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Tragic, Gothic, and Domestic: Classical Horror in Kim Jee-woon’s A Tale of Two Sisters

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A low shot from the vantage point of under a piece of furniture, which frames the view, two men are seen cradling the flailing body of a woman, whose back is arched and looking out and above the lens. Dishes and pills are scattered on the burnt orange floor, where there is also a lace-covered table in the background, a velour-covered table in the middle ground, and a blue-gray Persian rug in the foreground.

|Chris Polley| For many who have endured a ninth grade and/or AP literature class, Shakespeare brings to mind big emotions and melodramatic ideas: forbidden romance, corrupt monarchs, or mistaken identity. An underrated aspect of a good chunk of his work, however, is its exploration of the horrors of the great beyond… Continue reading