Just going to point out something. Nowhere does anyone say or indicate that the nurse and that father married. She's not wearing a ring and she doesn't live at his house. We mainly see the nurse through Su mi's perception and by now we all know that she is pychotic.
i finally got the plot! they didn't hear the scream of su-yeon since the house is so dam big out of all of them only the stepmom went to check but decide not to help su-yeon while the stepmothe changed her mind about not helping she bump into su-mi warning her that she would regret later on if she walks out the house and she did so the mother didn't help su-mi. the scene that was shown su-mi sitting alone was the scene in the begining of the movie except su-mi thought her sis was still alive
Had the father not cheated, the mother would not have killed herself. Had the mother not killed herself, The little girl would not have become trapped. Had the stepmom not been angry and vengeful, the little girl would not have died. Had the older sister not been harsh, the stepmom might not have been vengeful. Everyone played a part in this terrible tale. It's a little ironic though.... Su Mi wanted to be as far away from her stepmom as possible, and in the end she became her.
ALL OF THIS BECAUSE OF THAT FUCKING FATHER i HATE FATHERS LIKE THIS AND THAT STEPMOTHER,,,,,,,,,, I HATE RELATING THERIE NAMES WITH MOTHERS SINCE THEY ARE ALL BITCHIES..............I FEEL SORRY FOR SU MI COZ SHE WAS VERY RELATED TO HER SISTER
NO. the stepmom walked away cos she wanted the real mom to die and she wasnt aware that there were two people underneath. SHE MISTOOK SUYEON FOR THE REAL MOM.
@mistyrose96 You know I never thought about that but that is probably a very good point you brought up - I just took it that the stepmother thought it was Su Yeon under there and due to Su Mi attacking her she thought it would be good to let Su Yeon die as pay back.
I feel so bad for Su-mi that her father cheated on her mom for some selfish bitch, her mom kills herself, her sister dies and she couldn't save her so with all that trauma and guilt she developed DID. Though I think this is a great horror film but beautiful.
@kpopluver4eva19 and the only thing she actually can do, is walk away from Sumi. Because otherwise she has to explain why she walked from the scene in the first place, why she didn't immediatly help Suyeon. She tries to 'discover' the scene by saying "didn't you hear something?". but then Suyeon sends her away, giving her no other options than to do that (Cause at that moment she was still the nurse, a stranger to the family, she doesn't have the right to walk around freely in the private rooms)
@kpopluver4eva19 Well, first the stepmom walks away, but then, at 6:18, she realises she can't let Suyeon lay there under the closet, so she turns around and starts to walk back. But then Sumi appears and says "do me a favour, stay out of our lives", hereby dismissing the stepmom, who then, out of respect for sumi, only can walk away. (She'd probably didn't expect Suyeon to die, but to lay under the closet, untill someone else would find her. However, Suyeon dies, and therefore she feels guilty)
the stepmom did ignore even after seeing suyeon's hand..this is exactly how people's life get destroyed because of man and woman cant stay loyal to one at a time..hate this kind of bitches
I still blame the step mother and father! who the eff stands there and LETS someone die JUST because a little girl gave you attitude for flirting with her MARRIED father? and the father shouldn't have cheated, where the eff was he in all the important scenes, why cant he talk to his daughter without dicking like a dick, why would he get married when his daughter obviously doesnt like her, UGH. as a parent, grow up, make sacrifices and STOP being a little bitch >.<
And like iicapitrpatr says, she's acting it out, there was no actual murder. Its just that sumi feels that she and her stepmom were both to blame, that's why she plays both parts so to speak.
I don't think there's any actual ghost here. Sumi regrets not helping her sister so she warps her anger towards her step mother as if stepmom had killed sumi's sister ie: she "locked" her in the wardrobe when in reality the wardrobe is the traumatic object we associates with her illness. The loud crash represents the truth, that it was an accident, but since sumi felt helpless she tries to find ways to disconnect herself from the situation all together (by "being" the evil stepmom)
Ok so let me get this straight the mom didn't help the sister because Su-mi told her to stay out or did she kill her because she wanted to be with the husband?? I am sooo confused and what happened to her did the ghost kill her??
@cottoncandy234 it was all an accident..but stepmom ignore what she saw..if she would have acted immediately,sis wont be dead..heck,if dad didnt bring stepmom at all in the 1st place,there wouldnt be tale to tell
1. Why did the stepmother not help Su-Mi IMMEDIATELY after seeing her trapped under the wardrobe?
2. When the stepmother does turn back to help, but Su-Yeon (unknowingly) tells her not to intervene, she changes her mind and behaves like a bitch in order to make Su-Yeon regret her words later on?!
Regardless of any ill feelings she held against them, she should've helped. Bottom line is: that stepmother really is EVIL.
okay. i understand that she was crazy and had multiple personality disorder...but i'm still confused about the two people who came to the house and had dinner with the father and the step mother who was actually the daughter. When she fell out and started choking, she said she saw a girl under the sink. Was that lady guest another personality of the daughter's or was the ghost of the sister also haunting the house
@soliviamitchell ....I think it more likely Su-mi imagined her aunt having that choking scene; that the uncle and aunt were only witnessing Su-mi acting out her delusion of something evil in the house. And what the aunt shared when they were driving home...that is also imagined by Su-mi. There was never a ghost in this story as much of what we see is thru the delusions of Su-mi. The "ghost" is another of Su-mi personalities.
Sooo...this is just part of Su Mi's fantasy world in her mind and she has this disorder, does that mean she didn't actually kill her sister? There was scene where she was beating up a bloody bag >< That was also part of her imagination?
@xazn4lyfx ...Su-mi's sister, Su-yeon, had died some time before, about the same time their mother committed suicide, crushed under the dressing cabinet. And yes, the bloody bag was within her delusions. If you recall, when Su-mi's father returned home, he found several items broken and thrown about, but no blood trail on the floor.
