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Drama · Thriller · Mystery · 2002

A string of brutal murders targeting pregnant women mirrors the crimes of convicted serial killer Shin Hyun, who remains behind bars. Detectives Kim Mi Yun and Kang Tae Hyun take on the case, suspecting that Shin Hyun may be manipulating the copycat killings from prison.

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“You Can't Spell H-ell Without It.”

2002 Drama · Thriller · Mystery 1h 46m

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6.4 / 10

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A string of brutal murders targeting pregnant women mirrors the crimes of convicted serial killer Shin Hyun, who remains behind bars. Detectives Kim Mi Yun and Kang Tae Hyun take on the case, suspecting that Shin Hyun may be manipulating the copycat killings from prison.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Lee Jong-hyeok

Written by

Lee Jong-hyeok · Oh Seung-uk · Kim Hee-jae

Yum Jung-ah

Yum Jung-ah

Detective Kim Mi-yun

Ji Jin-hee

Ji Jin-hee

Detective Kang Tae-hyun

Cho Seung-woo

Cho Seung-woo

Shin Hyun

Sung Ji-ru

Sung Ji-ru

Detective Park

Kim Sun-kyung

Kim Sun-kyung

Dr. Chu Kyung-sook

Lee Eol

Lee Eol

Detective Han Jung-woo

Park Yong-su

Park Yong-su

Chief Jang

Court is in session

Put H on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.