Black House

June. 21,2007      
Rating:
6.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Jun-oh, an insurance claims agent, faces off with a client who he suspects of committing murders with the intention of collecting insurance premiums.

Hwang Jung-min as  Jun-oh
Kang Shin-il as  Chung-bae
Yu Seon as  Yi-hwa
Yoo Seung-mok as  Ma Yong-Sik
Kim Seo-hyung as  Jang Mi-na
Kim Jung-pal as  Section Chief Nam
Jeong In-gi as  Detective Oh
Lee Joo-sil as  Vice Principal
Mun Ka-young as  Chul Yun

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Reviews

Hellen
2007/06/21

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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FirstWitch
2007/06/22

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Cooktopi
2007/06/23

The acting in this movie is really good.

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Nicole
2007/06/24

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

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meddlecore
2007/06/25

An insurance claims adjuster is sent to meet a man, his company believes is a con artist, engaged in insurance fraud.And during this meeting he makes a grisly discovery...the body of a young boy who has recently been hung.Despite the fact that he is not his actual son...the man has a very large insurance policy out on the boy's life. And he has the claim written up before his ashes are even spread.This leads the insurance adjuster to suspect the man has murdered the boy...so he starts to investigate this man and his past.With the insurance company refusing to pay out- before the police make a decision on the cause of death- the man becomes increasingly disgruntled...and starts to target the insurance adjuster.They eventually pay him out, but the adjuster becomes worried his wife will be next...because he also has a large policy out on her, as well.He feels particularly responsible, because, as a child, he witnessed his younger brother commit suicide...and still feels guilty for having failed to prevent it.So he acts to intervene- warning the woman of what he suspects her husband's intentions are.But a few days later, the couple is back...to collect on another claim...after the man has cut off both his arms.Now, the adjuster realizes...it was his psychopath wife the whole time.But it's too late...his brother is dead, his girlfriend's dog has had it's head cut off, and his girlfriend has suddenly been kidnapped.Obviously, this woman is not one to be trifled with.This is a really engaging serial killer-slasher, from South Korea's Terra Shin. The insurance claims adjuster is such a lovable anti-hero...that you just don't expect him to be caught up in a gore-laden situation. But that is what gives this film that subtle touch of dark humour that makes it so damn enjoyable.Recommended.6.5 out of 10.

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Coventry
2007/06/26

"Black House" is a wildly uneven but nevertheless very entertaining horror/thriller from South Korea. The plot doesn't contain a single element you haven't seen at least three dozen of times before, and it seems as if director Terra Shin couldn't decide what type of movie he wanted to deliver, but at least it guarantees a good 100 minutes of suspense and (speaking for my girlfriend) a few horrible sleepless nights. The title "Black House" suggests a supernatural haunted house thriller, but the titular residential building is actually of no relevance to the plot whatsoever… It opens as an ambitious psychological thriller about a young insurance agent, naturally struggling with some unprocessed childhood traumas, who tries to prove that one of his clients deliberately murdered his young stepson in order to claim the insurance money. The story, albeit highly unoriginal, is overall compelling and intense. The film features several downright creepy moments (like an answering machine full of silent recordings) as well as horrendous genre clichés (like decapitated pet dogs). But then, suddenly, the plot takes a complete U-turn and atmosphere as well as tone and direction alters entirely. Through some revelations and discoveries, our insurance agent all of a sudden finds himself relentlessly pursued by a totally insane and maniacal female! The whole insurance fraud scheme, carefully built up until then, doesn't matter anymore and "Black House" turns into a derivative slasher/torture porn flick with sadist murder sequences and an indestructible killer. Oh well, fine by me also, it just requires a fast and rather unanticipated switch of mindset. The acting performances are decent, the make-up effects suitably vile and the set-pieces nicely sinister. South Korea arguably brings forward the best horror/thriller productions of the entire Asian continent, with for example the works of Jee-Woon Kim ("A Tale of Two Sisters", "I Saw the Devil") and Chan-wook Park ("Oldboy", "Lady Vengeance"). "Black House" doesn't belong to the elite, of course, but it's definitely worth tracking down.