@xazn4lyfx Late reply, sorry, but the bloody bag she was beating wasn't actually bloody. And it didn't contain her sister, it held a doll (and maybe some other junk).When the father goes into the room and sees the medicine cabinet's window cracked and retrieves Su Mi's meds. He then opens a small wardrobe there, and finds the bag with a doll in it. He looks at it confused, but moves on. Su Mi had been acting out the scene in her head and physically with props
o.o i understand it now XP except... the reason why this isn't like the Korean legend is the fact that the step-mom wasn't actually responsible for the deaths... But I finally understand lol... atleast the mom talked to Su-yeon before she died :D but... when did Su-mi actually figure out that she died? Because she blamed it on the step-mom of whichw asn't at fault... Obviously she knew but she didn't want to believe which led her to madness.. @_@
even though i read the comments i am still feeling confused, not that i don't understand just.. my head you know lol. i shall have to watch it for a second time. but I'd rather watch it on DVD due to my internet connection, it messes with the pacing of the movie when i have to stop and let videos load.
Alot of people seem to be conflicted over the existence of a creature in this movie. I have this movie on DvD which includes a director's insight into the mechanics of the story. Everyone's spot on about Su-mi's delusions and her condition incorporating her dead sister and step-mom. She was indeed quite mean to Su-yeon because she was easily bullied. The director added the creature as a way of retribution and it did exist as an angry spirit that made the step mom pay for letting Su-yeon die.
@imkoharusfan...Su-mi developed dissociative identity disorder, multiple personalities due to the suicide of her mother and the accidental death of her sister, Su-yeon. Because of denial and guilt Su-mi weaved a fantasy world where she protects her sister from the evils of Eun-joo, the evil stepmother (whom Su-mi blames for all the family tragedies.) So much of the movie we see thru Su-mi's eyes and within the illusionary world she created where Su-mi is herself, her sister and their stepmom.
I was really confused at first and i still didn't get it after the finish. But thanks to reading the comments i got ... the basic story. THx for that =P Yet when i think back its still kind of confusing, since i dont know what happened in real life when all we saw were the illusions Sun-Mi saw. If the step mother wasn't there in the beginning, then who was? If Su-Yeon was dead the whole time was Sun-Mi talking to noone? that's my big question...
@Heart2Heartization ...there was only 2 people in the house the entire time Su-mi and her father. When the father was on the phone he was talking to the stepmother, who later came at the father's request (that was when Su-mi, in stepmother mode, saw the real stepmother stepped into the room so we see 2 stepmoms). And yes, Su-Mi was talking to no one but herself when she thinks she sees her "sister" or the "stepmom"
@Heart2Heartization ...I ask your pardon, I just remembered I should have said "most of the time" Su-mi and her father were the only 2 people in the house. I had forgotten about the dinner scene. There the father's brother and wife did attend dinner and it was a very uncomfortable evening for them as well. Especially when Su-mi (in stepmother mode) "saw" the "ghost" under the sink and seeing the wife having a epileptic fit and her screaming in reaction to the event.
Only thing that confuses me is how does the girl die... I mean, unless the wardrobe was pushing down on her chest restricting breathing, or something similar to that
so after watchn da scene with da stepmother n da room da ghost was real now my question is who is da ghost is it da mom r da little sister ? r mayb is both of em
The 'girl in black' was Su-Mi and Su-Yeon's mother. The thing inside the bag was already shown; it was a statue because she was hallucinating. The step-mother existed, she just wasn't there at the time.
IMO this movie does not present the storyline very well? The first half of the movie misled the viewers too successfully, it became almost impoossible to take them back to the real storyline. I can see the ambitious attempt to create a lot of twists, but instead of entertainments, it provides confusions to the viewers.
By the end, viewers should be able to understand at least 80% of the story leaving less than 20% for disscussion. I'd say that this movie is on the edge of those values.
@Saviesta ...there was no girl in black. That was a part of Su-mi's delusions. A very large doll was in the bag. Yes, the stepmother does exists but did not really appear until near the end of the movie, when Su-mi (while in stepmother mode) saw the real stepmother enter the room. During the dinner scene the real stepmother was still in the city. That was whom the father had spoken to via telephone. And the plot device for this movie is Dissociative Identity Disorder, there are NO ghosts here.
didnt they make an american remake of something like this? I remember seeing it in the movies some time ago. i didnt much care for it. i like this one better - though it was confusing.
omg i understand. the real stepmom told sumi that she would someday regret something. then sumi turns and walk away. by doing this, not only does she ignore her stepmom, she unknowingly turns her back on suyeon as well. hence, sumi's actions sets off the prophecy
@kitty1691 You aren't scared or creeped of it because you didn't really understand it. American horrors seem scarier because they make it simple so you get every single thing. Unlike this, it doesn't tell everything.
@jbing061006 She did want to help Suyeon, that's why she was walking back when Sumi came out of her room. Then Sumi literally asked not to intervene with their lives, so actually saying (without knowing) to let Su-yeon lay under the wardrobe (Which eventually leads to her death, although the step-mom couldn't have known that at the moment she was talking to Sumi). However, I think the stepmom feels guilt, so that's why she is nice in the hospital. The "mean stepmom" is made by Sumi's psychose.
....You know you've watched a good asian movie when, after watching it twice, you still don't it 100% but are an emotional wreck at the end *cry* poor kid under the wardrobe =[
I'm not only proud of this film, but the American adaption "The Uninvited" because they made a completely different story line, and the visuals are beautiful too :) and the thing I loved was the "end flashbacks" (spoiler to those who haven't see it). Watch it!
i watched this movie yesterday with my dad and the end always makes me cry when i remember it. but the obly part i sont understand is her stepmom was there right? but her stepmom was acting good not bad. right?
ahh i get it so su-yeon died from the wardrobe falling on top of hewr and m guessing she afraid of the wardrobe because of that . . help me i dont really get much of it! DX
Seems more of a suspense/mystery film. Not so much horror, but more "wtf" moments and then "Ah I get it" moments which ends with "So that's what happened". Interesting... now time to watch "The Uninvited" and compare them... it's for a paper. =) The girl from "The Host" and Moon Geun Yeong from "My Little Bride". Why are those two always in these type of K films?
wow a girl in brown jacket is very dumb ass because she thought her stepmom killed her family, but not .... She killed her sister ... so she is dumb ass hole woman
This... WAS SO GREAT! Started watching this at around 11:2-sth at night and ended it at like 1:14am. The only light on in the house is the kitchen light, which is right next to where the computer is. I jumped a few times, but I really wasn't all that scared. The movie is more like a suspense thriller instead of a horror film (to me anyway). I didn't exactly find it scary, but I was kept on the edge of my seat and found tremendous interest in it. This just became my fave horror movie! X"3
I feel so horrible for Sumi cause she suffers from DID (Disociative Identity disorder) and how the guilt of Suu Yeon's death and how Sumi wasn't there to save her at the time and how the stepmother was evil. But I heard it's hard to live with that guilt that caused her mental illness. I love the movie it's sad but beautiful in a weird way.
eventually, Sumi hurt herself(thinkin she hurt stepmom). Stepmom was brought in & should be clear from there it was just all her & father in the house all this time. So she was thrown back to the hospital.
