Yeogo goedam 3: Yeowoo gyedan (2003)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Jae-yeon Yun

Writer:

Soyoung Lee (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 August 2003 (South Korea)

Genre:

Horror | Drama

Tagline:

Do you dare to climb the 29th step?

Plot:

A staircase leading to the dormitory of a remote boarding school usually has 28 stairs, but every so often there appears to be 29. When someone steps on the mysterious extra stair, the horror begins

Plot Keywords:

Ballet | Stairs | Window | Schoolgirl Uniform | Girls' School

Cast

Ji-hyo Song	...	Yun Ji-seong
Han-byeol Park	...	Kim So-hie
An Jo	...	Eom Hye-ju
Ji-Yeon Park	...	Han Yun-ji
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Su-a Hong
Ji-min Kwak
Jung-Hee Moon

Also Known As:

Whispering Corridors 3: Wishing Stairs (International: English title)
Wishing Stairs (Singapore: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violent and disturbing images.

Runtime:

South Korea:97 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

UK:15 | Sweden:15 | South Korea:12 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Philippines:R-13 | Singapore:PG | USA:R

Filming Locations:

South Korea

Company:

Cine-2000 Film Production

Quotes:

Kim So-hie: [to Jin-sung] If you leave now we will never be friends again!

Movie Connections:

References Ringu (1998)

Your prayers may very well be answered!

For many, watching certain types of Asian films delivers more of an emotional experience than say do American or European genre films. This is the same emotional territory that (Japanese) anime fans claim sacred. If you are one of those folks, then the schoolgirls of the Wishing Stairs will deliver a fascinating dramatic narrative with intriguing horror elements to keep you glued to the TV set. As in so many "haunted schoolgirl" films from Asia (especially South Korea and Japan) there often exists a romantic, dark innocence about the characters that Western films and their female characters simply lack. When Asian girls of this breed are thrown into a dramatic tragedy within a horror narrative you get wonderful films like The Wishing Stairs. Similarly, the ideas of Asian superstition add greatly to the interest factor of the characters - their motivations, reactions, expressions, etc. And like so many other Korean films, Memento Mori, Dead Friend, and Bunshinsaba, the subtext of "bullying" (a very real element in modern Asian society) adds yet a very earnest, heartfelt drama to the film. Having said that, for fans of Asian schoolgirls in horror peril, the Wishing Stairs indeed answers your prayers.