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Whispering Corridors
Tartan US
Korean
DVD Review By Allen F.
This is a great Korean school/ghost genre film. The first of a series and a popular early Korean Horror offering. I was pleased with the DVD version from Tartan very much. I had only previously saw a VHS rental version that had poor clarity. We have in Whispering Corridors the Asian schoolgirls (very popular), past secrets, murder, possession, mean and nasty teachers (that's sometimes disappear or end up dead) ghosts and all together creepy happenings at the old school house. I really liked the bridge suicide scene and that one will stick with you for some time. As more of the series like Memento Mori get its upcoming USA release this small review will graduate to a more expanded feature article. And Memento Mori is now available (see below) so stay tuned to this page for a full feature.

I enjoyed this film a lot and liked the paybacks a bitch theme. The film is not a jump out of your seat type horror film but is very fun none the less. Whispering Corridors is a great new release from TARTAN US and is recommend by Kyonsi. The film will be enjoyed by fans of The Ring or Ringu and even thought there is no extremely demonic entity the haunting's are fun and entertaining. Region 1 US DVD version with extras. This is the first time the film has been officially released for the US and Canada.

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Memento Mori
Tartan Films US
Color 98 min
DVD Review By Allen F.
This is the second (connected only by name) film in the "Whispering Corridors" series of films from Tartan US. I did enjoy this film more than the first film. the film is like the "Whispering" in the sense that it has the cute Korean schoolgirls in bad and haunting situations at a girls school. The series has high acclaim these days, but before the US versions were announced "Momento Mori" had the most clout here so far. Its good too see that Tartan is going to eventually put out all three films with "Wishing Stairs" reportedly scheduled for 2005 DVD release as well. The film deals with a diary found by one of the students thats reveals a secret hidded romance between two other girls, one of them now dead apparently by her own hands. The film of course then has the hauntings begin after some character set up.

The film is very watchable and is better than the first one. Tartan gets more bonus points for getting all three films for DVD release. A third film (from another company) is currently in the works with no set DVD information yet (see our news page). If ghostly dramas with Korean school gals are your bag Momento Mori is right up your alley. English subtitles are good and the picture quality if presentable. This ghostly genre fave is not really a scare the hell out of you horror film, its more paced and dramatic than some Japanese horror films. Oh and do not forget to "remember the dead"...

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Wishing Stairs
Tartan Asia Extreme
Not yet Available for review
Coming Soon
This new release from Tartan Asia Extreme is coming soon 2005.
Synopsis: Along the path to the girl's dormitory at a school, there is a set of twenty-eight steps. It is said that these steps are haunted, and that if a girl makes a wish with all her heart while climbing the stairs, a twenty-ninth step will appear, and the wish will come true. Wishes are a powerful force though, and unknowingly to the girls who make them, the Wishing Stairs wishes come back as curses just as easily.

Note: Full feature to follow the release of the third and upcoming DVD.