& stepmom went back to house alone, & it was shown how she's suffering from same guilt/sickness: the ghost there at the penultimate. Somehow she know how to appear normal. Tho it kinda bugged me that already 3 of them saw the same ghost. So it could be real, we never know.
for those of you who are still, dont wana ruin your ATOTS experience, but i really wana help.
Sumi, the elder sis, is SICK from trauma or something. So she kind of has these alter egos: her young sis Suyeon and stepmom. But actually Suyeon is dead and stepmom is somewhere else. What she sees/acts are her interpretation of how stepmom giving Suyeon hell. So all these crazy stuff going on in the house are all her doings.
it also took me 3 times or so to understand this film. 2 times 3 yrs ago. And once just a couple of weeks ago. That's how this film is brilliantly crafted. Everything just worked well: actors, story buildup, horror, mindgames, music, and esp. twist (boy! Could korean films spin your head?). I'm also impressed by the fact that a korean folktale/legend actually inspired one of the arguably best film i've ever seen. A lot of respect for their film industry. *bows*
the story of ATOTS is very much different from The Uninvited. this one is more logical, mind-bugging (in a good way), less bloody, very well-crafted, and could really make someone think and imagine. NIIIIIICE. :)
i still dont get this movie.! what happens to that tramatized sister. and y did the old guy or thier uncle say sum1 was dead i forgot the name and this is wierd can sum1 explain what happend. i feel like the whol time the tuffer sis was really like tramatized and she thout her sis was a live but she wasent. or sumthing like that
i still dont get this movie.! what happens to that tramatized sister. and y did the old guy or thier uncle say sum1 was dead i forgot the name and this is wierd can sum1 explain what happend
@MikuMikuDanceEpic the main actress is the stepmother and her little sister,too..she has 3 personalities.Thats why u see her sister all the time..but did the father talk to the sister, no..because she created that sister.
@Kareena1988. Not exactly. The younger sister Su Yeon is there as a ghost sometimes. In the deleted scenesnot on the main movie Su Yeon asks Su Mi(older sister) why didn't she come and save her.
Su yeon suffocates, when she sees her mother, she tries to get her mom down, but as she is pulling, the closet falls on top of her and there she slowly dies from the weight of her mom and the closet. The stepmom comes in and she thinks that the mom is under the closet, but does nothing to help her. This movie was scary as hell and deep lol whooo can we say nightmares tonight?
her father cheated on his wife. Sumi feels guilty about Su yeon's death because when Su yeon was dying under the wardrobe she just went out the house.
@sharializevanescence Basically, Su-mi is mentally ill. This whole time she thought her sister was with her, but she was actually dead. The step-mother wasn't there either. In the past, their mother was sick, and the woman who is their step-mother now was her nurse. She and the father had an affair. Their mother killed herself, and Su-yeon found her, and the wardrobe fell on her, but nobody helped her. The step-mother saw her but didn't help because she hated them. (1)
@MusicLovingLiz I'm not entirely sure, I think maybe it was Su-yeon. Because the dress the ghost is wearing looks similar to the one Su-yeon wore in the flash-back when she died.
@ShiwooBxtch Ah, damn :s then the description they have on this video isnt right. Pretty messed up movie tho lol, doesnt tell u clearly what happened as u did, thnx
@sharializevanescence So, Su-mi kind of has a split personality. Nothing happened in the house in this movie, it was only her and her father. It was in her head, and her split personality. Their step-mother wasn't a nice person though. She based the split personality on who she remembered in the past. There is something in the house, I'm not sure if it's Su-yeon or something else, but in the end it kills the step-mother. Probably revenge if it's Su-yeon. In the end, Su-mi is hospitalized again.
the "step mother" was a nurse who had an affair with the dad, so the real mother hung herself in the little sisters closet thing. she found her mom, and was suffocated by the wardrobe and probably her now dead mother. so the older sister was telling the doctor about that day, and thats what the whole movie was about.
ahh.! i think it was the last part when there was the big twist. yea. that was some crazy stuff. :D
At last, I think its the father who's the poorest. His wife committed suicide, the younger daughter died, older girl gone mad and the stepmother was a murderer who also got killed by the ghost! He's now all alone... :(
At last, I think its the father who's the poorest. His wife committed suicide, the younger daughter died, older girl gone mad and the stepmother was a murderer who also got killed by the ghost! He's now all alone... :(
Now I get it why Su-Mi had a bad image of her stepmother...
Its because, SHE'S SO CRUEL! Why didn't she shout for help when she discovered the turned over wardrobe? ITS BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT THAT WAS THE REAL MOTHER AND LEFT HER TO DIE DESPITE KNOWING THAT THE ORIGINAL MOTHER IS ALREADY DEAD AND ITS Su-Yeon TAPPING ON THE FLOOR FOR HELP!! She could have saved poor Su-Yeon... That's why the mother's ghost got her in the end!
The woman who became the step mother was a live in nurse who the began an affair with the dad. Because of this, the real othe rhangs herself in the wardrobe with a piece of clothing, Suyeon finds her.
Whoa o: This is a good movie. Very confusing, but good. I get it kind of, but I think Im missing some of it? Oh well, however its supposed to end or how people think it ends, its a great movie :D
i can't understand this final part of the movie.... could someone explain me please? i mean.. i can't believe that their mother was in the wardrobe.. but if she wasn't there.. then why su-yeon tried to save her? and if she wasn't there why su-yeon belived that? :// why their stopmother didn't saved her? and if their mother wasn't in the wardrobe... then where was she? ://
the mother was in the wadrobe, she was depressed, on medication. su yeon tried to take her out but brought the closet crashing on her. The step mother as we saw wanted to go back but the sister told her to go away(notice she said you might regret this later?) i geuss the step mom suffered from guilt which explains why she freaked out in su yeons room.
