Seire (film)

2021 South Korean film

Seire

Directed by| Park Kang
Written by| Park Kang
Starring|

* Seo Hyun-woo
* Ryu Abel [ko]
* Shim Eun-woo
* Ko Eun-min [ko]
* Kim Woo-kyum

Distributed by| Film Movement

Release date

* October 2021 (2021-10) (Busan International Film Festival)

Running time

| 102 minutes
Country| South Korea
Language| Korean

Seire (Korean: 세이레) is a 2021 South Korean horror film directed by Park Kang and starring Seo Hyun-woo, Ryu Abel [ko], Shim Eun-woo, Ko Eun-min [ko] and Kim Woo-kyum.

## Cast[edit]

* Seo Hyun-woo as Woo-jin
* Ryu Abel [ko]
* Shim Eun-woo
* Ko Eun-min [ko]
* Kim Woo-kyum
* Seo Jin-won as President of the Health Center[1]

## Release[edit]

The film premiered at the 26th Busan International Film Festival in October 2021.[2] The film will receive a theatrical release in 2022.[3][4]

## Reception[edit]

Seire won the FIPRESCI award at the 26th Busan International Film Festival.[citation needed]

Alain Elliot of Nerdly rated the film 4 stars out of 5, calling it "the perfect showcase of how to blend old tales and folklore in a modern setting and telling real stories that are relevant now".[5]

Chad Collins of Dread Central rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5, calling it "a haunting, austere ghost story."[6]

Neil Young of Screen Daily wrote a positive review of the film, stating that it "balances psychological probings and potentially supernatural elements in deliberately disorienting and accomplished fashion."[2]

Panos Kotzathanasis of HanCinema gave the film a positive review, writing, "The overall minimalism with the occasional splashes of visually impressive moments appears to be a well-fitted approach for the "new generation" of horror films, along with the combination of a number of art-house elements, as the richness in context."[7]

Sean Parker of Horror Obsessive wrote a positive review of the film.[8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Lee Da-won (November 24, 2022). "서진원, '세이레' 출연…서현우와 호흡" [Seo Jin-won, appeared in 'Sire'... Breathing with Seo Hyun-woo] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Retrieved November 24, 2022 - via Naver.
2. ^ a b Young, Neil (7 October 2021). "'Seire': Busan Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
3. ^ Frater, Patrick (22 March 2022). "Korean Horror 'Seire' Delivered to U.S. Cinemas by Film Movement (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
4. ^ Squires, John (22 March 2022). "Korean Horror Movie 'Seire' Releasing in 2022 from Film Movement". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
5. ^ Elliot, Allain (3 August 2022). "Fantasia 2022: 'Seire' Review". Nerdly. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
6. ^ Collins, Chad (3 August 2022). "'Seire' is a Frightening, Hallucinatory Ghost Story [Fantasia 2022 Review]". Dread Central. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
7. ^ Kotzathanasis, Panos (8 October 2021). "[HanCinema's Film Review] "Seire"". HanCinema. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
8. ^ Parker, Sean (1 August 2022). "Fantasia 2022: Seire Instills Dreamlike Dread in Indifferent Dads". Horror Obsessive. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Seire at IMDb
* Seire at Rotten Tomatoes