This month’s installment of Deep Cuts Rising features a variety of horror movies. Some selections reflect a specific day or event in June, and others were chosen at random.
Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.
This month’s offerings include a Japanese slasher, a dark tale about family, a Scandinavian haunting, a terrifying coming-out story, and an aquatic creature-feature.
The Attic (1980)
Directed by George Edwards and Gary Graver.
Fathers are usually depicted as unkind and cruel in horror, and the one in The Attic is no exception. Carrie Snodgress plays the dutiful Louise who has sacrificed her own happiness for far too long. When she tries to turn her life around and do something about her loneliness, which entails adopting a chimpanzee, her tyrannical father (Ray Milland) is quick to stomp out her ambitions.
Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.
This month’s offerings include a Japanese slasher, a dark tale about family, a Scandinavian haunting, a terrifying coming-out story, and an aquatic creature-feature.
The Attic (1980)
Directed by George Edwards and Gary Graver.
Fathers are usually depicted as unkind and cruel in horror, and the one in The Attic is no exception. Carrie Snodgress plays the dutiful Louise who has sacrificed her own happiness for far too long. When she tries to turn her life around and do something about her loneliness, which entails adopting a chimpanzee, her tyrannical father (Ray Milland) is quick to stomp out her ambitions.
- 6/1/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
After a six-year hiatus, Korean cinema is set to return to the Chinese big screen in wide release at last.
This Friday, Dec. 3, Chinese cinemas will run the 2020 comedy “Oh! My Gran (Oh! Moon-Hee),” official posters said Wednesday. Directed by Jeong Se-Gyo and written by Kim Soo-jin, the title stars Na Moon-hee as Moon-hee, the titular spirited grandma suffering from Alzheimer’s disease who, along with her dog, are the only witnesses of a hit-and-run accident that leaves her grandchild unconscious. The film tells the story of the sleuthing that ensues when she remembers a clue to the culprit.
When Seoul deployed the Thaad U.S. missile defense system in 2016, Beijing expressed its displeasure with a ban on Korean film and culture imports. A Korean film hasn’t had a proper theatrical outing in the mainland since 2015’s “The Assassination,” co-written and directed by Choi Dong-hoon.
Seven Korean films were...
This Friday, Dec. 3, Chinese cinemas will run the 2020 comedy “Oh! My Gran (Oh! Moon-Hee),” official posters said Wednesday. Directed by Jeong Se-Gyo and written by Kim Soo-jin, the title stars Na Moon-hee as Moon-hee, the titular spirited grandma suffering from Alzheimer’s disease who, along with her dog, are the only witnesses of a hit-and-run accident that leaves her grandchild unconscious. The film tells the story of the sleuthing that ensues when she remembers a clue to the culprit.
When Seoul deployed the Thaad U.S. missile defense system in 2016, Beijing expressed its displeasure with a ban on Korean film and culture imports. A Korean film hasn’t had a proper theatrical outing in the mainland since 2015’s “The Assassination,” co-written and directed by Choi Dong-hoon.
Seven Korean films were...
- 12/1/2021
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Disaster movies have always found favour in Korean cinema but recently, there has been heightened interest in the genre, with several tentpole productions with big name stars going on the floors and releasing in quick succession. Director Kim Ji-hoon himself is no stranger to the genre either, with his previously released film “The Tower” being in the same vein and “Sector 7” also going strong on the mayhem, thanks to its monster element. While his completed project “I Want to Know Your Parents” still languishes in release hell, his first film to be released in nine years since “The Tower” happens to be “Sinkhole”, also a disaster movie, albeit with a somewhat different treatment this time round.
“Sinkhole” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
After 11 years of hard work, saving up and frugal living, Park Dong-won manages to buy an apartment for himself which he moves into with his wife and son.
“Sinkhole” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
After 11 years of hard work, saving up and frugal living, Park Dong-won manages to buy an apartment for himself which he moves into with his wife and son.
- 8/11/2021
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Yet another disaster movie from South Korea, but “The Tower” and “Sector 7” director Kim Ji-hoon gives the genre a comedic twist in his newest film “Sinkhole”.