Awesome movie
Zell445Return 2 weeks ago
Can someone explain why there is a deformed dead girl under the sink and what relevence the sack was to everything
DkamakaziS 2 weeks ago
Im sorry , but I didn't get it :'((
Ladyellehy 3 weeks ago
Lesson of the story: If you cheat on your wife, everyone dies or goes insane.
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Just going to point out something. Nowhere does anyone say or indicate that the nurse and that father married. She's not wearing a ring and she doesn't live at his house. We mainly see the nurse through Su mi's perception and by now we all know that she is pychotic.
HadassaMoon144 3 weeks ago
I think I finally get it!
xXHeartKoreaHeartXx 1 month ago
one of the best movies i've ever seen...
Jinniejjang 2 months ago
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There're still some parts...just can't get it
LinChisa 2 months ago
Can someone please explain the movie to me?! Im lost...
UnknownPerson456 2 months ago
i finally got the plot! they didn't hear the scream of su-yeon since the house is so dam big out of all of them only the stepmom went to check but decide not to help su-yeon while the stepmothe changed her mind about not helping she bump into su-mi warning her that she would regret later on if she walks out the house and she did so the mother didn't help su-mi. the scene that was shown su-mi sitting alone was the scene in the begining of the movie except su-mi thought her sis was still alive
DiaryOfSceneQueens 2 months ago
very powerful film ever !! the ending scene was so sad... love it
aamf2u 3 months ago
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wow that was really good
kelc9022 3 months ago
Had the father not cheated, the mother would not have killed herself. Had the mother not killed herself, The little girl would not have become trapped. Had the stepmom not been angry and vengeful, the little girl would not have died. Had the older sister not been harsh, the stepmom might not have been vengeful. Everyone played a part in this terrible tale. It's a little ironic though.... Su Mi wanted to be as far away from her stepmom as possible, and in the end she became her.
morikahjo 3 months ago 8
ALL OF THIS BECAUSE OF THAT FUCKING FATHER i HATE FATHERS LIKE THIS AND THAT STEPMOTHER,,,,,,,,,, I HATE RELATING THERIE NAMES WITH MOTHERS SINCE THEY ARE ALL BITCHIES..............I FEEL SORRY FOR SU MI COZ SHE WAS VERY RELATED TO HER SISTER
missbouchra001 3 months ago
interesting movie! ..but i still dont really get it!
kay77764 3 months ago 2
so the stepmother got killed by the mothers ghost!!! then they flashed back to see y she got killed...
siyrvan 3 months ago
NO. the stepmom walked away cos she wanted the real mom to die and she wasnt aware that there were two people underneath. SHE MISTOOK SUYEON FOR THE REAL MOM.
mistyrose96 4 months ago
@mistyrose96 You know I never thought about that but that is probably a very good point you brought up - I just took it that the stepmother thought it was Su Yeon under there and due to Su Mi attacking her she thought it would be good to let Su Yeon die as pay back.
victhom19 3 months ago
what happened wit the stepmother fucker?
MCCiabattaGrande 4 months ago
I feel so bad for Su-mi that her father cheated on her mom for some selfish bitch, her mom kills herself, her sister dies and she couldn't save her so with all that trauma and guilt she developed DID. Though I think this is a great horror film but beautiful.
emmasmith173 4 months ago 4
@kpopluver4eva19 and the only thing she actually can do, is walk away from Sumi. Because otherwise she has to explain why she walked from the scene in the first place, why she didn't immediatly help Suyeon. She tries to 'discover' the scene by saying "didn't you hear something?". but then Suyeon sends her away, giving her no other options than to do that (Cause at that moment she was still the nurse, a stranger to the family, she doesn't have the right to walk around freely in the private rooms)
miitsss 4 months ago
@kpopluver4eva19 Well, first the stepmom walks away, but then, at 6:18, she realises she can't let Suyeon lay there under the closet, so she turns around and starts to walk back. But then Sumi appears and says "do me a favour, stay out of our lives", hereby dismissing the stepmom, who then, out of respect for sumi, only can walk away. (She'd probably didn't expect Suyeon to die, but to lay under the closet, untill someone else would find her. However, Suyeon dies, and therefore she feels guilty)
miitsss 4 months ago
ohh' so that was all about. . . it was began in that falling wardrobe incident where Su-yeon died!!!
jamars09 4 months ago
the stepmom did ignore even after seeing suyeon's hand..this is exactly how people's life get destroyed because of man and woman cant stay loyal to one at a time..hate this kind of bitches
lozaraise 4 months ago
DETESTO IL FINALE NO NON DOVEVA FINIRE COSì <,( POVERA SISTER
vito4355 4 months ago
I still blame the step mother and father! who the eff stands there and LETS someone die JUST because a little girl gave you attitude for flirting with her MARRIED father? and the father shouldn't have cheated, where the eff was he in all the important scenes, why cant he talk to his daughter without dicking like a dick, why would he get married when his daughter obviously doesnt like her, UGH. as a parent, grow up, make sacrifices and STOP being a little bitch >.<
kristenkail 4 months ago
And like iicapitrpatr says, she's acting it out, there was no actual murder. Its just that sumi feels that she and her stepmom were both to blame, that's why she plays both parts so to speak.
lychicambess 4 months ago
I don't think there's any actual ghost here. Sumi regrets not helping her sister so she warps her anger towards her step mother as if stepmom had killed sumi's sister ie: she "locked" her in the wardrobe when in reality the wardrobe is the traumatic object we associates with her illness. The loud crash represents the truth, that it was an accident, but since sumi felt helpless she tries to find ways to disconnect herself from the situation all together (by "being" the evil stepmom)
lychicambess 4 months ago
Ok so let me get this straight the mom didn't help the sister because Su-mi told her to stay out or did she kill her because she wanted to be with the husband?? I am sooo confused and what happened to her did the ghost kill her??
cottoncandy234 4 months ago
@cottoncandy234 it was all an accident..but stepmom ignore what she saw..if she would have acted immediately,sis wont be dead..heck,if dad didnt bring stepmom at all in the 1st place,there wouldnt be tale to tell
lozaraise 4 months ago
1. Why did the stepmother not help Su-Mi IMMEDIATELY after seeing her trapped under the wardrobe?
2. When the stepmother does turn back to help, but Su-Yeon (unknowingly) tells her not to intervene, she changes her mind and behaves like a bitch in order to make Su-Yeon regret her words later on?!
