The Mimic - Dark Voices
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| German title | The Mimic - Dark Voices |
| Original title | Jangsanbeom ( 장산 범 ) |
| Country of production | South Korea |
| original language | Korean |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Huh boy |
| script | Huh boy |
| music | Kim Hong-jip |
| camera | Kim Il-yeon |
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The Mimic - Dark Voices (Original title: Jangsanbeom ) is a horror film by the South Korean director Huh Jung from 2017. The film is based on the modern legend of the Jangsan tiger , which is said to be on Mount Jangsan near Busan . According to legend, he can imitate voices so lure his victims into his trap. The webtoon Jangsanbeom: Geobuhal Su Eomneun Moksori ( 장산 범: 거부 할 수 없는 목소리 'Jangsan Tiger: Irresistible Voices') was released in advance of the film .
action
Hee-yeon's mother with dementia is not doing well. The family therefore decides to move near Mount Jangsan, the mother's hometown. Hee-yeon thinks she could be better here. So the family moves into a house on the mountain, Hee-yeon and her husband Min-ho, their daughter Jun-hee and Hee-yeon's mother Sun-ja.
Shortly after moving in, two children pass the house looking for their dog. You continue to search in the forest of the mountain and come to a walled-in place that was recently broken into. One of the children looks inside and is suddenly pulled into the cave. But she can come back. They tell Min-ho and Hee-yeon, who are looking into it. Hee-yeon looks around and finds a little girl while Min-ho finds a dying woman in the cave. The police take care of the matter. The girl disappears first. But in the evening it suddenly stands in front of the house.
The girl doesn't speak, and Hee-yeon first cleans her up and gives her new clothes. Suddenly she says her name is Jun-hee. Both Hee-yeon and her daughter are amazed that she happens to have the same name as Hee-yeon's daughter. Meanwhile, Hee-yeon's and Min-ho's eyes feel strange. Even Sun-ja is no better. She hears voices. Once she even tries to kill the mysterious girl, but Hee-yeon is able to protect her.
But a short time later, Sun-ja and Min-ho disappear. Commissioner Kim tells Hee-yeon that there have been several missing persons in the area. When she tells him about the girl, Kim shows her a photo from the 1980s. Hee-yeon recognizes the child as the mysterious girl Jun-hee. Commissioner Kim goes through old documents. In the evening, Hee-yeon is visited by an old woman who says that the little girl is the child of a shaman who worshiped the Jangsan tiger. This shape shifter could imitate people, lure them into a trap and eat them. The shaman kept offering sacrifices to the tiger. The child was abused by her father for making offerings. The tiger wanted the girl's energy. Everywhere the girl appears, people disappear shortly afterwards.
Hee-yeon suspects evil and runs home to her daughter. This was attracted by a being crawling out of the mirror by imitating Hee-yeon's voice. Jun-hee runs away and hides. The girl comes slowly and speaks to the girl in Hee-yeon's voice. She protects Jun-hee. Hee-yeon eventually finds them both in the closet. She asks the girl to show her where her husband is. She promises to watch out that her father can do nothing more to her. The girl leads Hee-yeon into the cave. There suddenly the Jangsan tiger appears in the form of the shaman. They flee and meet Min-ho on the run. Min-ho is blind, and Hee-yeon can hardly see anything either. Min-ho says they have to get out of the cave and warns Hee-yeon about the girl. Hee-yeon finds a way out with Min-ho while the girl cries and doesn't come along. Then Hee-yeon hears her missing son's voice, and she goes back into the cave.
reception
The Mimic opened in South Korean cinemas on August 17, 2017 and reached over 1.3 million viewers.
In Germany, Splendid Film released the film on January 26, 2018 as DVD , BluRay and video on demand .
Web links
- The Mimic - Dark voices in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Mimic in Movie Database (English)
- The Mimic - Dark voices in the Korean Movie Database (English)
- The Mimic on HanCinema (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for The Mimic - Dark Voices . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 174402 / V).
- ↑ 장산 범: 거부 할 수 없는 목소리. In: Daum Webtoon. Retrieved September 30, 2019 (Korean).
- ^ The Mimic (2017). In: Korean Film Biz Zone. KOFIC, accessed September 30, 2019 .
- ↑ splendid film | The Mimic - Dark Voices. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .