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Halloween (1978) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : “It was the boogeyman.”

Posted on October 30, 2013 by kaist455

“More than once during the movie I looked around just to make sure that no one weird was sitting behind me.” – from Gene Siskel’s 1978 review on “Halloween” When I watched John Carpenter’s “Halloween” for the first time in … Continue reading →

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I Saw the Devil (2010) ☆☆☆ (3/4) : It has everything – including a toilet stool

Posted on August 14, 2010 by kaist455

“I Saw the Devil” provides almost everything to shock you and repel you – and I admired it at some degree. The movie acquired its notoriety even before its release in South Korea due to the conflict with Korean Media Rating Board(About 1.5 minutes was cut from the original version in the end). It has been striking our Korean audience with a little mercy since this Thursday while inducing discussions among them about the violence in the movies. I guarantee you, the movie will be the most controversial South Korean movie of this year.
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