The Ghost Theater: "But I don't want to go among mad people!"
The Ghost Theater
KOREAN MUSICAL. I've heard this movie compared to Alice in Wonderland, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and (my favorite) "a Korean Beetlejuice-Prince-Little Richard mix." It's like Tim Burton vomited on a collection of clowns and made them sing. It's awesome.
Go on, listen. I dare you not to have it stuck in your head for days.
On a search for her grandmother, who disappeared after muttering about a film, Sodan takes a job at a dusty old theater, not realizing the place is haunted...
...BY MUSICAL GHOSTS.
It's like the Addams family tapdancing and breaking into air guitar. There's no explanation, just a catchy chorus.
Sodan is very impressed.
They eventually win her over with the power of song and welcome her to the ranks, and they form a quirky friendship/pseudofamily of a human girl, a demon boy, an opera princess, a singing Japanese imperial soldier (!!!), and --
Well, I'm not sure what Mosquito is. I don't think he does either. The bastard offspring of a gothic court jester? Casper meets Hot Topic?
There's also Wanda, the leggy ex-prostitute with a FOUL MOUTH. IT'S AMAZING. She's this sexy, poised ladyghost who grabs the microphone and lets out a deluge of profanity and verbal abuse.
The best part is how her curses are catchy, so Sodan winds up skipping around singing "shit shit shit bastard" under her breath...
The dinner scene is awesomely, hysterically gross. They're ghosts, so they can't eat -- instead they spit food at each other, stomp all across the table, and get stabbed in the head with a fork. At one point Wanda pulls a hairball out of her mouth. Of course, this is all prelude to song.
Wanda also regurgitates everything she "drinks" right back in the glass. You don't see it, just hear her BLLLLLLLLLLLEHAUGH while Sodan stares like :|
I love love love this movie's cinematography. 90% of the film takes place in the theater, but it's so visually interesting you don't care.
Sodan has a mystery to solve about the singing troupe and their involvement in her grandmother's disappearance. I won't spoil what happens -- it really has to be seen to be believed. Just, when you reach there, I hope you appreciate how hard it was not to cap. *dies*
Chabara chabara, chabara chabara...
KOREAN MUSICAL. I've heard this movie compared to Alice in Wonderland, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and (my favorite) "a Korean Beetlejuice-Prince-Little Richard mix." It's like Tim Burton vomited on a collection of clowns and made them sing. It's awesome.
Click to viewGo on, listen. I dare you not to have it stuck in your head for days.
On a search for her grandmother, who disappeared after muttering about a film, Sodan takes a job at a dusty old theater, not realizing the place is haunted...
...BY MUSICAL GHOSTS.
It's like the Addams family tapdancing and breaking into air guitar. There's no explanation, just a catchy chorus.
Sodan is very impressed.
They eventually win her over with the power of song and welcome her to the ranks, and they form a quirky friendship/pseudofamily of a human girl, a demon boy, an opera princess, a singing Japanese imperial soldier (!!!), and --
Well, I'm not sure what Mosquito is. I don't think he does either. The bastard offspring of a gothic court jester? Casper meets Hot Topic?
There's also Wanda, the leggy ex-prostitute with a FOUL MOUTH. IT'S AMAZING. She's this sexy, poised ladyghost who grabs the microphone and lets out a deluge of profanity and verbal abuse.
The best part is how her curses are catchy, so Sodan winds up skipping around singing "shit shit shit bastard" under her breath...
The dinner scene is awesomely, hysterically gross. They're ghosts, so they can't eat -- instead they spit food at each other, stomp all across the table, and get stabbed in the head with a fork. At one point Wanda pulls a hairball out of her mouth. Of course, this is all prelude to song.
Wanda also regurgitates everything she "drinks" right back in the glass. You don't see it, just hear her BLLLLLLLLLLLEHAUGH while Sodan stares like :|
I love love love this movie's cinematography. 90% of the film takes place in the theater, but it's so visually interesting you don't care.
Sodan has a mystery to solve about the singing troupe and their involvement in her grandmother's disappearance. I won't spoil what happens -- it really has to be seen to be believed. Just, when you reach there, I hope you appreciate how hard it was not to cap. *dies*
Chabara chabara, chabara chabara...