Synopsis
Jung Man-soo is a resident of Chungwoon Villa, which is a cheap apartment building. He works hard to raise his son alone. Park Dong-won works at a company. He finally becomes a homeowner after 10 years, but his home falls into a sinkhole. Park Dong-won and his co-worker Kim Seung-hyun are stuck in the fallen house.
The star-cast also includes actors who’re either known for or have proved their comedy chops in previous projects. Cha Seung-won (“Man on High Heels”) plays Jung Man-soo, Kim Sung-kyun (“The Witness”) plays Park Dong-won whereas the Prince of Asia Lee Kwang-soo (“Tazza: One Eyed Jack”) plays Kim Seung-hyun. The film is scheduled for release of August 11th, 2021.
Synopsis
Jung Man-soo is a resident of Chungwoon Villa, which is a cheap apartment building. He works hard to raise his son alone. Park Dong-won works at a company. He finally becomes a homeowner after 10 years, but his home falls into a sinkhole. Park Dong-won and his co-worker Kim Seung-hyun are stuck in the fallen house.
The star-cast also includes actors who’re either known for or have proved their comedy chops in previous projects. Cha Seung-won (“Man on High Heels”) plays Jung Man-soo, Kim Sung-kyun (“The Witness”) plays Park Dong-won whereas the Prince of Asia Lee Kwang-soo (“Tazza: One Eyed Jack”) plays Kim Seung-hyun. The film is scheduled for release of August 11th, 2021.
- 7/7/2021
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Directed by Kim Ji-hoon, the film has sold to Taiwan (MovieCloud) and Hong Kong (Edko Films) among other territories.
South Korean distributor Showbox has locked pre-sales deals on disaster drama Sinkhole to a raft of territories led by Taiwan (MovieCloud) and Hong Kong (Edko Films) following the virtual Cannes market.
The film has also sold to Indonesia (Falcon), Philippines (Mvp Viva), and Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and East Timor (Encore Films).
Directed by Kim Ji-hoon, whose credits include luxury high-rise inferno film Tower and sci-fi action thriller Sector 7, Sinkhole stars Cha Seung-won, Kim Sung-kyun (Fengshui) and...
South Korean distributor Showbox has locked pre-sales deals on disaster drama Sinkhole to a raft of territories led by Taiwan (MovieCloud) and Hong Kong (Edko Films) following the virtual Cannes market.
The film has also sold to Indonesia (Falcon), Philippines (Mvp Viva), and Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and East Timor (Encore Films).
Directed by Kim Ji-hoon, whose credits include luxury high-rise inferno film Tower and sci-fi action thriller Sector 7, Sinkhole stars Cha Seung-won, Kim Sung-kyun (Fengshui) and...
- 7/3/2020
- by 134¦Jean Noh¦516¦
- ScreenDaily
Allow me to state upfront that I have now nor ever have been a fan of the Transformers. When they arrived, my tastes ran in other directions. That said, I have done some behind-the-scenes work with the franchise a few times in my career so have a good working knowledge. I’ve also seen the first Michael Bay and bits of the subsequent ones, enough to know these also aren’t to my taste.
I was therefore ready to outright reject the first solo film, Bumblebee, but the trailers hooked me. That and the arrival of Hailee Steinfeld, who I have enjoyed since True Grit. As a result, the film, out now on disc from Paramount Home Entertainment, is far more enjoyable than imagined.
By making this about a girl and her robot, a tried and true formula dating back decades (was Gigantor the first?), the film is smaller, needing...
I was therefore ready to outright reject the first solo film, Bumblebee, but the trailers hooked me. That and the arrival of Hailee Steinfeld, who I have enjoyed since True Grit. As a result, the film, out now on disc from Paramount Home Entertainment, is far more enjoyable than imagined.
By making this about a girl and her robot, a tried and true formula dating back decades (was Gigantor the first?), the film is smaller, needing...
- 4/2/2019
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
The Bona Film Group production grossed $189m at the Chinese box office in October 2018.
South Korea’s Noori Pictures and Just Creative Studio (Jcs), an affiliate of China’s Bona Film Group, are teaming up to co-produce a Korean-language remake of hit crime action drama Project Gutenberg.
