South Korean scares as Vancouver Asian Film Festival opens Halloween night with The Closet

Consider it the latest contender from a country that’s a legit force in horror movies

The Vancouver Asian Film Festival streams The Closet on October 31 at 7 pm.

CREEPY CHILDREN, check. Ghosts, check. An exorcist, check. The Vancouver Asian Film Festival has all the ingredients for the perfect film to open its event on Halloween night.

Kicking off the fest that runs till November 9 is South Korea’s The Closet, by up-and-coming director Kim Kwang-Bin.

After his wife’s death, architect Sang-won (Ha Jung-woo) and his daughter Ina (Heo Yool) move into a new home out in the country to try to heal. But his child starts acting stranger and stranger until… Well, let’s just say there might be a reason kids are afraid of what’s lurking in their closet when they’re trying to go to sleep.

Note that it’s only $10 for you to throw a stay-at-home Halloween viewing party of The Closet with your bubble besties; a pass for all of VAFF’s offerings is $50.

Note that South Korea has emerged as a major force in Asian horror movies, regularly scaring the crap out of people with stylish, revenge-fuelled fare like Thirst, The Wailing, and Train to Busan. More than enough, in fact, to keep a Halloween viewing party going all night long and into the wee hours.

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