Regardless of any ill feelings she held against them, she should've helped. Bottom line is: that stepmother really is EVIL.
leloMew 4 months ago
thank God for youtube comments! If it weren't for them I would be trying to figure out what happen all day!
kataang23 4 months ago
@kataang23 LOL Me too hun.. me too..
mama3183 4 months ago
@Tesorazorz Remember how Su-Mi told her to stay out..... well if she had not say that ...well we would have no film
nanaelricFMA 4 months ago
I wonder why the stepmother was not arrested earlier for not helping the dying wife and daughter?
Acme633 5 months ago
@Acme633 lol nobody knew that she knew su-yeon was under there and didn't help.
kisame004 4 months ago
So finally there is a ghost afterall?! Did the ghost kill the evil stepmother?
Acme633 5 months ago
Good film!
GENEFGMK 5 months ago
The stepmother is ultimately still responsible for the deaths since she did not help. So did the ghost kill her?
Acme633 5 months ago
@Acme633 I believe the ghost did kill her. I think that is why Su-Mi smiled.
GhostGirl21502 4 months ago
but how could SuYeon die from laying under the wardrobe?
SuperGirlShoutsOMG 5 months ago
@SuperGirlShoutsOMG I'm guessing from the impact of the weight.
BecauseAlexWasBored 5 months ago
@SuperGirlShoutsOMG The weight of the wardrobe was literally crushing her.
BecauseAlexWasBored 5 months ago
@BecauseAlexWasBored Not to mention, the weight of her mother's body added to it.
GhostGirl21502 4 months ago
Poor Su-Yeon. :(
She's the only victim here.
SnowCrasher 6 months ago
okay. i understand that she was crazy and had multiple personality disorder...but i'm still confused about the two people who came to the house and had dinner with the father and the step mother who was actually the daughter. When she fell out and started choking, she said she saw a girl under the sink. Was that lady guest another personality of the daughter's or was the ghost of the sister also haunting the house
soliviamitchell 6 months ago
@soliviamitchell ....I think it more likely Su-mi imagined her aunt having that choking scene; that the uncle and aunt were only witnessing Su-mi acting out her delusion of something evil in the house. And what the aunt shared when they were driving home...that is also imagined by Su-mi. There was never a ghost in this story as much of what we see is thru the delusions of Su-mi. The "ghost" is another of Su-mi personalities.
geekeing 6 months ago
Sooo...this is just part of Su Mi's fantasy world in her mind and she has this disorder, does that mean she didn't actually kill her sister? There was scene where she was beating up a bloody bag >< That was also part of her imagination?
xazn4lyfx 6 months ago
@xazn4lyfx ...Su-mi's sister, Su-yeon, had died some time before, about the same time their mother committed suicide, crushed under the dressing cabinet. And yes, the bloody bag was within her delusions. If you recall, when Su-mi's father returned home, he found several items broken and thrown about, but no blood trail on the floor.
geekeing 6 months ago
@xazn4lyfx Late reply, sorry, but the bloody bag she was beating wasn't actually bloody. And it didn't contain her sister, it held a doll (and maybe some other junk).When the father goes into the room and sees the medicine cabinet's window cracked and retrieves Su Mi's meds. He then opens a small wardrobe there, and finds the bag with a doll in it. He looks at it confused, but moves on. Su Mi had been acting out the scene in her head and physically with props
iicapitrpatr 5 months ago
o.o i understand it now XP except... the reason why this isn't like the Korean legend is the fact that the step-mom wasn't actually responsible for the deaths... But I finally understand lol... atleast the mom talked to Su-yeon before she died :D but... when did Su-mi actually figure out that she died? Because she blamed it on the step-mom of whichw asn't at fault... Obviously she knew but she didn't want to believe which led her to madness.. @_@
BlaznCover 6 months ago
So basically Sumi mind went all crazy after she found out her sister died but couldn't cope with that and made her all crazy?
kisame004 6 months ago
@kisame004 ...yes, you got it right.
geekeing 6 months ago
even though i read the comments i am still feeling confused, not that i don't understand just.. my head you know lol. i shall have to watch it for a second time. but I'd rather watch it on DVD due to my internet connection, it messes with the pacing of the movie when i have to stop and let videos load.
superartwizard 6 months ago
Alot of people seem to be conflicted over the existence of a creature in this movie. I have this movie on DvD which includes a director's insight into the mechanics of the story. Everyone's spot on about Su-mi's delusions and her condition incorporating her dead sister and step-mom. She was indeed quite mean to Su-yeon because she was easily bullied. The director added the creature as a way of retribution and it did exist as an angry spirit that made the step mom pay for letting Su-yeon die.
misho82 7 months ago
at first i dont get the story of this movie,but after i read the comments i can understand now,and its realy touching,,,,,,,,,, bravo
areypatria 7 months ago
OH MY GOSH! I JUST KEPT CRYING AT THE END! IT'S SO SAD HOW SU-YEON CRIES FOR SU-MI BUT SHE DOESN'T COME!
helpforjapan1 7 months ago 4
this is such a deep and powerful and wonderful movie!
helpforjapan1 7 months ago 12
I cannot get the story somebody explain it to me
imkoharusfan 7 months ago
@imkoharusfan...Su-mi developed dissociative identity disorder, multiple personalities due to the suicide of her mother and the accidental death of her sister, Su-yeon. Because of denial and guilt Su-mi weaved a fantasy world where she protects her sister from the evils of Eun-joo, the evil stepmother (whom Su-mi blames for all the family tragedies.) So much of the movie we see thru Su-mi's eyes and within the illusionary world she created where Su-mi is herself, her sister and their stepmom.
geekeing 7 months ago
Now I get the whole story...it's really confusing & creepy at the same time yet very sad & touched on the sisterhood bonding.
The acting SO BRILLIANT ...BRAVOOO to all actors/actress especially to 'two sister'...(ISJ : su-mi)
Search for this movie coz of MGY (su-yeon), she's doing so well in this at the age of 16. Tht's really WOW...!!!
battab78 7 months ago 4
I was really confused at first and i still didn't get it after the finish. But thanks to reading the comments i got ... the basic story. THx for that =P Yet when i think back its still kind of confusing, since i dont know what happened in real life when all we saw were the illusions Sun-Mi saw. If the step mother wasn't there in the beginning, then who was? If Su-Yeon was dead the whole time was Sun-Mi talking to noone? that's my big question...
