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    by TLA/Tartan

ALTERNATE SYNOPSIS:
A serial killer is burning away the flesh of his victims with acid, leaving only the bones behind. The police turn to Hyun-min, a former forensic sculptor adept in reconstructing faces by examining and interpreting skulls. With the victim's bones in his house, Hyun-min's daughter begins to experience disturbing visions. As he races against time to find the answers and save his daughter, the deadly truth behind these victims reveals a sinister conspiracy that threatens everyone involved.
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    by Upcoming Horror Movies
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A face reconstructionist begins having ghostly visions when he's given the task to reconstuct the face of a fourth victim in a string of murders.

COMMENTS
I don't know how South Korea keeps dishing out these ghost flicks, but somehow they manage to do it, whether it's just the same-old or not. Just when I thought I was gonna get another Ringu wannabe; I get a movie that's fairly different. Although some of the same scare-tactics are used that we've seen before, it does manage to focus more on the revealing story, especially as the lead uncovers more of the mystery behind the heart donor of his daughter. I like how the first 30-or-so minutes of the film is one scare after the other. Although none of the scares got to me, I believe some may be effective enough to get to others.

The story follows a man as he turns in his resignation from working in a lab for face reconstruction in order to spend more time with his dying daughter. She recently got a heart transplant and she seems to be getting worse than better. As if he didn't have enough problems, a woman turns up at his doorstep with a skull that needs to be reconstructed to see what he/she looked like before their death. The man is reluctant at first, so he puts it aside, but immediately after he begins have strange visions of a woman, and he shortly comes to realize that in order for the visions to stop that he has to reconstruct the face of the skull he was given. He also attempts to dig up the information on the previous owner of the heart that was given to his daughter, and discovers a connection between the skull of the victim and recent heart transplants.

Although some may disagree with me, I actually liked this movie. It kept me interested from the beginning (even though it lost me in the plot a couple times) and I thought the countless "scares" were somewhat effective and original in some aspects. The ending is a little predictable, but entertaining none-the-less. No complaints from me otherwise.

OVERALL
A surprisingly decent South Korean horror flick. It has a lot of somewhat effective scares and an interesting premise. Although the ending is lacking in originality, it's still not a bad watch overall.

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    by Modern Audio

ALTERNATE SYNOPSIS:
Hyun-Min (Shin Hyun-Jun) is a leading face reconstruction specialist, helping investigators identify murder victims by studying the features of their skulls. But he is losing his enthusiasm for the job because his daughter, Gin, is severely ill after a heart transplant. Sun-Young (Song Yoon-Ah), a young and attractive employee of the National Institute of Scientific Investigation, brings the skull of the serial killer's fourth victim to Hyun-Min. With the arrival of the skull, Hyun-Min begins to hear unbearably loud screams and has visions of a distraught long-haired woman in a white robe.
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