Spellbound

"Female leads in horror movies can't seem to fall in love. Strange, isn't it?"

Spellbound, aka Chilling Romance, is a Korean horror movie.. Or was it comedy? No.. romance? Right, Spellbound is a movie of mixed genres; a type of story that isn't too common. Yeo-Ri is a woman who, much similar to the movie The Sixth Sense, sleeps in a tent in her apartment to avoid the unpleasant company of ghosts at night. Jo-Goo is a man who performs magic on stage; little aware of the fact that he is soon to be thrown into something that most of us would call a nightmare.

Usually when a movie includes extremely pale children and tall women in desperate need of a haircut, it's the type of movie that will leave you hiding behind your pillow, but not this one! Or well, not this one for about 90% of the time. That 90% delivers your favorite K-drama theme; not so socially acceptable woman meets incredibly handsome man, and soon comedy and cute scenes are to follow.

The comedy relief is, well, an actual relief. Lee Min Ki and Son Ye-jin did an amazing job on portraying the main characters and some of the scenes were very funny. This is a movie for everyone, even for those who aren't quite found of scary movies (but do cover your eyes when there is obvious creepy music or dark scenes around the corner! You have been warned.)

I can't pinpoint what it is, but I feel as if something was missing in the storyline. But as a Lee Min Ki fan, I'm overall satisfied with this movie!

★★★★☆