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@Heart2Heartization ...there was only 2 people in the house the entire time Su-mi and her father. When the father was on the phone he was talking to the stepmother, who later came at the father's request (that was when Su-mi, in stepmother mode, saw the real stepmother stepped into the room so we see 2 stepmoms). And yes, Su-Mi was talking to no one but herself when she thinks she sees her "sister" or the "stepmom"
geekeing 7 months ago
@geekeing Ahh ok. THank you! Must've been weird for her dad to see her fighting with no one...
Heart2Heartization 7 months ago
@Heart2Heartization ...I ask your pardon, I just remembered I should have said "most of the time" Su-mi and her father were the only 2 people in the house. I had forgotten about the dinner scene. There the father's brother and wife did attend dinner and it was a very uncomfortable evening for them as well. Especially when Su-mi (in stepmother mode) "saw" the "ghost" under the sink and seeing the wife having a epileptic fit and her screaming in reaction to the event.
geekeing 7 months ago
@geekeing no pardon needed and thank you ^-^
Heart2Heartization 6 months ago
@geekeing no wounder the dad was like wtf wen in the kitchen shes screaming n talking n then trows everything to the floor XD
1401248frida 7 months ago 2
Only thing that confuses me is how does the girl die... I mean, unless the wardrobe was pushing down on her chest restricting breathing, or something similar to that
RSFewOfTheMany 7 months ago
@RSFewOfTheMany ...that is the popular belief. Personally I believe it is a combination of suffocation and internal injuries.
geekeing 7 months ago
so after watchn da scene with da stepmother n da room da ghost was real now my question is who is da ghost is it da mom r da little sister ? r mayb is both of em
matterson1985 7 months ago
really sad :'(
missriham1997 7 months ago
@Saviesta
The 'girl in black' was Su-Mi and Su-Yeon's mother. The thing inside the bag was already shown; it was a statue because she was hallucinating. The step-mother existed, she just wasn't there at the time.
KibahinaxSasuino 7 months ago
What a beautiful mix of horror and tragedy. It was very upsetting to see Su-yeon trapped under the wardrobe with her dead mother.
ThrashPowerMetalGuy 7 months ago
So basically all of this wouldn't of happened if the dad wasn't cheating dog.
cutemedli7 7 months ago 20
@cutemedli7 Yep. Fuck that guy!
Clown7916 7 months ago
IMO this movie does not present the storyline very well? The first half of the movie misled the viewers too successfully, it became almost impoossible to take them back to the real storyline. I can see the ambitious attempt to create a lot of twists, but instead of entertainments, it provides confusions to the viewers.
By the end, viewers should be able to understand at least 80% of the story leaving less than 20% for disscussion. I'd say that this movie is on the edge of those values.
Saviesta 7 months ago
Please can someone explain this movie? Who is the girl in black?
If suyeon is dead, what is inside the bag that sumi whipped?
Does the step-mother really exist? When they were having dinner with the uncle and aunt, where was the REAL step-mother?
Saviesta 7 months ago
@Saviesta ...there was no girl in black. That was a part of Su-mi's delusions. A very large doll was in the bag. Yes, the stepmother does exists but did not really appear until near the end of the movie, when Su-mi (while in stepmother mode) saw the real stepmother enter the room. During the dinner scene the real stepmother was still in the city. That was whom the father had spoken to via telephone. And the plot device for this movie is Dissociative Identity Disorder, there are NO ghosts here.
geekeing 7 months ago
Dont you think people would go rush to the loud crash?
srwasw12 7 months ago 4
it was all the father's fault .............
what a touching movie
Beautifulsoul2828 7 months ago
Did Suyeon die under the wardrobe? I thought Sumi killed her
eliisekate 7 months ago in playlist tale of two sisters
@eliisekate ...Su-yeon did die under the wardrobe case. Su-mi killed no one in the original Korean version.
geekeing 7 months ago
@geekeing Thanks, I got really confused >.<
eliisekate 7 months ago
how can their father be so blind and not see whats happening -.-..
OreshixP 7 months ago
the step-mom really WAS evil
SkittleKrew122 7 months ago 3
Not gonna lie, when she died under the wardrobe, i cried a bit, incredibly sad
martinjamesglasgow 8 months ago 4
:(
RicoHarkwood 8 months ago
didnt they make an american remake of something like this? I remember seeing it in the movies some time ago. i didnt much care for it. i like this one better - though it was confusing.
amandamadd 8 months ago
@amandamadd yepp there's an american version its called The Uninvited! i like this one better too!! the original is always the best one :D
HikaruHitachiin018 8 months ago
@amandamadd ...quite right. The American version was entitled "The Uninvited" starring Emily Browning
geekeing 7 months ago
So did Sumi have split personalities or something? I was thinking that she might because she herself invented the evil stepmother idea.
aquascissors101 8 months ago
a new type of horror movie. man i love korean horror. its different plus in a way this movie is beautiful.
TomoexNanami 8 months ago
wait so whats the thing in the house that sumi and the step mother were talking about.
TomoexNanami 8 months ago
@TomoexNanami ....a delusion. Since Su-mi and the stepmother were one and same (for most of the movie) both saw the same imaginary creature.
geekeing 7 months ago
you need to be aware in very scene so that you will understand all the basic info about the story!!! thumbs up!!!!
mylezblaza 8 months ago
omg i understand. the real stepmom told sumi that she would someday regret something. then sumi turns and walk away. by doing this, not only does she ignore her stepmom, she unknowingly turns her back on suyeon as well. hence, sumi's actions sets off the prophecy
mistyrose96 8 months ago 2
This wasn't a horror movie. But its okay, I;m so lost can anyone explain to me this movie?
kitty1691 8 months ago
@kitty1691 You aren't scared or creeped of it because you didn't really understand it. American horrors seem scarier because they make it simple so you get every single thing. Unlike this, it doesn't tell everything.
I found this creepy as an example ..
lyue1996 8 months ago
that evil bitch...
