South Korea Synopsis
속닥속닥
“When The Dead Call, Do Not Answer!”
Six high school students, who have finished their college entrance examinations, accidentally discover a haunted house with eerie rumors to it. Inside there, the students start to hear the whispers of death and vanish one by one, as unstoppable, extreme terror engulfs them.
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Horror + Mystery in South Korea
32 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Mystery genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Whispering itself).
The 2017–2019 South Korea Window
In the crowded 2017-2019 South Korea release window, The Whispering sits at #198 of 271. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
#1Intention
★ 9.1 · 2018
#2Youn's Kitchen
★ 8.9 · 2017
#32018 GFRIEND FIRST CONCERT Season of GFRIEND
★ 8.9 · 2018
#4BLACKPINK: Arena Tour 2018 'Special Final in Kyocera Dome Osaka'
★ 8.7 · 2019
#5My Last Love
★ 8.6 · 2017
#6Hyori's Bed and Breakfast
★ 8.6 · 2017
#7Parasite
★ 8.5 · 2019
#8Are You Human?
★ 8.5 · 2018
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
2018 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 93 titles released, including The Whispering. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (719 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 92 other South Korea films in 2018.
The 965th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Audience Engagement
16 audience reviews — more than 32% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 22th percentile among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Whispering, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- korean · 4
- students · 2
- khorror · 1
- korean horror · 1
- haunted · 1
- high school friends · 6
- ghost · 84
- gore · 51
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #811 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (42nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among South Korea Horror productions specifically: #20 of 89 (top 22%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | kth, Kkuljam Company, Gnos, Fiveday |
| Runtime | 1h 31m |
| Release Date | July 13, 2018 |
| IMDb | tt8737130 |