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Jeong-Ah Yeom, Ji Jin-heui, Seong Ji-ru, Kim Seon-gyeong, Kim In-gweon (II) ... see more see more... , Bu-seon Kim , Min Yung-gi , Seung-woo Cho , Eol Lee , Hyuk Poong Kwon , In-kwon Kim , Ji-ru Sung , Jin-hee Ji , Jung-ah Yeom , Jung-ah Yum , Kil-soo Park , Woong-ki Min , Yong-soo Park

South Korean filmmaker Lee Jong-hyeok makes his directorial debut with the psychological thriller H. Head cop Kim Mi-yeon (Yeom Jeong-ah) and detective Kang (Ji Jin-heui) lead an investigation of seve... read more read more...ral copycat murders. It seems that all the recently gruesome murders are mimicked in the style of serial killer Shin Hyeon (Jo Seung-woo), who is locked in prison on death row. After the suspects start getting killed in the same way, Kim and Kang seek the help of psychiatrist Chu Gyeong-suk (Kim Seon-gyeong) to get some answers. H was shown at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 46 min.

Directed by: Jong-hyuk Lee

Release Date: January 1, 2002

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DVD Release Date: May 24, 2005

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  • January 28, 2011
    Korean serial-killer thriller about a spate of copycat killings emulating the murders of a notorious murderer on death row. It's not exactly rife with originality but I still thought it was pretty good. It's got a decent twist at the end which I didn't see coming. Fairly graphic ... read moreviolence wise too so there's enough grisly murders and crime scenes to satisfy the gore hounds.
  • April 8, 2008
    Don't bother watching this if you have Se7en, Manhunter or Memories of Murder at hand. It's a poor mans...anything in this genre really. Interesting at times but mostly a confused and at times laughable serial killer thriller. The performances are okay but the dialogue is flat an... read mored at times just attempts to explain the film. There are some nice unprdictable moments, but they just add to the mess. The beginning with dead babies is both shocking and twisted, but it sort of loses its edge once it falls into genre stereotypes.
  • February 27, 2011
    For a while I thought maybe the subtitles weren't very good, but then I realized, no, the script just isn't very good. The movie tried to be much more than it was, and while it had potential, it didn't deliver. Also had an ending I saw coming in the first five minutes. Not terrib... read morele, but it's been done much better a thousand times before.
  • January 23, 2008
    It's been over a year since I've seen this, I'll have to rent it again. I do remember I liked it alot for a korean movie. I'm not much for foreign films either.
  • July 5, 2007
    Cross between 'Seven' and 'silence of the Lambs'; but I think i would've enjoyed it more if it were dubbed in English. Still, it managed to have an amazing, terrifying ending***
  • October 15, 2006
    was this the movie with the female cop who had esp?? i couldn't even watch the whole thing, the story bites too hard from the hannibal series and the whole x-files cop factor was just ridiculous.
  • September 8, 2006
    Long and Confusing. - A film with good visual style and amazing throat slitting scenes, But it's a little too extreme in it's plot twists. - 'H' stands for "Haha, that's what H means!"

Critic Reviews


Dennis Schwartz
April 21, 2006
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Suffers from cheesy production values, the clumsy manner of the storytelling, ill-conceived characters and crude acting. Full Review

Christopher Null
June 10, 2005
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

H nonetheless has enough bright spots and well-done moments (though not for the squeamish) that it merits a cautious recommendation. Full Review

David Cornelius
May 31, 2005
David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com

With H, we get the thrills and the twists, yes, but we also get the down time, a space where cliché and human nature collide. Full Review

Staci Layne Wilson
May 14, 2005
Staci Layne Wilson, Horror.com

New to DVD from Tartan Video (real champs of bringing Asian horror to U.S. shores), this one will likely appeal to fans of Se7en and The Silence of the Lambs. Full Review

Joshua Tanzer
August 18, 2004
Joshua Tanzer, Offoffoff

H sets up its enigmatic premise with a gruesome style and intensity, and finally ties up the mystery with ... well, nothing a little suspension of disbelief can't fix. Full Review

Derek Elley
March 4, 2011
Derek Elley, Variety

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