DOA4rocks 8 months ago
@jbing061006 She did want to help Suyeon, that's why she was walking back when Sumi came out of her room. Then Sumi literally asked not to intervene with their lives, so actually saying (without knowing) to let Su-yeon lay under the wardrobe (Which eventually leads to her death, although the step-mom couldn't have known that at the moment she was talking to Sumi). However, I think the stepmom feels guilt, so that's why she is nice in the hospital. The "mean stepmom" is made by Sumi's psychose.
miitsss 9 months ago 24
@lXxPaintedSmilesxXl Exactly~
ShiwooBxtch 9 months ago
beautiful movie...and as storylines go,this has to be amonst the most interesting. For me it is anyway:)
musicalkaratekid 9 months ago 2
oh common, hahah I GET IT! soo sadd.. :C
Cherryphine 9 months ago
devil step mother.. it should have been u who died.!
aLLeNpogi68 9 months ago
This movie is very sad . I almost cried in the end
guitarlawyer75 9 months ago
thats soo sad ='C
TheBlodwyn 9 months ago
....You know you've watched a good asian movie when, after watching it twice, you still don't it 100% but are an emotional wreck at the end *cry* poor kid under the wardrobe =[
XMissMurderSceneX 9 months ago
This movie is not a horror movie, it made me cry..wtf..T.T
TearsForLosers 9 months ago
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I'm not only proud of this film, but the American adaption "The Uninvited" because they made a completely different story line, and the visuals are beautiful too :) and the thing I loved was the "end flashbacks" (spoiler to those who haven't see it). Watch it!
fd3 9 months ago
what a fucking brilliant film, holy shit
TheSeriousMofo 9 months ago 2
i watched this movie yesterday with my dad and the end always makes me cry when i remember it. but the obly part i sont understand is her stepmom was there right? but her stepmom was acting good not bad. right?
MissGoldenAngelGirl 9 months ago
ahh i get it so su-yeon died from the wardrobe falling on top of hewr and m guessing she afraid of the wardrobe because of that . . help me i dont really get much of it! DX
SatoshiHikari159 9 months ago
@SatoshiHikari159 ....google Dissociative Identity Disorder. that psychiatric condition is the plot device for this movie.
geekeing 7 months ago
@geekeing oooh i see now ><
SatoshiHikari159 7 months ago
Seems more of a suspense/mystery film. Not so much horror, but more "wtf" moments and then "Ah I get it" moments which ends with "So that's what happened". Interesting... now time to watch "The Uninvited" and compare them... it's for a paper. =) The girl from "The Host" and Moon Geun Yeong from "My Little Bride". Why are those two always in these type of K films?
Lukeiru 10 months ago
This is so sad, but its really good.
chocolatekittykatx 10 months ago
WOW! Thanks to the comments I now understand what happened
BreezyJhooti 10 months ago
Why didn't the lady help the girl that was in the wardrobe?
MrFendkg287316 10 months ago
amazing amazing movie!!!! who said Japan was the only best in horror? ^^
campcawaii16 10 months ago
ending part is my favourite. it makes me cry everytime i watch it
kamipark2020 10 months ago
wow a girl in brown jacket is very dumb ass because she thought her stepmom killed her family, but not .... She killed her sister ... so she is dumb ass hole woman
L4WitchOuch 10 months ago
@MyPinky45 The Uninvited was based on this.
femmefatale1990 10 months ago
That was so sad ;( I really had to cry T_T
Suterasuta 10 months ago
This... WAS SO GREAT! Started watching this at around 11:2-sth at night and ended it at like 1:14am. The only light on in the house is the kitchen light, which is right next to where the computer is. I jumped a few times, but I really wasn't all that scared. The movie is more like a suspense thriller instead of a horror film (to me anyway). I didn't exactly find it scary, but I was kept on the edge of my seat and found tremendous interest in it. This just became my fave horror movie! X"3
FrogsRuleInBlue 10 months ago 6
Just to make things clear, the ininvited was a american remake of this movie...
Ashleylovesyou97 10 months ago
I feel so horrible for Sumi cause she suffers from DID (Disociative Identity disorder) and how the guilt of Suu Yeon's death and how Sumi wasn't there to save her at the time and how the stepmother was evil. But I heard it's hard to live with that guilt that caused her mental illness. I love the movie it's sad but beautiful in a weird way.
emmasmith173 10 months ago 3
eventually, Sumi hurt herself(thinkin she hurt stepmom). Stepmom was brought in & should be clear from there it was just all her & father in the house all this time. So she was thrown back to the hospital.
& stepmom went back to house alone, & it was shown how she's suffering from same guilt/sickness: the ghost there at the penultimate. Somehow she know how to appear normal. Tho it kinda bugged me that already 3 of them saw the same ghost. So it could be real, we never know.
vulaka 10 months ago
for those of you who are still, dont wana ruin your ATOTS experience, but i really wana help.
Sumi, the elder sis, is SICK from trauma or something. So she kind of has these alter egos: her young sis Suyeon and stepmom. But actually Suyeon is dead and stepmom is somewhere else. What she sees/acts are her interpretation of how stepmom giving Suyeon hell. So all these crazy stuff going on in the house are all her doings.
vulaka 10 months ago
it also took me 3 times or so to understand this film. 2 times 3 yrs ago. And once just a couple of weeks ago. That's how this film is brilliantly crafted. Everything just worked well: actors, story buildup, horror, mindgames, music, and esp. twist (boy! Could korean films spin your head?). I'm also impressed by the fact that a korean folktale/legend actually inspired one of the arguably best film i've ever seen. A lot of respect for their film industry. *bows*
vulaka 10 months ago
i dont understand the movie can someone plss explain it to me! T.T
setsu29 10 months ago
That was incredibly sad.
ssjrice 10 months ago
the story of ATOTS is very much different from The Uninvited. this one is more logical, mind-bugging (in a good way), less bloody, very well-crafted, and could really make someone think and imagine. NIIIIIICE. :)
apatheticpsycho04 10 months ago
i still dont get this movie.! what happens to that tramatized sister. and y did the old guy or thier uncle say sum1 was dead i forgot the name and this is wierd can sum1 explain what happend. i feel like the whol time the tuffer sis was really like tramatized and she thout her sis was a live but she wasent. or sumthing like that
punkassbitch49 10 months ago
i still dont get this movie.! what happens to that tramatized sister. and y did the old guy or thier uncle say sum1 was dead i forgot the name and this is wierd can sum1 explain what happend
punkassbitch49 10 months ago
This was sad and scary. So sad poor girls. How could that bitch leave them there to die awful.
teecanboo 11 months ago
@MikuMikuDanceEpic welcome, i had to watch this movie three times before i got it..but since it was so good it was fun to watch it several times.
