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Seon-min and Hyo-jung are best friends. One day, Hyo-jung
doesn't show up in class and Seon-min starts to hear her
voice, yet she can't see her. Could Hyo-jung be dead? And
why is Seon-min the only one who can hear her? Together
they try to solve the mystery, even though people think
that Seon-min is starting to go crazy.
Voice
Letter is the fourth entry in the very successful
"Whispering Corridors" series and it is definitely a big
improvement from the last movie, "Wishing Stairs". I don't
really know why the four movies are a series since there
seems to be nothing attaching them to one another. There's
a different cast and a different story for each movie. The
only thing that they all have in common is that they all
take place in an all girls school. There is also the fact
that they all begin as dramas and don't become horror flicks
until the last couple of minutes but this is a very common
phenomenon in the horror genre these days.
While Voice Letter is built up in the exact same way that
Wishing Stairs was, this one has a much more interesting
story to tell and therefore, I didn't really mind that it
was more of a drama than a horror flick. The story is very
gripping and really focuses on the bond between two girl
friends. The fact that there's a very strong cast in this
flick was probably crucial for this movie to work, and
I think they pulled it off pretty nicely.
So far so good right? Well, as usual, I do have a couple
of negative remarks as well on this one. First of all,
this movie shouldn’t have had any horror in it as it could
have been a very touching drama without it. Instead, it
feels like they've poured some blood into a perfectly
entertaining drama flick to make it more attractive for
the teen audience. Well, for once, it actually didn't work.
Second of all, even though the soundtrack is nice, well
nice is an understatement, it is f*cking brilliant, it was
heavily over utilized and sometimes it felt as if I was
watching some weird kind of musical without any real musical
numbers in it.
Over-all, Voice Letter succeeded brilliantly in being a
good and powerful drama but in failed as a horror movie.
And a mix between a good movie and a bad movie is usually
a pretty mediocre result. It's definitely a step up from
the last Whispering Corridors sequel though and if there
will be a fifth movie in the series, I will most definitely
be checking that out.
A light bulb explodes into ones face and we get some dead
bodies but there's really nothing much here.
As I said before, the soundtrack is absolutely brilliant!
I loved the main song that they played (way too many times)
in it and the piano music was to die for. I could watch
this movie again just to hear the score again.
Voice Letter is a big step up from the last sequel in the
Whispering Corridors series and succeeds brilliantly as a
powerful and gripping drama. However, as it fails as a
horror flick, the end result is pretty mediocre and
ludicrous. Do check it out if you're a fan of the series.
Review By: AnthroFred
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