Seire (film)

Seire (Korean: 세이레) is a 2021 South Korean horror film directed by Park Kang and starring Seo Hyun-woo, Ryu Abel [ko], Shim Eun-woo, Ko Eun-min [ko] and Kim Woo-kyum.

Seire
Directed by	Park Kang
Written by	Park Kang
Starring	Seo Hyun-woo Ryu Abel [ko] Shim Eun-woo Ko Eun-min [ko] Kim Woo-kyum
Distributed by	Film Movement
Release date	October 2021 (2021-10) (Busan International Film Festival)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Cast

• Seo Hyun-woo as Woo-jin
• Ryu Abel [ko]
• Song Duk-ho as Intravenous Patient
• Shim Eun-woo
• Ko Eun-min [ko]
• Kim Woo-kyum
• Seo Jin-won as President of the Health Center^[1]

Release

The film premiered at the 26th Busan International Film Festival in October 2021.^[2] The film will receive a theatrical release in 2022.^[3][4]

Reception

Seire won the FIPRESCI award at the 26th Busan International Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}

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".^[5]

Chad Collins of Dread Central rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5, calling it "a haunting, austere ghost story."^[6]

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."^[2]

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."^[7]

Sean Parker of Horror Obsessive wrote a positive review of the film.^[8]