Amateur Recommendation Hour: Bedevilled (2010 Korean Film)
Today’s recommendation is a magnetically mesmerizing piece of art. A society and world we live in and know well, into one we used to inhabit as a species, en masse. One some might even remember and somehow find a way to lionize. An almost two hour commitment to the slow build-up of potential mania given way to the reality of the chaos of violence contextualized against a backdrop of social class, gender divides, and broken promises made in an unrequited friendship, sibling-ship, or something even more. A burst of deep crimson blood, gleaming sweat of a Korean summer, and human insanity in a misanthropic rage. [Content Warning: This film features depictions of graphic violence and sexual abuse] Bedevilled, directed by Jang Chul-soo, a protege of the late Kim Ki-duk who himself was no stranger to creating works centered around the pathos of base human instinct, is a thriller with a horror slant about a business woman, Hae-won, from Seoul who’s forced to take a vacation after a stres...
