A Devilish Homicide
A Devilish Homicide is a 1965 South Korean film written and directed by Lee Yong-min. It tells the story of a woman, who, having been murdered by her jealous cousin and mother-in-law, returns as a spirit to take vengeance on her killers. The film's English title is sometimes given as A Devilish Murder or A Bloodthirsty Killer. It was released on DVD in 2007.
Plot
Family man Lee Shi-mak arrives at an art exhibition only to find the building empty, and is shocked to find a portrait of his ex-wife, Ae-ja, whom he has not seen for ten years. Shi-mak takes a taxi home, but is taken against his will to a house in the countryside. There he meets an artist, Park Joon-chul, who gives him the portrait of Ae-ja and pleads with him to take it and leave. At the stroke of midnight, he becomes hysterical and hides Shi-mak under the bed, who watches as a woman stabs the artist in the back. After she has gone, Shi-mak flees with the painting, only to find the unconscious body of Ae-ja, looking as she did ten years earlier. He takes her to his friend Dr. Park, who, perplexed by her condition, doubts that she is alive. While Shi-mak is out of the room, Ae-ja awakes and kills the doctor before vanishing again.
Cast
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author | Lee Yong-min |
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director | Lee Yong-min |
editor | Jang Hyeon-su |
genre | horror |
keywords | abandon art exhibition attack buddha buddha statue buddhist prayer beads build claim curse discover family man gautama buddha guardian angel housemaid kill lick maid married couple new house orb paint poison portrait read river rosary sweep away temple third eye voice |
musicBy | Kim Yong-hwan |
producer | Park Ui-sun |
publisher | Jeil Films Co., Ltd. |
theme | korean horror south korean |