Seire (film)

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| writer = Park Kang

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| director = Park Kang

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| distributor = Film Movement

| released = {{Film date|2021|10||Busan International Film Festival}}

| runtime = 102 minutes

| country = South Korea

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Seire ({{langx|ko|세이레}}) is a 2021 South Korean horror film directed by Park Kang and starring Seo Hyun-woo, {{ill|Ryu Abel|ko|류아벨}}, Shim Eun-woo, {{ill|Ko Eun-min|ko|고은민}} and Kim Woo-kyum.

Cast

  • Seo Hyun-woo as Woo-jin
  • {{ill|Ryu Abel|ko|류아벨}}
  • Song Duk-ho as Intravenous Patient
  • Shim Eun-woo
  • {{ill|Ko Eun-min|ko|고은민}}
  • Kim Woo-kyum
  • Seo Jin-won as President of the Health Center{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=144&aid=0000851127|author=Lee Da-won|title=서진원, ‘세이레’ 출연…서현우와 호흡|trans-title=Seo Jin-won, appeared in 'Sire'... Breathing with Seo Hyun-woo|publisher=Sports Kyunghyang |via=Naver|date=November 24, 2022|access-date=November 24, 2022|language=ko}}

Release

The film premiered at the 26th Busan International Film Festival in October 2021. The film will receive a theatrical release in 2022.{{cite web |url= https://variety.com/2022/film/asia/korean-horror-seire-film-movement-1235211335/|title= Korean Horror ‘Seire’ Delivered to U.S. Cinemas by Film Movement (EXCLUSIVE)|last= Frater|first= Patrick|date= 22 March 2022|website= Variety|publisher= |access-date= 5 August 2022|quote=}}{{cite web |url= https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3708034/korean-horror-film-seire-coming-in-2022-from-film-movement/|title= Korean Horror Movie ‘Seire’ Releasing in 2022 from Film Movement|last= Squires|first= John|date= 22 March 2022|website= Bloody Disgusting|publisher= |access-date= 5 August 2022|quote=}}

Reception

Seire won the FIPRESCI award at the 26th Busan International Film Festival.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

Alain Elliot of Nerdly rated the film 4 stars out of 5, calling it "the perfect showcase of how to blend old tales and folklore in a modern setting and telling real stories that are relevant now".{{cite web |url= https://www.nerdly.co.uk/2022/08/03/fantasia-2022-seire-review/|title=Fantasia 2022: ‘Seire’ Review|last= Elliot|first= Allain|date= 3 August 2022|website= Nerdly|publisher= |access-date= 5 August 2022|quote=}}

Chad Collins of Dread Central rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5, calling it "a haunting, austere ghost story."{{cite web |url= https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/434013/seire-is-a-frightening-hallucinatory-ghost-story-fantasia-2022-review/|title= 'Seire' is a Frightening, Hallucinatory Ghost Story [Fantasia 2022 Review]|last= Collins|first= Chad|date= 3 August 2022|website= Dread Central|publisher= |access-date= 5 August 2022|quote=}}

Neil Young of Screen Daily wrote a positive review of the film, stating that it "balances psychological probings and potentially supernatural elements in deliberately disorienting and accomplished fashion."{{cite web |url= https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/seire-busan-review/5163862.article|title= 'Seire': Busan Review|last= Young|first= Neil|date= 7 October 2021|website= Screen Daily|publisher= |access-date= 5 August 2022|quote=}}

Panos Kotzathanasis of HanCinema gave the film a positive review, writing, "The overall minimalism with the occasional splashes of visually impressive moments appears to be a well-fitted approach for the "new generation" of horror films, along with the combination of a number of art-house elements, as the richness in context."{{cite web |url= https://www.hancinema.net/hancinema-s-film-review-seire-154738.html|title= [HanCinema's Film Review] "Seire"|last= Kotzathanasis|first= Panos|date= 8 October 2021|website= HanCinema|publisher= |access-date= 5 August 2022|quote=}}

Sean Parker of Horror Obsessive wrote a positive review of the film.{{cite web |url= https://horrorobsessive.com/2022/08/01/fantasia-2022-seire-instills-dreamlike-dread-in-indifferent-dads/|title= Fantasia 2022: Seire Instills Dreamlike Dread in Indifferent Dads|last= Parker|first= Sean|date= 1 August 2022|website= Horror Obsessive|publisher= |access-date= 5 August 2022|quote=}}

References

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