Can't believe I only started this now!
Honestly, I haven't been finding anything coming out interesting lately. Everything just kind of seems the same and predictable now, but this drama took me out of my "slump".Story wise, it was well written and the characters had so much impact on me. The three shared the same experiences which made me sympathize and understand them more. Each ending of every episode made me want to know more. There were unexpected twists to the story.
The acting was really good. The actors and actresses gave me chills. I have seen Kim Dong Wook and Kim Jae Wook in Coffee Prince together, so it was very nice and refreshing to see them together in a new drama once again. I first saw Jung Eun Chae in The King Eternal Monarch and I never knew she had so much to show! She was amazing here, and I would love to see her take more of these roles.
Overall, really good drama. I would definitely recommend this to a friend. 10/10 👏
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Has Character Development Horror Movies Always Lack!
I was anxious, scared, uneasy, angry, curious, worried and sometimes heartbroken but that's what I love about this! This drama was cinematically beautiful and musically eerie from the start! The film style was like a high-budget movie and the writing was enough to captivate me from the start (with the first 2-4 episodes being the most jarring).STORY
The fast-paced introduction full of supernatural events, religious rituals, death, fear, and mystery sets the tone for the rest of the drama. The first half involved a lot of individual cases (similar to ones in crime dramas that only last for 2 eps) to provide necessary clues in connection to the larger mystery/enemy. In the second half, there was a noticeable change from individual cases to developing the main mystery. It was a change I appreciated since single cases get very repetitive. With a larger focus on the mystery of who exactly their enemy was, the twists and turns had me switching back-and-forth between guesses.
CHARACTERS
The tragedies and resulting effects the characters experienced had me worried for their well-being and that of the people who cared for them. Each character had sufficient time spent on truly developing their character's backgrounds, personality, and psyche with the progression of events. A detail I enjoyed was how they kept true to the limitations/restraints of what Choi Yoon and Kang Gil Young could do and when because of their jobs since this bit of realism made it more believable. All the actors had an amazing portrayal of their characters and were able to convey their emotions well.
OVERALL
Quickly piquing my curiosity, I became invested in how this trio would go about avenging their families against a demonic enemy. From how these characters were written, I came to care for all of them and hoped for the best overall outcome. From start to finish, this was a wild ride and one worth being a 10/10 rating!
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Perdukunan + Exorcism
8,4/10. Sebenernya ini bagus dan lebih horror dari revenant karena banyak nyorot part hantunya (+ org org yg kerasukan lebih serem dibanding di revenant). Tapi tiap kasus tuh dibuat complex and slow (bahkan 1 kasus bisa makan 2 eps dalam durasi 1 jam), which is agak boring jujur ((menurutku 😅)). Ini tuh aku cepetin biar ga terlalu slow juga gabisa, karena dialognya PANJANG banget dalam satu waktu and sometimes sulit aku cerna karena banyak tentang perdukunan + exorcismnya. Plotnya di awal boring tapi mendekati ending makin bagus dan bikin penasaran (a plus point) 👍🏻 di ending juga BANYAK plot twist WKWKWKWK padahal gw udah mewek jelek eh tau2nya 🤡🤡🤡 tapi jujur ya aku kurang suka endingnya soalnya ga bener2 clear kalo si Park Il Do-nya tuh pergi ((padahal gw udah dendam ksumat bget 👊🏻💔)). For each character... hm,, jujur kadang aku gemes bgt ada part dimana mereka tuh LAMA buat ambil keputusan kayak??? Bikin emosi njir 😁🙏🏻 SAMA kaya misal ada kasus nih, trus mereka tuh kok bisa ya tbtb udah nyampe di tkp KAYAK ancrit semuanya cenayang kh,,,, intinya kaya dibuat mudah gitu lho sm plotnya WAKAKAKA. Selebihnya ga ada sih... OH YA ini agak mirip2 save me juga, sama2 stressful 😁 karena banyak perdukunan gitu agak pusing jujur sm ceritanya TAPI seru tapi yh sLOW gitu. Ga terlalu banyak adegan thrilling-nya, jd sbg pecinta horror-thriller menurutku ini kurang recommended ((kecuali eps eps mendekati ending)). Dan jujur selama nonton drama ini aku berat banget bJIR buat namatinnya gatau knp 😅😅😅😅😅Esta resenha foi útil para você?
