Whispering Corridors

Whispering Corridors
Hangul
여고괴담
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYeogogoedam
McCune–ReischauerYŏgogoedam
Directed byPark Ki-hyung
Written by
  • In Jung-ok
  • Park Ki-hyung
Produced byLee Choon-yeon
Starring
Distributed byCinema Service
Release date
  • May 30, 1998 (1998-05-30) (South Korea)
Running time
105 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Whispering Corridors (Korean여고괴담; RRYeogogoedam) is a 1998 South Korean supernatural horror film directed and co-written by Park Ki-hyung. It was part of the explosion in South Korean cinema following the liberalization of censorship in the aftermath of the end of the country's military dictatorship. The film makes a social commentary on authoritarianism and conformity in the harsh South Korean education system.[1]

This film is the first installment of the Whispering Corridors film series, and was followed by five sequels (Memento Mori, Wishing Stairs, Voice, A Blood Pledge and The Humming), though none of the sequels share a continuing plot or characters with each other.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b "여름 특집! 여고괴담, 학교에서는 무슨 일이 있었나". Daum (in Korean). 25 June 2013. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  2. ^ Conran, Pierce (5 October 2015). "WHISPERING CORRIDORS Scares Up Chinese Remake". Korean Film Biz Zone. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2015.