I finally got through Phone, a Korean horror flick that was on the Sundance channel about a month ago. It sounded intriguing and I’m so glad I got it on my TiVo. Here’s a poster for this flick.

The plot was mostly traditional horror material, but the scenery and theme music definitely added to the ambience. There are some cool plot twists toward the end, so do watch all the way through.

One thing I do have to note, and maybe it’s just me or maybe this film took things up a level. While I often knew when I was about to be scared with the surprise appearance of a ghostly figure or when the music or camera angle telegraphed (with a huge bat) that something bad or scary was about to happen, I still jumped out of my skin at each occurrence. I don’t know if it was since it was in a foreign language, it didn’t have any commercial gaps to break the tension (even though I watched the flick over a few weeks), or what, but I really was scared out of my wits each time! Another refreshing piece was that I didn’t scream at the TV telling the main characters not to do something stupid. Like, when you watch a Friday the 13th flick and you just scream at the stupidest character who goes into the dark room where you know the killer has to be. In Phone, I didn’t think that the characters were stupid but were doing things I might do.

Overall, great flick, check it out, but maybe keep the night light on!