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Started out really strong. The end sort of...scattered
One of the top rated horror dramas, while it started of well, few things were quite predictable. like Priest Yang, the kids who grew up, etc the spirit not leaving easily etc.The characters were well portrayed. Plot is okay, expect gory and some triggering things maybe.
Overall a good watch.
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le démon qu'on pourchasse est en faitlemal en chacun de nous
Bon, Il apparaît tout de suite que nous évoluons entièrement dans le domaine de la possession démoniaque et de tous ses attributs, soit des scènes plutôt gores (surtout les deux premiers épisodes) et assez violentes.En général je ne m’intéresse pas vraiment à ce genre-là, sauf que là il semble que ce soit le premier drama d’horreur, alors qu’il y a déjà nombre de films de cette catégorie et j’étais curieuse de voir ça, d’autant que le gore, la possession démoniaque et tout ce qui s’en suit me laissent plutôt froide et ne me donnent ni cauchemars ni attirance particulière, parce qu’en général je trouve ça aussi ennuyeux que les histoires de sexe : répétitif, sans originalité et mal joué !
Sauf que …
Sauf que là ce n’est pas le cas ! D’abord les scènes de possession ne sont utilisées qu’à bon escient, elles sont bien faites (pour le genre, hein ? ) et surtout l’intérêt du drama est dans la rencontre de trois personnages très différents, dont le seul lien est un destin tragique, ce qui les dresse les uns contre les autres au début…
La recherche et la poursuite en vue de l’élimination du démon se rapporte à la recherche et l’arrestation d’un horrible meurtrier, ce sont les moyens qui changent et le recours au spirituel qui sort de l’ordinaire. Cette tension et l’approfondissement psychologique des personnages donne au drama un intérêt certain, une grande force et une belle originalité, si on supporte les scènes disons… pénibles !
Les acteurs sont très bons, parce que rendre crédible ce qu’ils incarnent n’est pas à la portée de tous, et surtout le jeune voyant Hwa Pyung et la policière Kil Young bien que Mateo aussi soit très bien, sans oublier les seconds rôles, l’ami chaman et le détective Go, vraiment remarquables ! Je relève encore une fois une héroïne sans mièvrerie, très simple et naturelle, paraissant sortie de la vraie vie. Je crois que les Coréens ont compris que même dans les dramas une policière ne court pas dans la rue en mini jupe et talons de 12 cm avec un maquillage qui aurait demandé une heure !!
La fin est très belle, bien que la scène dans la mer qui la précède soit un poil trop longue, même si très puissante, mais elle m’a convenu parfaitement, dans le droit fil de la logique de l’histoire. De plus j’ai beaucoup aimé les quelques lignes d’explication des scénaristes concernant le pourquoi du choix de cette histoire improbable !
Il y a deux chansons, très discrètes, bien placées, et à part ça une Bande son de circonstance, vu les scènes d’angoisse supposées !
Mon souci : l’obsession du réalisateur (déjà soulignée dans Voice) pour la couleur rouge et verte des éclairages de scènes « angoissantes » comme s’il voulait être sûr qu’on a compris ! Mais on s’y fait et le reste m’a vraiment plu !
Je le conseille pour les cœurs (et estomacs) bien accrochés !
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A little predictable and little not.
