The South Korean horror movie “The Ghost Story of Pheasant Mountain” caused public dissatisfaction due to the terrifying atmosphere of the poster. The director urgently deleted the post and posted to quell the protests.

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The Korean horror movie “The Ghost Story of Pheasant Mountain”was inspired by the dismemberment case, one of the three major mysteries in Korea. The 10 dismemberment murders that occurred in Pheasant Mountain in 1980 were spread on the Internet and word of mouth in Korea for decades. A well-known case in Kailai. The movie stars well-known Korean actors Yoon Jun-sang, Kim Ye-won, Lee Tae-hwan, Yeon Ji-wook and Bae Yoon-jin. In addition to the title causing protests, even the scary atmosphere of the poster also caused public dissatisfaction. This poster was personally created by director Kim Sun-woong. Design, he issued an urgent apology to the public, but also made the horror of the film a topic of discussion.

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The story of “The Ghost Story of Pheasant Mountain”is inspired by the rumor of a serial dismemberment case spread in Pheasant Mountain, a tourist attraction in South Korea. It is named “The Pheasant Mountain 18 Corpse Dismemberment Case”on the Internet, and is listed as one of the top three murder cases in Korea. One of the mysteries. The movie previously released a red teaser poster on the Internet. In addition to the title of the film, there are lines like blood vessels below to form a mountainous pattern. The overall atmosphere conveys the horror in the movie. Director Kim Sun-woong personally designed it. He bought this poster and posted it on his personal social account as a poster for overseas film festivals, but it aroused criticism and protests from the public.

The reason for the protest was that the visual experience of the poster was too scary. Although there was no scary or disgusting composition on the poster, the overall atmosphere made many viewers shudder, causing shock and fear to many people who had seen it, which made director Kim Sun-woong great. He was surprised and immediately apologized and explained that the poster was not an official promotional poster for the movie, but was only posted on his personal social account. However, because many fans found the poster full of horror, it was reposted in large numbers and allowed many viewers to see it. After arriving, he also decided to delete the poster immediately. The scariness of the movie has also aroused curiosity and discussion among many horror movie fans. Because of its full effect, film studios from all over the world still decided to use this poster to build publicity for the movie.

“The Ghost Story of Pheasant Mountain”describes the captain Minjun (played by Yoon Yun-sang) of the mountaineering cycling club “Mountain Bar”and his team members going to the forest cabin of his cousin Hyunji (played by Kim Ruiyuan)’s father, planning to practice cycling and shoot videos in the mountains. And her father mysteriously disappeared on this mountain many years ago. When they entered the hut, a burst of red light suddenly hit them late at night, and Xianzhi was taken away by a strange gravity and disappeared. Other team members Yang Bae (played by Yeon Ji Wook), Soo Ah (played by Bae Yoon Jin) and Isaac (played by Lee Tae Hwan) all encountered strange events one after another. What strange force trapped them? But all their actions to survive only made things get more out of control. They discovered a hidden laboratory in the basement and saw strange video content, which made them even more confused… “The Ghost Story of Pheasant Mountain”will be released on October 27.

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