By MICHAEL GINGOLD
Two examples of the K-shock genre will be viewable soon.
Well Go USA has announced that the South Korean genre movies HOPELESS and TASTES OF HORROR (pictured above) will debut exclusively on digital next Tuesday, June 25. HOPELESS is the debut feature by writer/director Kim Chang-hoon and stars Hong Xa Bin, Kim Jong-soo and Song Joong-ki. The synopsis: “After spending his entire childhood in a town riddled with crime and violence, a teenage boy saves up his money in hopes of someday moving with his mother to start a new, happier life. But after he crosses paths with a local gangster intent on helping him, he is drawn into increasingly dangerous situations that will leave him questioning whether his attempts to escape his hellish reality will instead ensnare him in it—permanently.”
TASTES OF HORROR is a six-part anthology chiller derived from the series TE-I-SEU-CHEU O-BEU HO-REO, with segments directed by Ahn Sang-hoon (ARANG), Yoon Een-Kyoung, Kim Yong-gyun (THE RED SHOES), Lim Dae-woong (BLOODY REUNION) and Chae Yeo-jun. It stars Chang Seung-yeon, Oh Seung-hee, Jang Ye-eun, Shin Eun-soo, Kim Ho-jung, Kim Tae-hun, Jo Jae-yun, Yoon Hyun-min, Jang Gwang, Son Jina, Lee Joo-young, Kim Joo-ryong, Choi Su-im and Park Jin-a.