The Guest is a drama centered around three characters whose life goes through horrible change when they directly and indirectly encounter an infamous spirit Park Il Do. Years later, the trio end up meeting each other accidentally. This is a decadent horror drama for fans looking for some scary thriller. However, the first two episodes of this drama are the scariest. After the intro episodes, we do become familiar with which direction the story is going in. Though it seems predictable at various points, it does manage to keep you on your toes. My favourite part about the drama was the dynamics between the leads. From distrusting each other to working together, the bromance progresses well. The pace of the story varies as well — there are parts which are slow but the intense almost cliffhanger reveals keep you going. It’s a fun drama to watch in a group, to speculate and discuss the characters.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
Extremely straightforward and simple storyline
I usually have a lot to say about most stories I watch. I tend to get deeply and passionately engrossed in fiction and want to talk about the story in depth with whomever I watched it with after completion, or I struggle to write concise reviews because I have such strong feelings about the story. That is not the case for The Guest, and it’s because I have no particularly strong emotion about this show. I would recommend The Guest depending on your approach to how you engage with fiction. If you watch for simple entertainment value plot-wise then move on quickly to the next show rather than for extreme immersion and connection with characters, this might be the show for you.I found the plotline of The Guest to be incredibly straightforward, simplistic, and somewhat predictable. Simple stories aren’t always bad, and predictability doesn’t always have a massive bearing on writing quality. But I do think this story was simplistic bordering on feeling like the script was like what you might expect from a children’s show but with dark visual/subject content. Basically, this story deals with dark topics like exorcism and demons, and it has grim lighting at times, but it mostly lacks the depth necessary for emotional connection to the characters or for the theme of the story to feel dark or insightful. Dark things happen but the story doesn’t treat them with huge depth, and dialogue is often quite repetitive and shallow. I went into this watch having heard a lot of people call this kdrama “very different” and “unique” but I really do feel that it’s just dark in visuals but without being very rich in commentary or meaning. It’s a show you watch to see things happen, not to be touched or psychologically mind blown. I feel like this warning is warranted, given that people who tend to like this show’s genre tend to lean toward favoring depth and heavy psychological themes and may be disappointed.
One of my biggest complaints with the story is I was anticipating a very interesting and strong friendship to bloom between the three protagonists. While I appreciate the nontraditional gender lineup for the main characters and that the female character was not a love interest for the men, I was expecting much more development, growth, and camaraderie between the characters. It felt like not much more was fleshed out for the characters beyond their initial backstory, feeling guilty toward one another because of their shared involvement, and feeling an obligation to protect one another to lessen that guilt, which felt more like internal conflict than evidence of true closeness. I was looking forward to seeing more dimension to the characters and bonding over their character traits and liking each other as people for who they were, but they are not developed much beyond their premise. (The scene where Yoon buys Hwa Pyung food and left it for him while he was sleeping was probably one of the most genuine signs of care we saw in the story outside of appearing to want to protect one another out of moral obligation; I would have loved to see more scenes like this.) Relatively more development is poured into each of the main characters’ relationships with their pre-existing social circle outside of one another, such as Gilyoung’s relationship with Bongsang, Hwa Pyung’s relationship with Yook Gwang, and Yoon’s relationship with Father Yang.
Overall, if you tend to like more simplistic watches and are interested in the relatively more unique visuals and concepts of this storyline in terms of the exorcism, it may still be worth checking out. Another reviewer described The Guest as an “easy watch” and I would say that is pretty accurate; you will be able to have some fun at guessing how the plot will unfold without having to think too hard and the content is not as emotionally heavy as a different writer could easily have made it. Many people seem to have a soft spot for this series because of the originality of its premise for a Kdrama, so definitely check it out if you think it is up your alley.
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The Freaking Chemistry!
I took one look at the cover and thought, heck I am not sure about this title but the IMDB rating is very good and MDL rating is good and its ranked in the 100 top best here, but i still wasn't sure. But the truth is the whole series is freaking epic, the storyline, the chemistry, characterization and the music. Perfect flawless execution from the actors/actresses. Well timed and directed choreography with the plotline going on about korean rituals, Christianity, spirits, exorcisms, a perfect combination of unusual elements to paint out a perfect fantastic story which is of horror and mystery genre.Horror wise, i think more than the story line the delivery and the choreography made it's mark, it was nevertheless pretty scary. Each episode had a scary exorcism. But as a fan of horror and of many years watching it, i always adored the emotional causes present in horror stories rather than jumpscares. The plot line involves 3 different characters of totally contrasting personalities and roles (detective, psychic and priest) which you could tell, already a good cue for a story, but its how these characters get perfectly interconnected with their pasts to the present which is the most wonderful, how their guilt and sorrows and forgiveness connects them. Perfect chemistry between Hwa Pyong, Choi Yoong and Gil Young, where they are not gushy or sweet, rather sarcasm and talk backs keeps them close. How without even you realizing, they become close. The unbreakable brotherhood of those three was more powerful than the horror itself.
