Cinderella (V)

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release date April 10 2007
studio Tartan Video
director Bong Man-dae
writer Bong Man-dae
starring Ah-yung Ahn, Gyu-ryun Ahn, So-min Jeon, Se-Kyeong Shin, Ji-Won To

3 comments

  1. Avatar of JADAMA
    Posted By JADAMA on September 26, 2010 @ 11:29 am

    Wow, no one else had a review to this!!?

    This film is wonderful with it’s all to real storyline! It’s creepy in the sense that you feel horrible and sorry for the evil that is in itself nothing but a painful sorrow of revenge.

    The film is nothing like it’s title. The only thing that connects it to the name “Cinderella” is that a girl is forced to be shut away in a attic… or basement!

    I could go on and on but I really don’t want to give away the twist to the film! It’s clever and very original. I’m surprised it isn’t a popular as the other Koren films at this time… Shame. It fits up there with “Tale of Two Sisters” but it is way better!

    I highly recommend it!

  2. Avatar of envigado
    Posted By envigado on October 24, 2010 @ 4:27 am

    PLEASE SOME OM=NE HELP ME … I’M NEW IN THIS WEBSITE … WHERE I FIND THE LINKS TO WATCH THIS MOVIE ??!! … THANKS !!

  3. Avatar of horrorking95
    Posted By horrorking95 on November 2, 2012 @ 11:47 am

    I wouldn’t go expecting anything to do with the original fairytale. I
    was expecting a Korean horror twist on it like that fantastic, “Hansel
    & Gretel”. I was expecting a vicious stepmother keeping her daughter
    captive and so on. Actually Cinderella has very loose references to the
    infamous tale. In fact, I would’ve scrapped the title altogether and
    called it something referring to vanity, because that’s the theme that
    is most emphasised in the film.

    Cinderella is 2/3′s of a good film. I found the first 40 minutes or so
    incredibly difficult to follow thanks to most of the characters looking
    the same and having very little development. The first 40 minutes don’t
    work with what occurs for the remainder of the film when it finally
    finds it footing. It’s quite tedious and confusing to see these friends
    getting killed off by a ghost after having plastic surgery for no
    apparent reason. The whole ghost-killer idea doesn’t even really work
    that effectively until it’s loosely developed in the finale. Even
    characters with no earlier development get killed off and were left
    wondering why and if we really care!

    However, the overall feel of the film changed at the first flashback
    where a pretty huge twist is revealed. It’s highly engaging and then
    allows us to focus on the characters who really care about, the mother
    and her daughter. In its final moments the film almost becomes
    dream-like with the past merging with the present, but it remains
    utterly absorbing, even though it’s incredibly difficult to work out
    what the hell is going on! The ending left me feeling completely
    bemused and I’d completely lost the plot. However, I did find it
    incredibly emotional and heart felt, allowing us to feel a great deal
    of sympathy for the characters, especially the mother.

    Aside for a few creepy moments, I wouldn’t call Cinderella a full-blown
    horror film. It’s more of a dream-like dark drama, thanks to the ghost
    idea being under-used and under-developed. The frustrating thing about
    the film is that it’s full of fantastic twists and ideas, but explores
    them in ways which are needlessly confusing! The plot is also messy and
    is in need of character development, or character reduction.

    However, Cinderella is worth a watch. It’s an engaging and emotional
    experience and has a heart, which is greatly lacking in modern American
    horror films. It also has a wonderful score and surprising twists to
    ensure that you’re never bored. It’s just a shame that the writing
    department was as ill conceived as it was. But, perhaps you’re a highly
    intelligent person and can differentiate fantasy from reality and past
    from present. I for one can not!

Official Score: 3 / 5