Film Facts:Wishing Stairs
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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
YOON Jae-yeon, the new female director charged with carrying on the Whispering Corridors series of girls high school horror films, created a strong satire of the predominant patriarchal, male-centered society in her short film Psycho-drama. Set against an everyday backdrop, she depicted through her two main characters (a mental patient and a nurse) human obsession and insanity through the framework of a psycho-drama, revealing her distinctive talent particularly in the manner in which she portrays feelings of discontent. Building on the traditions of the Whispering Corridors series, which are set against a background of hidden repression and violence within the realm of high school, YOON Jae-yeon has added on her distinctive style and color to make this new film the most frightening and anticipated of the series.
-Cinema Service
| PRODUCTION NOTES: Whispering Corridors, Ring, and Scream are the three representative horror films of Korea, Japan and the U.S. Apart from the genre elements common to all horror films, the three series have several notable aspects in common. First, the three series were all produced in a similar time period. Our first glance begins with Scream in 1996, followed by Whispering Corridors and Ring in 1998. All three have produced three episodes of their respective stories, and have become the most successful horror films of their respective industries. Plus, all three have left some of the most shocking horror images of the genre's history in the crawling out of the TV in Ring, the skull mask of Scream, and the hallway jump cuts of Whispering Corridors. All three have had previously unknown screenwriters elevated to the level of stardom following the release of theirs films, with Kevin Williamson for Scream, Suzuki Koji for Ring, and Lee Yong-yeon for Wishing Stairs. This summer, the Korean franchise film Wishing Stairs will once again write horror history with its debut as the latest episode in the three well-known series. The Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, which honors the best Korean horror film of each summer as its closing film, has chosen Wishing Stairs for this special honor in 2003. As such, Wishing Stairs joins the lineage of famous Korean horror movies following the critically acclaimed Sorum from 2001 and Korea's most commercially successful horror film The Phone from 2002. The anticipation of audience members for this film resulted in all available tickets for the closing ceremony being sold within 15 minutes of their becoming available. Following the diverse first two episodes of the series, in which we could glimpse the talent of their debut directors, Wishing Stairs will display a new style and diversity while also drawing attention for the efforts of its young female crew members. The film's selection by the PiFan festival speaks to the level of quality with which it was made. The biggest change at this year's Puchon festival is the selection of actress PARK Han-byul as its festival lady. Taking into account the selections of famous young actresses such as BAE Doona, JANG Jin-young, and HA Ji-won at previous festivals, the choice for this year came as quite a shock. However, considering the previous debut actresses who starred in the series -- KIM Kyu-ri, CHOI Kang-hee, and PARK Jin-hee in Whispering Corridors, KIM Min-sun, PARK Yeh-jin, LEE Young-jin and KONG Hyo-jin in Memento Mori, the potential of this year's choice is clear to all. Wishing Stairs and PARK Han-byul, chosen respectively as the Closing Film and the Festival Lady, will surely become the summer's hottest buzzwords. |
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