Budgeted at around $12-15m, the remake is being scripted by Korean writer and director Hwi Kim, who has worked on scripts including Haeundae, Dancing Queen and Sector 7.
Katherine Kim, former CEO of Cj Entertainment, is on board to produce the remake, with Noori’s Yongho Lee and Jcs’ Jeffrey Chan as executive producers.
South Korea’s Noori Pictures and Just Creative Studio (Jcs), an affiliate of China’s Bona Film Group, are teaming up to co-produce a Korean-language remake of hit crime action drama Project Gutenberg.
Budgeted at around $12-15m, the remake is being scripted by Korean writer and director Hwi Kim, who has worked on scripts including Haeundae, Dancing Queen and Sector 7.
Katherine Kim, former CEO of Cj Entertainment, is on board to produce the remake, with Noori’s Yongho Lee and Jcs’ Jeffrey Chan as executive producers.
- 3/17/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
As much as fans would have liked Bumblebee to be a hard reboot of the Transformers film franchise, it’s not. It is connected to the previously made, Michael Bay-directed films.
The movie shows us how Bumblebee lost his ability to speak, and Megatron even had an awesome action-sequence that had to be cut out of the opening of the film during the Battle of Cybertron because of the film’s connection to the original Transformers movie. There were a few other links, but I won’t spoil them for anyone that hasn’t seen the movie yet.
There was another little thing that you may have missed that connects Bumblebee to the original franchise. Remember John Turturro’s character Agent Seymour Simmons? Well, there’s a scene where Sector 7's Agent Burns (John Cena) is sitting in his office and he is delivered a message from a seemingly random agent.
The movie shows us how Bumblebee lost his ability to speak, and Megatron even had an awesome action-sequence that had to be cut out of the opening of the film during the Battle of Cybertron because of the film’s connection to the original Transformers movie. There were a few other links, but I won’t spoil them for anyone that hasn’t seen the movie yet.
There was another little thing that you may have missed that connects Bumblebee to the original franchise. Remember John Turturro’s character Agent Seymour Simmons? Well, there’s a scene where Sector 7's Agent Burns (John Cena) is sitting in his office and he is delivered a message from a seemingly random agent.
- 12/25/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena star in the flashy new trailer for Bumblebee, the upcoming Transformers prequel. Steven Spielberg co-executive-produced the sci-fi/action film, which hits theaters on December 21st.
The clip opens in a California beach town in 1987, where the owner of a junkyard gifts Charlie Watson (Steinfeld) with a yellow Volkswagen Beetle for her 18th birthday. When she gets home, Charlie discovers the vehicle’s true identity as it expands into the bumbling autobot Bumblebee.
Charlie takes in Bumblebee after learning her transformer friend is in danger, and...
The clip opens in a California beach town in 1987, where the owner of a junkyard gifts Charlie Watson (Steinfeld) with a yellow Volkswagen Beetle for her 18th birthday. When she gets home, Charlie discovers the vehicle’s true identity as it expands into the bumbling autobot Bumblebee.
Charlie takes in Bumblebee after learning her transformer friend is in danger, and...
- 9/24/2018
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Seo-Won has gone through a lot as the son of a murderer. He learned that his father was executed. Seven years ago, his drunken father Hyun-Soo, working as the leader for a management team at a dam, drives out to Seryeong Village where the dam is located. His car hits a girl and he throws the girl into the lake. Since then, Hyun-Soo goes crazy due to guilt. Young-Je is the dead girl’s father and takes revenge upon Seo-Won.
Director Choo Chang-Min’s previous film ‘Masquerade’ has been well received. ‘Seven Years of Night’ stars Ryoo Seung-Ryong (Roaring Currents), Jang Dong-Gun (No Tears for the Dead), Song Sae-Byeok (Sector 7), Ko Gyung-Pyo (Man on High Heels) and Moon Jeong-Hee (Hide and Seek) and is based on Jung Yoo-Jung’s novel of the same name.
