After watching this movie, I was relatively disappointed. This movie has got a decent storyline, but there are just too many plot holes in this movie that made this movie bad. The movie starts of very well, with an extremely frightening scene that kept me glued to the screen. A student wanted to take revenge because a teacher did something to her. The way this Mrs Park got hanged was frightening. After the first twenty minutes the movie just got really bad. There were just really very long boring conversations between the two girls. They just seem to keep on talking forever. Then there was one silly part where another girl in the art room pretends to say maybe I am the ghost and smokes to act cool. Then another long boring conversation was carried out between the two girls again. This show was not scary at all. It didn't even build enough tension and fear to the climax. The violent acts of the teachers were the scary ones. A really big plot hole for this movie is who locked Jin-Ju in the art room. This was not explained at all. I am still confused what 1989,1993,1996,1998 is all about. And why this pattern? The girls rang and rang and rang the bells so many times and is just so repetitive. At least there was one scary scene showing Jin-Ju attacking Mad Dog. This movie really shows the school system in Korea very well. The last few scenes of this film were unsatisfying. I could not figure out many stuff that were happening. Why did Jin-Ju turned her head back at the end? Why was the classroom empty? Why was blood being all over the classroom? Lots of questions just come to my mind. The acting towards the end of the film was not good, it was not convincing. When Jin-Ju was about to kill the teacher in the end why did the teacher frown? Was she frustrated? Sad? happy? I cannot understand her weird expression. This teacher also acted in Bunshinsaba and her acting did really improve a lot in that film. I could not understand anything towards the end of the movie. However some of the good merits to this movie includes, cultural interest, mystery and so on..... I have so far only watched wishing stairs and this movie and wishing stairs is by far a much better film than this. If you are interested in the whispering corridors series, watch wishing stairs. My rating for this movie:5.5/10

I found this to be a pretty boring ghost/horror movie overall, but it was a good start for it's time. But maybe that is cause I seen way too many horror movies to the point I have seen everything in this movie in other films, except done better. This really wasn't a scary movie, in fact the teachers in this were more frightening than the ghost, they act more scary than drill sergeants and the girl students seemed like they were in military school. The movie was made in 1998, so I don't know how the school system was like back then, but I sure hope they toned it down a bit. I thought the build up was alright but not that good either, but the ghost is so not intimidating what so ever and there is more students and teachers talking amongst themselves about the rumors of a ghost roaming the school that it gets sort of boring. And if you want to be frightened more than go with the mystery and drama like scenarios, you probably won't enjoy this as much. But I could tell it did pretty well for it's time and I did like some of the themes in this, it could have been better if it was a bit more faster paced though. Just because it's a classic film, doesn't mean it has to be brilliant.5.6/10

*very minor spoilers*Do watch it if: -You've wanted to for ages and can't wait any longer.-Your girlfriend can't handle seeing much more than the odd school girl at the end of corridors and a few hangings. -You're scared easily or more scared by subtlety.Don't if: -You can't tell one Asian girl from another. Maybe this makes the film better, I don't usually have a problem with it but did here!-You hate happiness and love in horror films. -You don't respond well to subtlety. -You really want to be terrified by the film you watch tonight. IE I recommend it, just remember it was made 9 years ago, and if you're looking for terror today, stay away.Unlike usual, after watching this film tonight and then reading some love and hate reviews, I'm somewhere in the middle, agreeing with points from both sides. The social aspect of Korean schools in this film is interesting and done well, and it is creepy, but I watched it alone and it didn't really scare me at all. I'm not a snob and I don't think I have bad taste, and it doesn't mean its a bad film, it just didn't scare me. There just wasn't enough ghost action. I know everyone's sick of CGI in Asian cinema, but it can be done well and a useful tool when dealing with the supernatural.. just not so much yet.. I've loved (been fascinated by) horror since I saw Child's Play when I was 7, and for some reason feel I have been waiting all my life so far for "the one" in terms of a ghost horror film. I enjoy subtlety and slow moving pace for effect, but in my opinion you should back it up with more in the way of storyline and twists (I liked A Tale of Two Sisters for these reasons, It's incredibly long, yet I'm never bored.) I mostly prefer ghost-horror to slasher-horror because of what is potentially possible. There's a wide scope. I like films about psychos because there's a wide spectrum of neuroses to explore there. I loved The Devils Rejects and House of 1000 Corpses and alike, their graphically depicted tales of insanity made my heart ache, much better than a film packed with jumps with some random guy who never gets much of a back story and you never meet, running around with an axe. But with ghosts... there's no way out... I haven't written off their existence and therefore these films disturb me.I don't usually "spoil" but I wanna talk a bit about the end "twist". I felt like there were a few girls who would manifest as something "more" but who seemed later obsolete. Throughout I was thinking "Who's gonna end up being a ghost?" Maybe two of them? Maybe one cant be seen, maybe the teacher's a ghost, I didn't know, but thought more would happen than did after some of the scenes were so drawn out, I expected a bigger rush of information toward the end.. In ATOTS, its just so raw, the acting, the scraping of the bag on the floor, the looks of terror, and then an ending which almost makes you doubt yourself.. Nothing much happens here ghosts wise, but as a social commentary it's good. I can relate to the friend aspect but it all seemed rather shallow from what had actually happened and what was said.. I was expecting more from the ending, It would have put more meaning into the needless mild violence.In summary, It again depends what you're looking for, see top.Right I'm off to watch Shutter now, hopefully that'll be good and I expect I will write about it.

But still falls short in providing a coherent storyline. I have no doubt that this film is more intelligible to those who speak Korean but I was a bit lost at times and couldn't keep up with all the characters.The story is about the angry ghost of a dead student at an all-girl school who periodically turns up in the guise of someone new...or something. Like I said, it's hard to follow. But the eerie photography and reliance on practical scares make it worthwhile. Far too many horror films these days are too slick and well-polished for their own good. Whispering Corridors features a certain rawness in it's grainy film stock and editing that gives the film a rather unique atmosphere.The gore isn't terribly excessive, nor is the film extreme in any way. But if you're in need of something different and with a weird edge to it then go for Whispering Corridors. Try hard to keep up though.