I'll be honest, the emotional influence was so great in the story, that even it becomes more scary you get immune to it, the amazing OST's make the whole franchise more worthy with rewatch value, I appreciated the sad music during the exorcisms, instead of making it all about mysticism, evil. It was painted as pain and sorrow. With mild insane plot twists and incredible acting of the characters (especially Kim Jae Wook) and with breathtaking shots of rural Korean villages, Sohn: The Guest is an incredible work of story telling, choreography and art into the world of Asian horror.
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Darkness That Truly Shows You The Light Inside
This drama was well done. Every movement was on point by each actor who was possessed. The music suited every scene perfectly. The supporting cast was so well assigned. I was even a huge fan of how the plot unfolded and moved forward. Every time we think we found something out a new twist would arrive.Also it’s hella creepy and dark a lot of the time. Its supernatural aspects were so well thought out and depicted. It’s not easy to give life to this much level of detail of possession and the aftermath it leaves behind.
I love how each characters relationship was well fleshed out. You grew to love every character and understand why they would go to the lengths they go. Some actions at times feel too much, but with a new perspective you understand exactly why it’s that way. There was such good friendship depicted throughout the show. Not just our mains but their familial, coworkers, and old friends.
Tears happened in this drama so often. Emotions would well up and I love when dramas evoke emotion that way. Makes it the best kind of immersion one could ask for.
I’d watch it again most definitely. Give it a shot.
Sara Rojas SEPTEMBER 28 2021
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It was... pretty unexpected in many ways.
First of all, it was a really nice drama. There are very few dramas out there which includes spirits, demons and everything in between, but this one did stood out. It had a pretty consistent storyline, strong and relatable characters... One thing that i really liked about this drama was that it showed possession (of people by spirits) in a way that felt believable. Not way too much drama, no unwanted plot, the drama really progressed just in the right way.There were many like literally many twists and turns. One moment you start to think that okay this guy is Park Il do next moment someone else turns up to be him.
From the beginning, i thought that priest Yang was possessed by Park Il do and the series made us believe that too at one point.
There's another thing that i didn't quite liked is the fact that nothing happened with Park Hong ju. I really wanted her to suffer for her deeds but she just laughed like crazy in the last ep...
Also theres one thing that i dont understand, according to grandpa if priest Yang was never possessed (according to Hwa pyung's grandpa Yang submitted himself to the devil) , so how in the hell was he able to possess the bus driver guy and the gas station guy in the last ep...?
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Truly a THRILLER! So epic as the Renevant was
I'm left with no words, honestly. This series was so EPIC and I wasn't prepared for it.As a thriller, will keep you on the edge of your seat more times you'll ever imagine. As the story unfolds, we get to know the characters, and we try to realise with them what's going on, what's the truth. But trust me, the twists this story has... wow!
The chemistry between the three main characters is INSANE. Their relationship keeps becoming stronger and stronger. All of them have the stubbornness to do everything they can to save their loved ones and to save one another.
The acting, how everything are set will make you cry and feel the pain of the characters to your bone or feel the fear, for sure (you want to stop because of how scared you're but you want to keep watching as well because of how good it is).
Till now, the Revenant was maybe the most amazing and truly a THRILLER, for me. Now, The Guest is as well with Renevant a THRILLER- after you have watched this you're feeling you've made the right choice you started watching it. Truly.
The music for me was amazing and has given more depth to the drama, but maybe I wanted something a little better.
As rewatch value I'm not sure if I can handle watching it again, but the emotions I've felt while watching it I think I maybe will want to experience them again.
(It's my first review, guys. So I hope it would help you decide about whether to watch this drama or not 😇).
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love horors/thrillers but could not get through this one.
From the beginning, it was hard for me to stay focused, as the drama did not impress me. This was surprising to me, as I usually enjoy thrillers and horrors. I'm not sure if it was the way it was filmed. I tried several times to watch another episode, but by episode 7, I gave up and dropped the drama. I had been really looking forward to it, as it had a high rating and great reviews.The story was good, but the execution fell flat for me. The production could have been better, and I didn't connect with the main characters. The female lead was particularly annoying, and the way the three of them interacted was just strange. The only positive was Dong Woo; I really liked his character.
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