "The Cut/Cadaver" with its multifaceted final third (but here, the surreal and unusual mode is the whole movie), the outer world whereabouts of US movie "Jacobs Ladder", the psychological twists of "A Tale of Two Sisters" with flashback elements of "Memento Mori", giving you (maybe) and idea of what to expect here.

The scares are quite un-nerving, too. One skin crawling scene where the doctors try to reassure the young girl Asako, who after her survival from a car crash incident, but endures terrible nightmares of the death of her parents, are scenes you won't easily forget. The young actress Ju Yeon Ko, who plays the young girl was merely okay when she appeared in "The Fox Family", but here she is absolutely stunning in an award winning cup-raised-above-the-head-performance! She's brilliant! If anything I could have imagined Hye Jung Kang or Se Young Lee from "The Wonder Years" playing this part, but Ju Yeon has scored a back in the net super goal with her role here - and we will certainly see more of this girl, no doubt! All other roles are expectedly performed, too, with first class offerings from Tae Woo Kim, Jin Ku, Dong Gyu Lee, Bo Gyeong Kim (oh, they're all good in this!), and the two new directors here, the Jeong Brothers are well in control.

Overall, this is a very complex, enigmatic and highly detailed ghost horror, that demands your full attention and insight of related content, considering the 1942/1979 time frames and the social Korean norms of those years - along with the deep horror psychology that immerses you in all of its terror! Its definitely worth five stars, as there is so much intelligent stuff here and bucket loads of skill in the acting, cinematography and lighting, that makes this a very high quality production. This stands high with "R-Point", "A Tale of Two Sisters", "For Eternal Hearts", and "Memento Mori"! In fact, it could be the best one yet, and I'm still trying to work bits of its enigmatic presentation out. A classic to savor (and scare your skin into super pimples) for multiple viewings.

The DVD packaging and gifts are fantastic, too, making this the icing on the cake of a brilliant release. Don't even hesitate to see this!

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