Hanyo (1960)

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1. 

   Marazmatique

   Well this certainly got more and more bizarre as it went on... 10 years 6 months ago
2. 

   MariV

   That was a bit weird. It was quite OK i think... the only annoying point was that throughout the whole movie I just wanted to shake the people and say "just do something you idiots!".
   
   When I started watching I didn't know that it was also thriller and horror so it came a bit as a surprise. 10 years 6 months ago
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   Siskoid

   Seeing as it was once named one of the greatest Korean films ever, Ki-young Kim's The Housemaid (1960) probably loomed large at home, so I am not surprised at all that Bong Joon-ho acknowledged it was an inspiration for Parasite. There's a similar upstairs/downstairs quality, where the "good folks" of a house can still be bad when they act on their privilege, and a downstairs villain who we can nonetheless empathize with, and it's also about unsavory elements being brought into a household under the guise of a servant. Otherwise, it's a very different film, part melodrama, part suspenseful sexual thriller, part Greek tragedy, in which a piano teacher experiences a nightmare when girls from within and without the household become obsessed with him and threaten to destroy his family life. The unhinged housemaid is adept at manipulating and blackmailing, but gets more than she bargained for (which is where the audience's empathy comes in). It's an unpredictable story where a simple look or hesitation creates tension. By all means, ignore the last 30 seconds (or enjoy them for their oddity), which were a reaction to the film's true ending being "too intense". It's terrible. 2 years 12 months ago

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