I can't vouch for the source material, a Venezuelan horror that took the world by storm in 2013, but this 2017 South Korean remake about a woman who returns after 25 years of incarceration to the house where her husband was one night stabbed to death and her son inexplicably disappeared through a blocked basement doorway is appealing because it stars Kim Yun-jin from Lost (she was the deeply likeable Sun) and because, in the end, after a really very silly story plays out (in a distinctly low budget way with made-for-tv quality make-up and zero special effects), this supernatural mystery thriller manages to be surprisingly, ridiculously touching.
★★☆☆☆
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