Product Details

• Actors: In-hwan Park, Mun-hee Na, Kang-ho Song, Min-sik Choi, Ho-kyung Go
• Directors: Jee-woon Kim
• Writers: Jee-woon Kim
• Format: Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Korean
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Tai Seng
• DVD Release Date: July 30, 2002
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000687FN
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #189,836 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Quiet Family" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse the bodies start piling up and the family becomes frantic to rectify the situation. Studio: Tai Seng Entertainment Release Date: 01/18/2005 Run time: 105 minutes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting cultural comment, April 22, 2005

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John Bates "Johnny" (Branson, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Quiet Family (DVD)

The thoughtfulness of the satire in this film may be lost on those seeking a cheap or violent thrill. This film is a not-so-subtle jab at Korean culture, as well as being entertaining and fun. The re-make, "Happiness of the Katakuris" is more energetic and crazy but loses the cultural insight that sets this film apart from just another 'Asian Horror Movie'.

If you enjoyed Hitchcock's "The Trouble With Harry", you will notice some similarities, right down to a few identical shots and sequences.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid TaiSeng!!!, December 22, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Quiet Family (DVD)

My rating is more for the DVD quality than the actual movie. The movie itself I'd give around 3.5 stars. I've seen a couple of TaiSeng release DVD's now and must say they are terrible. The TaiSeng Quiet Family version that I got was the special edition so I can't say for sure its the same as this one. But the picture quality is comparable to VHS and the subtitles are terrible. Numerous times throughout the film, the subtitles will flash on the screen for a second if that and the translation often seems to be poor. So I'd only recommend getting this if you don't mind poor quality DVD picture and you understand Korean. Otherwise, you'll probably be very detracted when watching this.

5.0 out of 5 stars Paging Seth Green..., August 19, 2011

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Jason Jones "oenolicious" (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Quiet Family (DVD)

Everyone wants to remake Asian horror films, overlooking little gems like this film. The dearth of new ideas in American movies (I refuse to attach the term cinema to most American films)makes this ripe for the picking. I've watched it half a dozen times and I'm still laughing.