Evil Twin (Korean: 전설의 고향; RR: Jeonseol-ui gohyang) is a 2007 South Korean horror film. When an accident claims the life of a young girl, during the same incident her twin sister fell into a coma and awakens 10 years later. Many deaths follows her recovery, and she seemingly takes on her sister's personality traits.
| Evil Twin | |
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| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Jeonseolui gohyang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏnsŏlŭi kohyang |
| Directed by | Kim Ji-hwan |
| Written by | Ahn Min-jeong Kim Ji-hwan |
| Produced by | Lee Kang-min |
| Starring | Park Shin-hye Jae Hee |
| Cinematography | Son Won-ho |
| Music by | Kim Jun-seong |
| Distributed by | Prime Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | $2,396,341[2] |
Plot
editThe movie begins with a young woman being strangled by a man. The man strangling her is accusing her of murder. A series of flashbacks show two little girls playing on a bridge and falling into the water.
Three men are sitting and drinking, asking each other what they would do if they saw a ghost. Two of the men make fun of the third about his stuttering and cowardice. The stutterer says that they would be scared too if they met dead Hyo-jin. The third man makes an excuse and leaves. While walking home, he glances nervously at a bridge and pretends not to see it. He then sees a woman with long hair covering her face. Frightened, he attempts to pretend he doesn't see her either but the woman appears in front of him.
A young woman, So-yeon, wakes up from a creepy dream in the hospital, finding her mother beside her. The doctor informs them that she has lost her memories. So-yeon is taken home and pampered, tended to by a servant who tells her that she has been in a coma for ten years. So-yeon has a vision of drowning and develops chest pains after overhearing of a man drowned in a ditch. She goes directly to where the body was, arousing the curiosity of her servants. Far in the distance, she sees the body being carried away: the stuttering man from earlier.
The servants in the kitchen talk about So-yeon's twin sister Hyo-jin. When they were young, both girls fell off a bridge into the water. Hyo-jin drowned, while So-yeon went into a coma. Hyo-jin, was said to be her father's favorite while their mother had always favored the eldest, So-yeon. So-yeon was said to have been a nasty child and often bullied Hyo-jin.
Hearing about So-yeon's recovery, Hyun Sik, So-yeon's fiancé, is ordered by his mother to visit her. He is reluctant to see her as he was in love with Hyo-jin and was devastated by her death. Hyun Sik meets So-yeon, and she mentions that she remembers playing with him when they were kids. Hyun Sik also remembers that day. He was happily playing with Hyo-jin but So-yeon found them, becomes jealous and hit Hyo-jin, resulting in a scar. Angry at the memory, Hyun Sik walks away.
After a series of mysterious killings, it is revealed that the one killed in the water ten years ago was not Hyo-jin but So-yeon: the living twin is actually Hyo-jin. The secret was hidden by her mother, who had been telling the villagers that Hyo-jin was dead and the one alive was So-yeon, since she was her favorite. But the dreadful spirit of the real So-Yeon came back to take revenge. Facing the spirit of the real So-yeon, Hyo-jin and their mother run to the bridge, and Hyo-jin falls into the lake. The mother tries to save her, but she grabs the hand of So-yeon, and, finally seeing Hyo-jin, also grabs Hyo-jin's. Both beg their mother to save them. Hyo-jin tells her mother that she is okay, and the mother lets go of Hyo-jin's hand. The mother then falls into the lake to embrace So-yeon's spirit who is finally comforted and persuaded to let go of her vengeance against Hyo-jin; the mother apologizes for being late as she and So-yeon sink to the bottom of the lake together. Hyun Sik runs to the bridge, presumably saving Hyo-jin. The film ends with Hyun Sik and Hyo-jin, probably married to each other, on the bridge.
Cast
edit- Park Shin-hye ... So-yeon/Hyo-jin
- Jae Hee ... Hyun-sik
- Yang Geum-seok ... So-yeon's mother
- Park Myeong-sin
- Yang Jin-woo
- Han Yeo-woon
- Bae Yoon-beom
- Jeong Sang-hoon
- Bang Eun-mi
- Choi Soo-han
References
edit- ^ Box-Office Admission Results (2007). Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved on 9 February 2008.
- ^ "The Evil Twin".
- Lee Hyo-won (17 May 2008). ‘Evil Twin’: Return of Korean Horror. The Korea Times. Retrieved on 12 October 2008.
- Film: “The Hometown of Legends” . The Dong-A Ilbo (17 May 2007). Retrieved on 12 October 2008.
- Kim, Kyu Hyun. The Evil Twin. Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved on 12 October 2008.
- Mudge, James (22 September 2007). The Evil Twin (2007) Movie Review. BeyondHollywood.com. Retrieved on 12 October 2008.