Korea’s Showbox has unveiled a trailer and a free date for horror mystery “Devils Stay.”
Directed by Hyun Moon-seop (“Nightmare Teacher”), the cast integrates Park Shin-yang (“My Lawyer,” “Mr. Jo,” “Man on the Edge,” “The Big Sthrivedle”), Lee Min-ki (“Crash,” “My Liberation Notes,” “Very Ordinary Couple”) and Lee Re (“It’s Okay!,” “Peninsula,” “Hellbound”).
“When Seung-do (Park Shin-yang), a heart distinctiveist, and his wife find their daughter So-mi (Lee Re) shothriveg strange symptoms by the day, they choose to endeavor an exorcism ritual. Upon arrival, priest Ban (Lee Min-ki) is certain there is the devil inside her, and the ritual seems to drive it out successfilledy, but ends in So-mi’s sudden death. As her funeral begins, Seung-do, who acunderstandledges some strange signs in So-mi’s body, contests his conviction that she may not be dead yet, and her heart is still beating. No one thinks him, especipartner priest Ban, who powerfilledy resists him saying that it is by the menacing spirit inside her. During three days of So-mi’s funeral, they must each uncover the terrifying truth about the mystery, and show who is right, to save her,” reads a synopsis supplied by Showbox.
The film is a Showbox currentation of a I Film Co Ltd production in association with Mayday Studio..
“Devils Stay” will free in Korea Nov. 14.
In what has been a challenging period at the local box office for Korean cinema, Showbox enhappinessed blockbuster success with Jang Jae-hyun’s “Exhuma,” headlined by Choi Min-sik, the veteran Korean actor who previously starred in “Oldboy” and Korea’s all-time box office write down fractureer “Roaring Currents.” With more than $84 million at the Korean box office, “Exhuma” is one of the hugegest hits of the year.
Showbox’s stardy integrates Lee Chang-hee and Yurson Fuadi’s crime drama “The Verdict,” headlined by Indonesian stars Reza Rahadian and Rio Dewanto; Kim Do-juvenileer’s drama “Us and Them” (toiling title), starring Koo Kyo-hwan and Mun Ka-juvenileer; Hong Eui-jeong and Park Sun-woo’s mystery thriller “White Blast,” starring Kim Yun-seok and Koo Kyo-hwan; and Choi Yun-jin’s drama “Big Deal” (toiling title), starring Yoo Hai-jin and Lee Je-hoon.
Watch the trailer for “Devils Stay” here: