Nightmare (2000 film)

Nightmare
Theatrical poster
Hangul	가위
RR	Gawi
MR	Kawi
Directed by	Ahn Byeong-ki
Produced by	Goh Hyeong-wook Stanley Kim Lee Min-ho
Written by	Ahn Byeong-ki
Starring	Kim Gyu-ri Choi Jeong-yoon Ha Ji-won Yoo Ji-tae
Music by	Lee Tae-beom
Cinematography	Lee Seok-hyeon
Editing by	Park Soon-deok
Distributed by	Tube Entertainment
Release date(s)	29 July 2000
Running time	97 mins.
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Nightmare (가위, Gawi; aka Horror Game Movie or literally Scissors) is a South Korean horror film, released in 2000. It stars Kim Gyu-ri, Ha Ji-won and Choi Jeong-yoon, and was directed and written by Ahn Byeong-ki, who also later directed Phone (2002), Bunshinsaba (2004) and APT (2006)

Synopsis

Hye-jin's homecoming should have been a joyous occasion. She was especially happy to see her childhood friend again, the shy Eun-ju. However, when a secret is revealed, harsh words are exchanged. These words deeply affect Eun-ju and, in the next scene, we see her plummeting from a 30-story building. In a flashback provided by Sun-ae, we learn that the ghost of Eun-ju is hunting down all of Hye-jin's friends and killing them. Is this possible or is a more worldly force at work? What is this mysterious tape that everyone is asking about?

Cast

• Kim Gyu-ri — Hye-jin
• Choi Jeong-yoon — Seon-ae
• Ha Ji-won — Eun-ju
• Yoo Ji-tae — Hyun-jun
• Yoon Joo-sang — Jeong-ok
• Jeong Joon — Se-hun
• Jo Hye-yeong — Mi-ryeong

DVD problems

Tartan Video's Region 1 release of the film has a vertically stretched image, (the 1.85:1 film is presented in 1.74:1) which causes noticeable distortion of angles, as well as making everything appear thinner than it should.

External links

• Nightmare at the Internet Movie Database
• Nightmare at AllRovi
• Nightmare at HanCinema
• Review at Koreanfilm.org