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Guimoon: The Lightless Door

Guimoon: The Lightless Door

Horror · Thriller · 2021

In 1990, at a secluded community center, the custodian murders all the guest lodgers and kills himself. Ever since, on every Old Year's Night, paranormal events begin to take place within the building. Eventually, the center is shut down and left abandoned for years. A renowned paranormal investigator who had lost his mother during an exorcism and three college students who heard about the rumor of the unexplained phenomena heads over to the building, resolved to uncover the buried secret.

Movie details

Guimoon: The Lightless Door

“All May Enter, None Shall Return”

2021 Horror · Thriller 1h 25m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

4.9 / 10

381 votes

TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

In 1990, at a secluded community center, the custodian murders all the guest lodgers and kills himself. Ever since, on every Old Year's Night, paranormal events begin to take place within the building. Eventually, the center is shut down and left abandoned for years. A renowned paranormal investigator who had lost his mother during an exorcism and three college students who heard about the rumor of the unexplained phenomena heads over to the building, resolved to uncover the buried secret.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Sim Deok-geun

Written by

Lee Jong-ho

Kim Kang-woo

Kim Kang-woo

Do-jin

Kim So-hye

Kim So-hye

Hye-young

Lee Jung-hyoung

Lee Jung-hyoung

Tae-hoon

Hong Jin-gi

Hong Jin-gi

Won-jae

Um Chae-young

Um Chae-young

Mi-rin

Song Ji-hyun

Song Ji-hyun

Mi-rin's spirit

Han Da-hee

Han Da-hee

Cast

Court is in session

Put Guimoon: The Lightless Door 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.