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Scarecrow-88
2007/06/27

Jean Juno, a former banker, starts a new job working as an insurance salesman, immediately finding himself in a bit of a quandary, a client, demanding payment on the loss of his child, could have murdered his own step-son. Juno, not accepting that this little boy actually committed suicide, believing he was murdered, will attempt to prove his death was in fact a homicide. Juno is haunted by the suicide of his brother(a victim of bullies)and this has shaped him as an adult.In regards to cold blooded female psychopaths, Shin Yi-Hwa reminded me of Béatrice Dalle from À l'intérieur and Asami Yamazaki(Eihi Shiina)of Takashi Miike's Ôdishon. She has these black soulless eyes reminiscent to Michael Meyers, there's a void where humanity should be present yet isn't. Yi-Hwa moves in a deliberate but determined manner, a crook in her walk due to a handicapped foot which bends inward. Director Terra Shin often points his camera at Yi-Hwa's feet, establishing her presence in a room approaching her quarry with evil intent. The hero of this movie Jean Juno(Jeong-min Hwang)wants desperately to believe that Yi-Hwa is human, that she has emotions, can feel something. What we see, though, is anything but. To manipulate her unstable (third) husband to chop of his arms for insurance money(and to sew a victim's eyes shut, pulling another with a chain in front of a moving train), it's hard to accept that Yi-Hwa is human at all. BLACK HOUSE is definitely macabre in the grandest sense as Jean Juno's insurance salesman/investigator questions whether or not Yi-Hwa's son actually committed suicide or was hung by his step-father, Park Choong-Bae(Shin-il Kang)for a 30 million dollar policy taken out only recently on the entire family. Choong-Bae was heavily in debt due to a gambling habit, only a sheet metal worker unemployed yet somehow still making the payments on the policy. Juno is a direct opposite of Yi-Hwa, his heart is pure and only wants justice for the dead boy he found hung in Choong-Bae's home. At the onset, Juno thought Yi-Hwa was in danger, but as he crusades in behalf of the fallen child, a startling discovery awakens him to the truth..it's not Choong-Bae who is the mastermind behind gaining moneys from insurance policies, but Yi-Hwa. Warning Juno to pay up and butt out, Yi-Hwa is only concerned with the money and will kill anyone who stands in her way. Labeling Yi-Hwa as dedicated would be an understatement. Juno also inadvertently brings his beloved girlfriend, a hospital doc, Mina(Seao-hyeong Kim)into the cross-hairs of Yi-Hwa's mania. Yi-Hwa will use Mina to draw Juno into her lair, a veritable slaughterhouse where multiple victims(including an insurance investigator from Juno's company whose upper torso is hanging from hooks, eyes and mouth sown shut)and their body parts are stored. I'm amused at how the butcher knives in horror movies nowadays resemble machetes, they're so long and gigantic, quite imposing especially when you have someone as intimidating as Yi-Hwa pressing her way towards you with only one goal in mind, burying it into her prey's body. Juno pays a price for his courage, taking his share of lumps(more like stabs)because of this pursuit to see that Yi-Hwa is stopped. Fans of horror movies about psychotics should enjoy this one. There's a character whose role is small but important as it pertains to Yi-Hwa's downfall, a student working on a thesis about psychopaths who provides Juno some information on his subject, this research costing him his life. I imagine that anyone who sees BLACK HOUSE will be hard pressed to forget Seon Yu's role as Yi-Hwa; she definitely leaves a lump in the throat, particularly at the end where she toys with her bleeding eye socket(Juno punctures it with a house key!)seemingly unable to feel any pain whatsoever.

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gavin6942
2007/06/28

An insurance agent, still fresh on the job, gets called to a home where he witnesses an apparent suicide. After the initial shock, though, he begins to suspect murder and sets his sights on investigating the boy's father. As the investigation continues, so does the creepy nature of the father. How far will both men go to achieve their ends, and what other secrets is this family hiding? I'm relatively new to the Korean horror scene, but have liked much of what has come my way. "Black House" is no exception. While it isn't a perfect film, it certainly kept my interest, even during the hours where I would typically be asleep. The flaws are forgivable -- it carries on a bit longer than necessary, expects us to believe a killer capable of some extraordinary feats (considering the killer isn't in peak physical condition). But what horror film doesn't have us believe the unbelievable? The lead characters/actors were great. Jeon Juno (Jeong-min Hwang) was a decent lead as a courageous everyman, and Park Chung-bae (Shin-il Kang) was a formidable opponent. He played up the "less is more" approach perfectly, allowing his stares to send chills. Park's wife (Seon Yu) was both beautiful and evil at the same time. The secondary characters were alright, too... though I wasn't overly impressed by Jeon's girlfriend Mina (Seo-hyeong Kim).The visuals were well done. There was a darkness, but at the same time a crisp feel to the film, showing a sizable production. Many foreign films tend to have a lower budget feel, but this was not one of those. The blood and gore were superb, and I even felt they tended to mix violence and sexuality in a way that is sensually magnificent (particularly towards the end). Not least was the soundtrack, with very simple but effective piano melodies (presumably by Seung-hyun Choi). In some scenes they came off as repetitive, but there was one sad tune that was haunting and pulled me emotionally into the picture against my will.I have no complaints with the writing, directing, acting, cinematography. This film came together nicely and was effective. All too often, Asian (particularly Japanese) films fall back on the "dream" and "ghost" subgenres of horror. This one stayed far away, giving us a mystery-thriller that was right up the alley of Italian giallo (though more horror than mystery). If you're looking for a good foreign flick, this one's worth a shot... see it before someone tries to remake it (again, since this is in itself a remake).

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