Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Prashast Singh Movie: Black House (18)Rating: 4.5/5South Korean films are definitely worth watching, especially action thrillers. But horror movies from there are also quite well made, and this film BLACK HOUSE is the proof. It's very nearly written, well conceived and quite refreshing. It has got the basic elements which will impress any moviegoer, and it's not merely for horror fans. BLACK HOUSE opens on a gripping note and proceeds to tell the story without any hiccups, thanks to the editing. The screenplay is quite engaging, and it would be hard to leave this film in between, even if you're busy. The film stays true to the genre, and this is absolutely a positive sign.Hwang Jung-min is a very talented actor who with his performance proves that he can pull out roles of any kind he's given. He excels in multiple sequences, and his dialogue delivery is decent. Yoo Sun and Kang Shin-il are menacing and their solid performances are a major asset to the film. Kim Seo-Hyung and other supporting actors, however don't have much to do but still end up delivering good performances. The cinematography is decent, and is excellent in multiple shots. The small action bits have been done decently, and some shots are really praiseworthy. The climax was unexpectedly amazing and jaw-dropping. See it to believe!If you love watching horror films, then BLACK HOUSE is a treat of course, but even if you don't, the film will take you on a creepy ride if you have courage to step in!

meddlecore An insurance claims adjuster is sent to meet a man, his company believes is a con artist, engaged in insurance fraud.And during this meeting he makes a grisly discovery...the body of a young boy who has recently been hung.Despite the fact that he is not his actual son...the man has a very large insurance policy out on the boy's life. And he has the claim written up before his ashes are even spread.This leads the insurance adjuster to suspect the man has murdered the boy...so he starts to investigate this man and his past.With the insurance company refusing to pay out- before the police make a decision on the cause of death- the man becomes increasingly disgruntled...and starts to target the insurance adjuster.They eventually pay him out, but the adjuster becomes worried his wife will be next...because he also has a large policy out on her, as well.He feels particularly responsible, because, as a child, he witnessed his younger brother commit suicide...and still feels guilty for having failed to prevent it.So he acts to intervene- warning the woman of what he suspects her husband's intentions are.But a few days later, the couple is back...to collect on another claim...after the man has cut off both his arms.Now, the adjuster realizes...it was his psychopath wife the whole time.But it's too late...his brother is dead, his girlfriend's dog has had it's head cut off, and his girlfriend has suddenly been kidnapped.Obviously, this woman is not one to be trifled with.This is a really engaging serial killer-slasher, from South Korea's Terra Shin. The insurance claims adjuster is such a lovable anti-hero...that you just don't expect him to be caught up in a gore-laden situation. But that is what gives this film that subtle touch of dark humour that makes it so damn enjoyable.Recommended.6.5 out of 10.

dschmeding "Black House" (why the hell the title by the way??) is an interesting Korean movie that at first looks like going a different way. I guess you could call this a horror movie but it has a lot of thriller elements and rather sticks to reality than going for the typical Asian ghost mythology. The movie starts out with the main character, an insurance claims agent who gets a new client who especially asks for him after the previous agent seemed to unfriendly. Right after meeting at the clients house the first dead person appears... the son is found hung in is room. Since the client acts pretty strange and tries to collect the money right away the agent looks into the story and considers it a murder... he soon gets drawn deep into the strange clients life and finds out his wife is even stranger. From here on the movie moves slowly like a thriller about a bizarre insurance fraud that is slowly mixed with Slasher elements when the agents dog gets decapitated, his answering machine is filled with silent calls, people lose limbs and disappear while he uncovers the strange history of his client.Although the movie is really slow paced and like many Asian movies way too long for my taste it kept my attention by building tension that is mainly relying on the excellent main actors and on the great cinematography. Unfortunately the movie takes a dive in the end because suddenly you find yourself in a very well known story about a strange woman killing people and doing that in a way that reminded me more of many Asian ghost horror movies. Spoiler: When the movie incorporates things like sowing eyes and mouths shut but never explains why and in the end makes the ghost of the dead woman reappear in a girl that paints pictures like the woman did before you feel like the director was not sure if he wanted to make a thriller or a ghost/horror movie. All these elements are pretty fragmented and either I didn't get the connection or there simply is none which I'd suspect. If the director stuck to the real world and the bizarre fraud story and tightened the script this could have been a great movie... like many movies "Black house" takes a dive when it is supposed to deliver meaning to an otherwise suspenseful story.

movieman_kev Insurance agent, Jun-oh (jeong-min Hwang) goes to a house to talk to an insurance client, where he finds the hanging body of the client's son dead of an apparent suicide. But he soon feels that the young lad didn't kill himself, but was killed to get at a sizable insurance payout. When no one else seems to believe him or even care, Jun decides to get to the truth by himself by digging into the past of the troubled family.Let it be noted that I have yet to see "Kuroi ie" the 1999 Japanese adaptation of the same Yûsuke Kishi novel that this film was also based on, so I can't offer up any comparisons. That being said, I found the South Korean version of the story to be captivating enough to keep my attention throughout and marginally well acted. The film plays it's horror out mostly psychologically until it's last 40 minutes when the film goes all out Slasher and the gore becomes much more visceral. I enjoyed and recommend it.My grade: B- Region 1 DVD Extras: A 21 minute Making of; Production design featurette (7 minute); and 10 deleted scenes