Whispering Corridors 2: Memento Mori (1999)

It wasn't scary and hella confusing

The movie is about lesbianism being a big deal causing shame and criticisms. The problem is I'm not really sure what kind of message this movie wants to tell.

I watched the first Whispering Corridors and everything was really confusing but the ending clarifies everything and the message was clearly conveyed. For the first 20mins, I actually thought it was better than the first one because the flow of events is logical and I was getting into it. The casts also started having more depth but suddenly it became blur because of the hallucinations and the timeline suddenly goes back and forth without specific reason. I was hoping that everything will be clarified in the end but I ended up more confused. I know that the Whispering Corridors series is not really a continuous story and it only continues with the same settings of all girls school and tackles a specific problem in the society but this one wasn't able to make enough impact to give it's message.

I commend the casts though, it was better than the previous. I was also shocked to see young Gong HyoJin and Park YeJin in this movie and they really grew up as a fine and great actresses of today.

For this movie, I don't really recommend it however my preference might be different from others. This is based on my personal preference and opinion only.

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Heartbreaking queer film

It's painfully sad rather than scary. This is supposed to be a ghost horror story but the scary thing about it is not the ghost, but the living humans. So heartbreaking.

It also felt like I was experiencing high school life again when watching this movie. I went to a mixed high school, but most of my classmates were girls. Like the main character Hyo Shin, I was also an outcast for being a weirdo, or at least that's what they were calling me, just because I'm introverted.

Drama among girls can be very toxic, especially when close friends become enemies. A few scenes in this movie were realistic to me. But I don't think my classmates were as cruel as the girls in the all-girl school in this movie. I don't know. Since I was an outcast, I didn't really care much about them and I'm not sure if there were any lesbian couples in my class back in the days. I don't know how they would act if there were a public lesbian couple in the class.

Another disturbing thing in this movie was that all of the male teachers were disgusting, not just that one character who sexually harassed and assaulted his minor student.

By the way, it’s pretty nice to see some of my favorite actresses Park Ye Jin and Gong Hyo Jin when they looked so young and innocent. I heard this was their debut movie. Gong Hyo Jin looked so cute while Park Ye Jin’s character was badass, despite her tragic fate.

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