APT. (2006)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Byeong-ki Ahn

Writers:

Byeong-ki Ahn (writer)
Pool Kang (story)

Release Date:

7 July 2006 (South Korea)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Se-jin, a young woman who lives in an old apartment in a Seoul suburb, amuses herself by observing the windows of the apartments on the other side...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Comic

Cast

So-young Ko	...	Oh Se-jin
Seong-jin Kang	...	Detective Yang Na-sun
Hie-jin Jang	...	Yu-yeon
Ha-seon Park	...	Jung-hong
Yuko Fueki	...	Sucide woman at subway (as Min Yoo)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gyu-min Kim
Ju-seok Lee

Also Known As:

9:56 (Singapore: English title)
Apartment (South Korea) (DVD box title)

Runtime:

South Korea:90 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | Malaysia:18PL | Malaysia:U (cut) | Japan:PG-12

Filming Locations:

Seoul, South Korea

Company:

Toilet Pictures

Most unoriginal film so far this year

A woman finds herself caught up in an apparently inexplicable rash of suicides. Then again, are these really suicides? It seems as though there's a ghost on the loose. Guess what? The ghost has long black hair that hides its face, and it moves about with its head or arms twisted this way or that, making for a very weird looking specter. Recurrent theme music plays from unexpected locations to announce the arrival of the ghost, and bizarre sound effects--which resemble the sound of small twigs being snapped--always accompany this hapless spirit. Does any of this sound familiar? Well, if you've seen a few Asian horror movies in the last 10 years, it should. Borrowing heavily and unabashedly from "The Ring", "One Last Call" and a few other recent horror hits, this film tries to carry an uninteresting and worn-out plot to a climax, but we've seen it all before. Avoid it unless you're desperate or haven't seen any other Asian horror movies in the last 10 years.