The Record (film)

The Record (Korean: 찍히면 죽는다; RR: Jjikhimyeon jukneunda) is a 2000 South Korean horror film starring Kang Seong-min, Park Eun-hye and Han Chae-young.

The Record
Hangul찍히면 죽는다
Revised RomanizationJjikhimyeon jukneunda
McCune–ReischauerTchikhimyŏn chuknŭnda
Directed byKim Ki-hun
Produced byPark Il-seo[1]
Screenplay by
  • Choo Ki-suck
  • Han Chang-hak[1]
Starring
Music by
  • Lee Sang-yong
  • Lee Jong-gyo[1]
CinematographyChung Chung-hoon[1]
Edited byKyung Min-ho[1]
Production
company
Sam Woo Communications[1]
Release date
  • 26 August 2000 (2000-08-26)
Running time
90 minutes[1]
CountrySouth Korea[1]

Plot

The film centers on a group of young people who killed an innocent person and videotaped the act for their own amusement. Comeuppance is provided by a mysterious man who seeks out each of the murderers and kills them for his personal pleasure.

Cast

Background

In South Korean cinema, landmark year was 2003 when more artistically ambitious and thematically complex types of horror cinema were released.[2] Prior to this, there was an early 2000s horror cycle involving slasher films such as Bloody Beach, Harpy, Nightmare and The Record.[2]

Release

The Record was released on August 26, 2000.[1] The film had 30,130 admissions in South Korea.[1] The film failed to reach the top ten grossing films domestically in South Korea for the year 2000. In comparison, the horror film Nightmare had 332,000 admissions and was among the top ten highest grossing domestic productions of the year.[3]

Reception

From contemporary reviews, Bruce Holecheck of Deep Red magazine described the film as a Korean I Know What You Did Last Summer that "forgets to ladle on the massive grue which made the early 80's teen-kill wave so much fun." and that the film was unoriginal but still a slasher film "that's not referential to the point of insult to true fans."[4] Jim Harper in his book Legacy of Blood also compared the film to I Know What You Did Last Summer, noting the Americanization of the film with comparing the characters to characters in Porky's and Animal House but "Despite the derivative material, it's a highly entertaining film." and that "There's not attempt at irony or post-modernism, just good ol' slasher fun."[5][6]

References

Footnotes
  1. "Record (JJikimyeon Jungneunda)". KMDb. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  2. Chung 2013, p. 87.
  3. "2000". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  4. Holecheck 2002, p. 70.
  5. Harper 2004, p. 143.
  6. Harper 2004, p. 144.

Sources
  • Harper, Jim (2004). Legacy of Blood. Critical Vision. ISBN 1900486393.
  • Holecheck, Bruce (2002). "Gore Scoreboard". Deep Red. Vol. 3 no. 1.
  • Peirse, Alison; Chung, Hye Seung (2013). "Acacia and Adoption Anxiety in Korean Horror Cinema". In Peirse, Alison; Martin, Daniel (eds.). Korean Horror Cinema. Edinburgh University Press.


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