Kareena1988 11 months ago
@MikuMikuDanceEpic the main actress is the stepmother and her little sister,too..she has 3 personalities.Thats why u see her sister all the time..but did the father talk to the sister, no..because she created that sister.
Kareena1988 11 months ago
@Kareena1988. Not exactly. The younger sister Su Yeon is there as a ghost sometimes. In the deleted scenesnot on the main movie Su Yeon asks Su Mi(older sister) why didn't she come and save her.
Raider577 10 months ago
Su yeon suffocates, when she sees her mother, she tries to get her mom down, but as she is pulling, the closet falls on top of her and there she slowly dies from the weight of her mom and the closet. The stepmom comes in and she thinks that the mom is under the closet, but does nothing to help her. This movie was scary as hell and deep lol whooo can we say nightmares tonight?
secretbraniac311 11 months ago
The stepmother didn't even bother to help Suyeon when the wardrobe fell to Suyeon how rude :|
MsGreenLouise 11 months ago
her father cheated on his wife. Sumi feels guilty about Su yeon's death because when Su yeon was dying under the wardrobe she just went out the house.
sjpsy1318 11 months ago
I GET IT.
It's not that hard to understand really.
ShiwooBxtch 11 months ago 22
@ShiwooBxtch what did you get im super confused
sharializevanescence 9 months ago
@sharializevanescence Basically, Su-mi is mentally ill. This whole time she thought her sister was with her, but she was actually dead. The step-mother wasn't there either. In the past, their mother was sick, and the woman who is their step-mother now was her nurse. She and the father had an affair. Their mother killed herself, and Su-yeon found her, and the wardrobe fell on her, but nobody helped her. The step-mother saw her but didn't help because she hated them. (1)
ShiwooBxtch 9 months ago 48
@ShiwooBxtch Okay, I understand this part, but how does the ghost play into all of this?
MusicLovingLiz 9 months ago
@MusicLovingLiz I'm not entirely sure, I think maybe it was Su-yeon. Because the dress the ghost is wearing looks similar to the one Su-yeon wore in the flash-back when she died.
ShiwooBxtch 9 months ago
@ShiwooBxtch wait did the stepmother purposefully tried to keep Su-Mi from going into the room w/ the wardrobe?
dooreekim94 8 months ago
@ShiwooBxtch or maybe she really did try to help but Su-Mi changed her mind...
dooreekim94 8 months ago
@ShiwooBxtch Hey, what about the ghosts? The movie never explained it. Is the house haunted?? O.o
8300tony8300 7 months ago
@8300tony8300 it's their mother
00girlish00 7 months ago
@00girlish00 Oh well that makes sense now to think of it lol ; thank you :)
8300tony8300 7 months ago
@ShiwooBxtch Ah, damn :s then the description they have on this video isnt right. Pretty messed up movie tho lol, doesnt tell u clearly what happened as u did, thnx
niiklav 6 months ago
@sharializevanescence So, Su-mi kind of has a split personality. Nothing happened in the house in this movie, it was only her and her father. It was in her head, and her split personality. Their step-mother wasn't a nice person though. She based the split personality on who she remembered in the past. There is something in the house, I'm not sure if it's Su-yeon or something else, but in the end it kills the step-mother. Probably revenge if it's Su-yeon. In the end, Su-mi is hospitalized again.
ShiwooBxtch 9 months ago 6
kay. i get it. :)
the "step mother" was a nurse who had an affair with the dad, so the real mother hung herself in the little sisters closet thing. she found her mom, and was suffocated by the wardrobe and probably her now dead mother. so the older sister was telling the doctor about that day, and thats what the whole movie was about.
ahh.! i think it was the last part when there was the big twist. yea. that was some crazy stuff. :D
KelseaRoxOutLoud 11 months ago
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At last, I think its the father who's the poorest. His wife committed suicide, the younger daughter died, older girl gone mad and the stepmother was a murderer who also got killed by the ghost! He's now all alone... :(
LilacSreya 11 months ago
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At last, I think its the father who's the poorest. His wife committed suicide, the younger daughter died, older girl gone mad and the stepmother was a murderer who also got killed by the ghost! He's now all alone... :(
LilacSreya 11 months ago
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Now I get it why Su-Mi had a bad image of her stepmother...
Its because, SHE'S SO CRUEL! Why didn't she shout for help when she discovered the turned over wardrobe? ITS BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT THAT WAS THE REAL MOTHER AND LEFT HER TO DIE DESPITE KNOWING THAT THE ORIGINAL MOTHER IS ALREADY DEAD AND ITS Su-Yeon TAPPING ON THE FLOOR FOR HELP!! She could have saved poor Su-Yeon... That's why the mother's ghost got her in the end!
LilacSreya 11 months ago
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LilacSreya 11 months ago
SPOILERS - explanation
The woman who became the step mother was a live in nurse who the began an affair with the dad. Because of this, the real othe rhangs herself in the wardrobe with a piece of clothing, Suyeon finds her.
- just incase anyone didn't get those details :)
great movie!
yojoj0 11 months ago
Creepy
Liethza0 11 months ago
wow that was fucked up.
TrishGoat42 11 months ago
the moral of this film is basically if you feel like something is wrong, even just a TINY bit, then go address it first.
cloudydaiz123 1 year ago 3
Whoa o: This is a good movie. Very confusing, but good. I get it kind of, but I think Im missing some of it? Oh well, however its supposed to end or how people think it ends, its a great movie :D
Chibiofchaos3 1 year ago
OHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Well DAMN
Sandspecter14 1 year ago
i can't understand this final part of the movie.... could someone explain me please? i mean.. i can't believe that their mother was in the wardrobe.. but if she wasn't there.. then why su-yeon tried to save her? and if she wasn't there why su-yeon belived that? :// why their stopmother didn't saved her? and if their mother wasn't in the wardrobe... then where was she? ://
amyleecrazyfan 1 year ago
@amyleecrazyfan
the mother was in the wadrobe, she was depressed, on medication. su yeon tried to take her out but brought the closet crashing on her. The step mother as we saw wanted to go back but the sister told her to go away(notice she said you might regret this later?) i geuss the step mom suffered from guilt which explains why she freaked out in su yeons room.
MisterPudd 1 year ago
@MisterPudd aaaa thank you so much!!!! :))
amyleecrazyfan 1 year ago