Director Choo Chang-Min’s previous film ‘Masquerade’ has been well received. ‘Seven Years of Night’ stars Ryoo Seung-Ryong (Roaring Currents), Jang Dong-Gun (No Tears for the Dead), Song Sae-Byeok (Sector 7), Ko Gyung-Pyo (Man on High Heels) and Moon Jeong-Hee (Hide and Seek) and is based on Jung Yoo-Jung’s novel of the same name.
- 3/17/2018
- by Patrick Hofmeister
- AsianMoviePulse
Sector 7 (Mining Area 7) a Korean monster movie that looks very promising does not have a Us release date yet, but we do have a English subtitled trailer to share with you. Sector 7 is directed by Kim Ji-Hoon, written by Je-gyun Yun (Tidal Wave) and stars Ji-won Ha (Phone, Tidal Wave), Sung-kee Ahn (The Warrior) and Ji-ho Oh (Strangers 8). Check out the synopsis and English subtitled trailer below. Synopsis: “The film is about a group of workers on a deep sea oil prospecting platform called ‘Eclipse’, located south of Jeju Island>>...
- 7/11/2011
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
A new and extended plot synopsis for upcoming Kim Ji-hoon helmed Korean monster horror flick 'Sector 7' (you remember, the one set on the oil rig) has arrived hand in hand with a brand new trailer also! The flick stars hottie Asian actress Ha Ji-won (below) alongside Ahn Seong-gi, Lee Han-wee, Park Cheol-min, Oh Ji-ho, Song Sae-byeok and Cha Ye-ryeon. 'Sector 7' will open in Korean theatres in 3D from 4 August. Check the trailer below....
- 7/4/2011
- Horror Asylum
Described as an homage to James Cameron's Aliens, we've now received a second trailer for Cj Entertainment's (The Host, Thirst, and many, many more) Korean creature feature Sector 7 (Mining Area 7), which scores the first look at the film's creature! Directed and produced by Kim Ji-hoon, the pic will be 3-D and is about a mutated creature runs amok in an oil prospecting ship. Ha Ji-won, who also starred in Youn's disaster film Haeundae, will rejoin. Director Youn said that Mining Area 7 will be a Korean equivalent of the Alien films and the 3D visual will mainly be realized by converting, but considerable amount of footage will be shot in 3D from the beginning.
- 7/1/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
Sector 7 is a big-budget 3D production from Korea and is due to be released very soon. The director is Kim Ji-hoon, who previously directed May 18, the second best selling local film of 2007. The cast includes young actress Ha Ji-won (Haeundae) and one of South Korea's great actors Ahn Seong-gi (Nowhere To Hide). The new trailer is here, and I think it looks fantastic.In "Sector 7", an underwater oil field located south of Jeju Island, Hae-jun is working as a marine equipment manager on an oil prospecting ship called Eclipse. Joining the crew later is Jeong-man, a former colleague of Hae-jun's father, assigned to Eclipse as captain. Though his job is to oversee the withdrawal of the ship, he suggests conducting some...
- 7/1/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Well, now. That looks rather a lot better than expected.Sex Is Zero writer-director Yun Je-gyun had a surprise hit in 2009's Haeundae. Best known for small comedies until that point Yun aimed to deliver large scale spectacle with his disaster picture and while everyone agreed the script was lacking they also agreed that the spectacle delivered and Haeundae ended up making money hand over fist. And so Yun was given free rein to try and do it again.The end result is Sector 7, a 3D monster-on-an-oil-rig picture meant to go toe to toe with the big Hollywood blockbusters at the Korean box office as written by Yun with first time director Kim Ji-hoon at the helm. And you know what? It just might win.The...
- 5/26/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Openly admitting inspiration by James Cameron's Aliens, the official website has launched for Cj Entertainment's (The Host, Thirst, and many, many more) Korean creature feature Sector 7 (Mining Area 7), which also features the following new quad poster. Directed and produced by Kim Ji-hoon, the pic will be 3-D and is about a mutated creature runs amok in an oil prospecting ship. Ha Ji-won, who also starred in Youn's disaster film Haeundae, will rejoin. Director Youn said that Mining Area 7 will be a Korean equivalent of the Alien films and the 3D visual will mainly be realized by converting, but considerable amount of footage will be shot in 3D from the beginning.
- 5/26/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
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