''Don't Click'' () is a 2012 South Korean horror film about a "forbidden video" that curses people to death.

Production

The movie was the first for actress

Park Bo-young Park Bo-young (, born February 12, 1990) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in the hit films ''Scandal Makers'' (2008), '' A Werewolf Boy'' (2012) and ''On Your Wedding Day'' (2018), and the television series '' ...

to appear semi nude on any film. The abandoned factory scene had to be filmed by a smartphone hold by the actress

.Actress Kang Byul had to practice valley dancing for the movie, and had to drink tea for the excessive screaming she had to do for the movie.

Plot

Se-hee is a shop attendant who lives alone with her sister, the high school student Jung-mi, due to their mother's death and their father's decision to work in the

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. Due to a misunderstanding, she is estranged from her boyfriend, the IT college student Joon-hyuk, who tries to make amends by asking Jung-mi to convince Se-hee for a reconciliation. In exchange, Jung-mi, who secretly earns money for both her and Se-hee's tuition by uploading viral videos, wants him to download a blocked video supposedly cursed to kill its viewers. The video that Joon-hyuk retrieved is revealed to be a series of clips, 108 in total, which changes content after each viewing. The clips are about various things, including what appears to be

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and sexual harassment of a middle-aged man towards a drunken woman. Since viewing the video, both Jung-mi and Se-hee begin to feel haunted by a presence. An internet artist whom Jung-mi sends the video to also becomes haunted and is eventually crushed by an elevator when she tries to escape; a snuff clip of the killing is later made a part of the cursed video. Meanwhile, anonymous videos of Jung-mi doing a stripping dance and the subsequent commotion she causes inside a train go viral; these combined with the aforementioned haunting make Jung-mi deeply paranoid and violent. Worried, Se-hee asks for Joon-hyuk's assistance to record Jung-mi's activities by placing security cameras around the house. At one point, Jung-mi escapes towards an abandoned house, which was formerly inhabited by the man who did the harassment from the video. Joon-hyuk searches about the identity of the man and finds out that he did not "harass" the drunken woman; in fact, he only wanted to give her solace, but the girl who made the amateur recording uploaded it as harassment anyway. The man committed suicide in shame, his wife died of heart attack after hearing it, while their daughter, who was bullied for the incident, attempted a viral suicide that went unrecorded due to a brief blockade imposed by the site. However, before she died, the daughter was able to create the cursed video. Se-hee and Joon-hyuk race towards the abandoned house and discover the decapitated remains of the girl who made the "harassment video", before finding Jung-mi. The trio find the doll used for the curse and burn it as well as the flash drive containing the cursed video. The three head back to Se-hee and Jung-mi's house thinking that they are safe, but it is revealed that the curse is still active. Both Joon-hyuk and Jung-mi die in their attempt to stop the curse, while Se-hee is confronted by the daughter at the rooftop. Declaring that she should come to hell with her, the daughter corners Se-hee into jumping from the rooftop. The next morning, Se-hee is revealed to have survived her fall. However, she panics upon seeing all the videos and cameras carried by the reporters who came to the scene, implying that she is still haunted by the curse.

Cast

as Se-hee *

Joo Won Joo Won (; born Moon Jun-won on September 30, 1987) is a South Korean actor best known for his roles in '' King of Baking, Kim Takgu'' (2010), ''Ojakgyo Family'' (2011), ''Bridal Mask'' (2012), '' Good Doctor'' (2013), '' Fatal Intuition'' (2015 ...

as Joon-hyuk *

Kang Byul Kang Byul (Korean: 강별, born August 9, 1990) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 2008 and was cast in her first leading role in the television drama '' Miss Mamma Mia'' (2015). Personal life Her maternal uncle is actor Ka ...

as Jung-mi *Lee Malg-eum as young girl *Kang Hae-in as the clever one *Choi Ji-heon as Ji-heon *Soo-min as Soo-min *Lee Jeong-min as Sang-mi *Kim Min-hyuk as Detective Kim *Nam Kyeong-eup as Detective Jang

Production

The movie was the first for actress

to appear semi nude on any film. The abandoned factory scene had to be filmed by a smartphone hold by the actress

. Actress Kang Byul had to practice valley dancing for the movie, and had to drink tea for the excessive screaming she had to do for the movie.

Release

''Don't Click'' was originally slated to be released during the summer of 2011, but because of lack of screens available, it was pushed back to the autumn/winter season. Distributor

Showbox Showbox Co., Ltd. () is one of the largest film distribution companies in South Korea, founded in 1999. Showbox is the film investment, production and distribution branch of Mediaplex, Inc., entertainment arm of Orion Group. Its main competit ...

/Mediaplex then decided to push the movie's release to the summer of 2012, believing horror films generally do better business during that season.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * * {{hancinema film, Don__t_Click, Don't Click South Korean horror films 2010s Korean-language films 2012 films 2012 horror films 2010s South Korean films Techno-horror films

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