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To Catch a Virgin Ghost

Director : Shin Jung-won
2004 102min 35mm 1.85:1
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This is a horror story of two men who came to Sisil village, which looks peaceful from the outside, in their chase for diamonds. Seok-tae who stole diamonds worth billions from the ‘family,’ has an accident while trying to escape. He ends up in this beautiful, peaceful country village. Impressed by their hospitality, he decides to stay for the night. He goes to the bathroom to take a look at his diamonds, but slips, and is on the verge of suffocating to death. Thinking he is dead, the villagers agree to bury him somewhere, so that they would not become suspects to a murder. Meanwhile, Yang-i who is determined to find the diamonds, comes to Sisil village thanks to the GPS (Global Positioning System) on Seok-tae’s cell phone. The villagers deny ever having seen Seok-tae, and with the eerie atmosphere, Yang-i is just about to head back when he finds Seok-tae’s sock. The villagers, who had found out about the diamonds try even harder to hide Seok-tae’s body, while Yang-i unpacks his bag to stay. The villagers reveal their true nature through sickles and hoes and axes, and Yang-i discovers they are harboring a terrible secret. A war between Yang-i and the villagers who are scarier than ghosts begins.
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