Aug. 06, 2008|South Korea|88 Min.|Not Rated
Genre: Horror;Thriller
Description: In 2008, the Korean thriller “Death Bell” captivated audiences with its intense storyline. The film follows a group of 20 high school students enrolled in an elite preparatory class for their college entrance exams. Among them are the rebellious Kang I-na, her best friend Yoon Myong-heo, and the class clown Kang Hyun, who has feelings for I-na. Shortly after a student named Beom claims to see a ghost and their teacher Hwang Chang-wook discovers unexplained scars on his hand, the class is thrown into chaos when a TV broadcast reveals the top-ranked student, Min Hye-yeong, trapped in a glass structure slowly filling with water.
A voice over the PA system announces that the students are now participants in a deadly game. They must answer a series of questions correctly; failure to do so results in their deaths. The students and their teachers, Hwang Chang-wook and Choi So-yeong, are warned not to leave the school. When the class fails to save Hye-yeong, they attempt to escape, only to find their hall monitor, Mr. Lee, has been brutally murdered, leaving only security guard Mr. Kim to protect them.
As the students search for answers and a way out, several are killed in the twisted game orchestrated by a mysterious woman. Eventually, they realize the puzzles contain clues related to the death of a former student, Kim Ji-won, who died under mysterious circumstances earlier that year. I-na discovers that the students are being killed in the order of their rankings from the last exam. Meanwhile, Beom, who had earlier tried to strangle I-na and was placed in a mental facility, escapes and attempts to kill her. Hyun sacrifices himself to save I-na, and Chang-wook intervenes, killing Beom.
Tragedy strikes again when Myong-heo is kidnapped by the mysterious woman. Although the students manage to solve the trap, the killer still murders Myong-heo by pushing her off the roof. Chang-wook confronts the woman and strangles her to death.
A memorial is held for the deceased students, but I-na is later kidnapped without anyone noticing. A final question is posed: the person responsible for the death of a student’s daughter must confess. Chang-wook, now mentally unstable, admits to the crime and is killed by the mastermind, who is revealed to be security guard Mr. Kim. I-na is ultimately rescued by So-yeong, bringing the harrowing events to a close.
Cast director: Chang
Cast actor: Lee Beom-soo, Yoon Jung-hee, Nam Gyu-ri, Kim Bum, Son Yeo-eun, Lee Eol, Kim So-hee, Gong Jeong-hwan, Hahm Eun-jung, Yang Ji-won
Original name: 고사: 피의 중간고사