From Suspiria to Pig Blood Blues to The Woods, boarding school-set horror often immediately captures our attention and imagination. It could be the out-in-the-wilderness atmosphere of the young characters, vulnerable and isolated to whatever supernatural shenanigans are afoot. So its with anticipation we look to The Silenced, a Korean horror film out this June overseas and with a current presence at the Cannes market.
Directed by Hae-yeong Lee, The Silenced is set in 1938, when “a sickly girl Ju-ran transfers to a new sanitorium boarding school to regain health. But she discovers that students are disappearing and notices abnormal changes happening to her body. She suspects the school for what’s happening and tries to discover what secret is hidden.”
Find the recently released trailer, below. [h/t Ivy Lam]
