Hilariously over the top domestic thriller melodrama and yet so wonderfully directed. I couldn't get over the richness of light, the perfect camera angles, the way the camera stalked around the scenes, the profound sense of claustrophobia, the shocking twists (well, first you're shocked, then you just laugh... I mean it's pretty ridiculous). But just as an exorcise in film-making it's absolutely perfect. Some of the performances are outstanding as well. Featuring some really gorgeous actresses turning in pretty emotionally resonant performances. The lead femme fatale is particularly affecting. This movie also has what must be the most dangerous staircase in cinema history! And the last shot of the film is a wonderful piece of dated Korean moral propagandizing. Really entertaining. I chuckled through the whole thing.
Review of The Housemaid
