High school horror series continues with Suicide Pact

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Check out the latest poster releases for the upcoming horror film Suicide Pact, which is the latest installment of the 여고괴담 “Horror School” (or Memento Mori) series.

The franchise has produced four films in the past decade, and with summer approaching, the fifth is set to premiere in a few weeks. The photos alone are enough to tell me I’ll be staying far, far away — but if horror-thrillers are your thing, it may be right up your alley.

The story features five high school friends dealing with different problems who swear to die together in the name of friendship — until one of them commits suicide first.

Suicide Pact opens on June 18.

Given the prevalence of suicide in the industry in recent times, one may think it’s a sensitive topic to center a horror film around, but director Lee Jong-yong explains that the suicides aren’t portrayed in a romantic light, and focuses instead on how the suicide pact is a misguided idea on the part of the students.


The horror series has a history of casting young actresses who have then gone on to great success:

1. Whispering Corridors (1998), the original film, featured Park Jin-hee (War of Money) Lee Mi-yeon (Crazy for You) and Choi Kang-hee (My Sweet Seoul);
2. Memento Mori (1999) starred Kim Min-sun (Portrait of a Beauty), Park Ye-jin (Queen Seon-deok), and Gong Hyo-jin (Crush and Blush);
3. Wishing Stairs (2003) featured Song Ji-hyo (Jumong) and Park Han-byul (Fantasy Couple);
4. Voice (2005) starred Kim Ok-bin (Thirst) and Seo Ji-hye (I Love You).


This latest installment stars another cast of young and up-and-coming actresses: Oh Yeon-seo (Our High School E.T.), Sohn Eun-seo (Humming), Song Min-jung (Don’t Go Away), and newcomer Jang Kyung-ah.







































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Comments

[deazaskia.livejournal.com]

okay, those are scary..... D8

the 6th poster after the cut is the nicest, i think.
why do they even need so many posters anyway? :/

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

mte as I was uploading all this.

[deazaskia.livejournal.com]

kudos for u and ur braveness.

[wackypinkbunny.livejournal.com]

I have only seen Memento Mori and it got weird at the end and didn't really make any sense. But I still kind of like it haha.

[ficcy.livejournal.com]

This looks creepy.
*hopes it'll be up on mysoju*

[kyujong.livejournal.com]

Never bothered to watch any of the MM movies. Horror movies in general always look dumb to me. I like the poster with them all standing and the one girl is looking back though.

[fadeintoyou.livejournal.com]

horror movies = DNW

ngl, i'm a wuss and get scared shitless days on end after watching a horror movie

[turdferguson.livejournal.com]

gdammnnn

slow laptop + scary pictures = me freaked out. it took forever to scroll down lawll. looks like a nice piece of work though

[ai-sumairu.livejournal.com]

Whoa!!! I've been waiting for this!!! ^0^ Hope it'll be up in some video sites with English subs. :)

[gunsandsmoke.livejournal.com]

as a general rule of thumb, i stay away from horror movies unless it wins like a billionjillion awards and stuff. which sounds pretentious but i don't do it for other genres, just horrors. because i don't wanna waste my time lol.

and so far the ONLY korean horror i really love is a tale of two sisters. SO GOOD/sad/beautiful/right amount of scary. i quite liked hansel & gretel too but that shit was not scary in the least, just eyecandy.

[kanaala.livejournal.com]

this looks too scary for my own good XD
i watched a Korean horror movie once and i don't plan on doing it again in the near future =DD

[onlyformusic.livejournal.com]

can i watch this with key :D

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

Korean horror is so strange. I sometimes am scared, but sometimes I just want to laugh at the whole portrayal of their horror. Wishing Stairs was one of them. Sometimes it just seems like pastiche. Also, the whole suicide pact shit sounds like a ripoff from "Suicide Club" - which is very tried.

And really Korea? A movie about suicide? Way to go.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

mte. enough with the suicide pacts.

[shadowfax.livejournal.com]

was thinking the same... : /

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

everything you said.

[sojufever.livejournal.com]

I agree with your whole comment. It does sound like a rip off of "Suicide Club" and even if the theme had never been done before, a horror flick exploiting such a sensitive subject doesn't sit well with me, esp in Korea where the numbers of people who do commit suicide is at a high rate.

I'll give the movie a chance anyway.

[xxsmiiles.livejournal.com]

MTE. I liked Suicide Club though.

[hongkish.livejournal.com]

WILL see this! :D love horrormovies.
I would vote for the poster with the hand. nice (Y)
THANKS:D

[katchi12.livejournal.com]

I WANT TO WATCH IT! I LOVE KOREAN HORROR MOVIES!

[ari-meh.livejournal.com]

eeee, want!
because i love horror movies even though i hate them u___u

[sweetxseoul.livejournal.com]

The picture with the girls lined up on the ledge reminds me of that Japanese manga Suicide Club.

[kawaiiairbender.livejournal.com]

that's what I was thinking but the movie when they all jumped in front of the train... I only made it like 2 min past that D:

[summercello.livejournal.com]

I want to watch this now D: I love horror movies D:

[orangeinsanity.livejournal.com]

Oh snap, I want to see this.

[maisoui.livejournal.com]

This actually looks scary.....I wanna watch it.

[valyrian.livejournal.com]

Yesssss
i fucking love asian horror movies

[xshinebrighterx.livejournal.com]

yes. does anyone know where i can watch the previous ones?

[kawaiiairbender.livejournal.com]

I kinda want to see this but I hate horror movies D: and I couldn't bare Suicide Club for more than 5 min. The 3rd - 6th posters look cool but omg that one chick :(

The 2nd and 3rd stills from the end remind me of a manga called School Mermaid

[wildcosmos.livejournal.com]

WHY THE HELL IS KOREA SO OBSESSED WITH SUICIDE ?!?!

[honeydewkist.livejournal.com]

Another Memento Mori movie?
Dang.

The only good one was Wishing Stairs.

[krispy-bacon.livejournal.com]

If it's not the same as Suicide Club (Ie. -everyone- commits suicide) then maybe I'll watch it.

I love horrors *o*

Though I can't really think of a korean horror that actually SCARED me...

[mikan-daisuki.livejournal.com]

creeeeeepy D:

[haights.livejournal.com]

I will so be seeing this.

I'm tired of these boring US horror films. I need something that will scare the shit out of me.

[chrissypoop.livejournal.com]

SUPER LOOKING FORWARD TO IT! :D