Door Lock is a 2018 South Korean psychological horror-thriller film directed by Lee Kwon.[1][2][3] The film stars Gong Hyo-jin, Kim Ye-won and Kim Sung-oh. It was released on December 5, 2018.[4] The movie is based on the 2011 Spanish movie Sleep Tight.[5] While the original tells the story from the perpetrator's perspective, this adaption is from the victims point of view.[6]

Door Lock
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
도어락
Revised RomanizationDo-eo-lak
Directed byLee Kwon
Written by
  • Lee Kwon
  • Park Jung-hee
Produced by
  • Kim Sung-ryung
  • Lee Jae-min
Starring
CinematographyPark Jung-hoon
Production
company
Fiona Films
Distributed byMegabox Plus M
Release date
  • December 5, 2018 (2018-12-05)
Running time
102 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$11.5 million

Premise

edit

Kyung-min lives alone in a one-room apartment. One day, she found a trace of a stranger breaking into her room and soon a mysterious murder case begins to unravel.[7][8]

Promotional synopsis

edit

Kyung-Min is an average female living by herself in a studio apartment. When she gets to her place after work, she finds her highly secured door lock cover left open. Slightly scared of this, she changes her password. However, just before she goes to sleep, she hears someone trying to unlock her door. Startled by this, Kyung-Min calls the police. Yet, the cops only show annoyance and no sympathy towards the frightened Kyung-Min. A few days later, she finds more hints of someone trying to enter her home, and a murder incident occurs. Realizing she's not safe and that the police are not to be trusted, she starts investigating on her own. A door lock case left open, unknown fingerprints on the keypads, and a cigarette bud found in front of her door; someone's here![9]

Cast

edit

Production

edit

Principal photography began on January 7, 2018, and wrapped on March 14, 2018.[11][8]

References

edit
  1. ^ "도어락". Naver (in Korean).
  2. ^ "Door Lock". Korean Film Biz Zone.
  3. ^ a b "KONG Hyo-jin Enters DOOR LOCK and BBAENGBAN". Korean Film Biz Zone. 19 October 2018.
  4. ^ "공효진 '도어락' 12월 5일 개봉 확정..원룸 현실공포". TV Report (in Korean). 9 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Door Lock (2018) ☆☆☆(3/4): Somebody tries to unlock the door…. – Seongyong's Private Place". 9 December 2018.
  6. ^ Zaveri, Rhythm (July 24, 2019). "Film Review: Door Lock (2019) by Lee Kwon Screening at Fantasia 2019".
  7. ^ "Door Lock". HanCinema.
  8. ^ a b "KONG Hyo-jin Wraps Up DOOR LOCK". Korean Film Biz Zone. 19 October 2018.
  9. ^ says, kdramaLover (December 5, 2018). "Door Lock (2018) 도어락 Review | EonTalk".
  10. ^ "김예원, '도어락' 캐스팅..."공효진과 두 번째 작업 설레"". OSEN (in Korean). 19 October 2018.
  11. ^ "'도어락'X공효진, 웰메이드 스릴러 탄생…7일 크랭크인". Sports Chosun (in Korean). 19 October 2018.
edit