The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

I found this to be a pretty boring ghost/horror movie overall, but it was a good start for it's time. But maybe that is cause I seen way too many horror movies to the point I have seen everything in this movie in other films, except done better. This really wasn't a scary movie, in fact the teachers in this were more frightening than the ghost, they act more scary than drill sergeants and the girl students seemed like they were in military school. The movie was made in 1998, so I don't know how the school system was like back then, but I sure hope they toned it down a bit. I thought the build up was alright but not that good either, but the ghost is so not intimidating what so ever and there is more students and teachers talking amongst themselves about the rumors of a ghost roaming the school that it gets sort of boring. And if you want to be frightened more than go with the mystery and drama like scenarios, you probably won't enjoy this as much. But I could tell it did pretty well for it's time and I did like some of the themes in this, it could have been better if it was a bit more faster paced though. Just because it's a classic film, doesn't mean it has to be brilliant.5.6/10

The malevolent ghost of a teenage suicide victim haunts the corridors of a Korean school, murderously attacking members of staff. New teacher Eun-young Hur (Mi-yeon Lee) investigates, eventually discovering the shocking truth behind one pupil's mysterious past.Spooky Korean ghost story Whispering Corridors was released the same year as Hideo Nakata's Ringu, but unlike its Japanese counterpart, it failed to become an international hit and never received the dubious honour of a Hollywood remake. To be honest, I find it easy to understand why: it's extremely slow moving and not very scary.That's not to say that there is nothing to like about the film: there's loads of lovely cinematography, quality acting, a haunting soundtrack, a nice array of easy-on-the-eye Korean cuties, and the story explores several interesting themes, including loss of friendship, coping with loneliness, and abuse of power. But with very little to set the spine a-tingling, I still cannot not help but feel a little disappointed—after all, this is supposed to be a horror film, isn't it?5.5/10, rounded up to 6 for IMDb.

My summary can be found at http://www.docticktock.com. In summary this movie is average at best. This movie takes the average Asian horror film plot and does nothing with it. Whispering Corridors is neither scary, thrilling, or even entertaining. The best part of this movie is its social commentary. Korea has long struggled with student -teacher relationships which are often cold and sometimes even brutally violent and oppressive. W.C. does address this in a very superficial way (ie it just acknowledges that it is happening) and never gets into why or how. But it shouldn't. This is a horror movie, but since they didn't decide to pursue the horror aspect they could have at least developed the naturally interesting thread of the story line.

In the haunting opening sequence, we witness the mysterious death of a teacher at a South Korean all girls school. She is discovered by her pupils (her hanging body is a nightmarish image that will tattoo itself on your memory), and their abusive principal tells them it was a suicide. Before she died, she telephoned her young coworker and told her that "Jin-Ju is here. She's still alive!" Baffled by this, the young teacher embarks on an investigation to figure out what exactly is going on at this school. She finds that the ultra-competitive students are not what they seem on the surface.In its trailer, "Whispering Corridors" is credited as being the film that started the "Asian Horror Explosion." I'm not so sure about that, as Ringu is far better known and appears to have been released first. However, this truly is an excellent supernatural story that deserves as much recognition. While the movie leans heavily on drama and mystery, the frightening scenes are very effective. Those that take place in the long ominous hallways in the empty school at night, as well as in the condemned art studio, are incredibly creepy and atmospheric.The performances by the entire cast, especially the young actresses, are excellent. Throughout the film, we are introduced to several of the repressed but competitive girls. There's the insecure nerdy girl who believes in magic, her best friend who is desperate to be popular and secretly wants to be an artist, the prettiest girl who is also at the top of the class, and the vicious-eyed girl who is second in rank and never utters a word. As the body count increases, the viewer is given several hints as to why each of these girls (as well as the violent and lecherous principal) could be a suspect.The film culminates with a sappy sequence that will likely cause you to eyeroll through it is duration, but it is easy to forgive this melodrama after seeing the chilling final shot of the film. The chronology may be confusing for some (though it is much easier to follow than many Asian supernatural horrors!), but all the sideplots are nicely tied together in the final sequences. What makes "Whispering Corridors" especially interesting is its strong underlying message of solidarity above competition in young women. Not only was I surprised to find social commentary of this type successfully incorporated into a horror movie, but I was doubly astounded to find it in one from South Korea. Yet, the messages here are especially potent because they are universal. I wish this unique horror film could find a larger audience because it deserves to be seen by more people.My Rating: 8/10