Product Details

• Actors: Yun Jin-Seo
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Korean
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: March 31, 2009
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001P9N9AI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,615 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Based on the best selling comic book series. After witnessing a family member thrown of a balcony by her fiancée on her wedding day and the violent stabbing of her aunt, a young woman comes to realize she may be next in line. She desperately tries to find out why those around her turn on her and why she seems marked for death. Who can she trust - where can she turn for help when it seems everyone is out to get her. If only she can survive the murderous rage of friends and even her own family long enough to uncover the secret.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Asian horror film of the past year, March 6, 2009

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L. Cremers (Los Angeles, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voices (DVD)

"Voices" is a creepy, supernatural thriller revolving around the paranoid belief that those dearest to you may want you dead. Interestingly it's based on the best-selling Korean manga "Two will come" which I read a few years back. I loved the plot, the clever direction, the beautiful cinematography and the many visceral thrills that give us gore fans plenty of eye candy.

I saw the film in a theater in January and the main reason I relate to the story is that every day you read in the news papers and see on TV how husbands kill their wives, brothers kill their sisters and parents kill their children. This film smartly exploits the fear that this could happen to you.

I love Asian horror films and this is clearly the best and most original one to come out of Korea in the past year or two and the strongest film from this year's "8 films to die for" series.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Entertaining Despite Its Flaws, July 16, 2010

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Anticlimacus - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voices (DVD)

Sometimes I think that many reviewers are simply too lazy to understand films with indirect communication. I've heard people complain that "Asian horror movies don't make sense", which is usually just a roundabout way of saying, "I'm too lazy to figure them out." However, there are some films that prove to be very difficult to understand (e.g., Spider Forest) or simply don't make the slightest bit of sense at all (e.g., Marronnier). "Voices" (aka "Someone Behind You") is one of those projects that is most definitely a bit too vague for its own good, so it's understandable that many viewers have serious problems figuring this movie out.

This is a shell game kind of movie that tries to bait the viewer into red herring traps from start to finish. Don't be fooled, this is simply and solely about a demon (in human form) who is one gigantic scumbag that uses varying degrees of manipulation to coerce and/or control human beings for his own sick little games and perverted enjoyment. His favorite statement, "Don't trust anyone, not even yourself" is nothing more than a patronizing taunt to scare his victims. If he was more forthcoming, he would say something like this: "I will coerce your friends and family to kill you. If that doesn't work, I will force them into a state of temporary insanity to kill you." The only true escape from this disastrous situation is to simply move into a desolate, isolated area and live the rest of your life in seclusion, which isn't exactly a losing proposition for a scumbag demon who wants to see people suffer, both physically and/or psychologically.

The psychological effects come into play when his victims prove particularly difficult to kill - and our lead protagonist is one tough cookie, eluding a number of attacks from friends and family members. In cases such as this, the attempted murders will form an unprecedented pattern that points towards some supernatural, uncommon influence. Think about it. Why would every single friend and family member attempt to kill someone? At this point, the possibility of a curse no longer seems so far-fetched. In addition, paranoia reaches its highest level, and the target will suffer greatly when attempting to reconcile these crazy events with their newly acquired mistrust and fear of their loved ones. Just the kind of psychological games a sick, demonic scumbag would love to watch. It also makes this film hella interesting.

While somewhat obvious that the demon has added outside influence to every attempted murder, what makes this movie even more appealing during a second viewing is pondering just how much manipulation is required to push a particular person over the edge into attempted murder. For example, the husband who throws his wife into the path of a moving bus is possibly the least influenced murder herein. It is possible that the demon made the phone calls to his house, but I have no problems assuming that the character is wholly responsible for his actions and that the demon simply instilled some doubt into his mind regarding his love's possible infidelity. To take a contrasting example, the groom who tosses his bride off the balcony had no identifiable motive for doing so, which leans more towards a demon-influenced state of temporary insanity. The other instances of assault usually fall between those two extremes.

Not everything in this film is cut and dry though. As I mentioned earlier, the script is vague and ambiguous, leaving unexplained gaps in the storyline. Most of these are easily rectified with logical, common sense assumptions because there's very little (if any) blatant contradictions when one understands that a demonic scumbag is behind everything; and as we all know, demonic scumbags are not bound to follow a set or rules or guidelines. I would post my specific thoughts, but this 1000-word review is very limited (read the message board instead). Also, I knowingly confess that this film is flawed in terms of scriptwriting, so there's really no hard-hitting points to be made in that regard anyways.

However, the blemishes in "Someone Behind You" are overshadowed by a number of positive qualities. At the very least you'll get solid acting and a refreshingly different premise, which automatically elevates this film above most non-Asian horror fare. The aforementioned murder attempts are well-executed (some of which are very bloody) and the sense of paranoia is most definitely highlighted at numerous points. The protagonists are also very likable and their decision-making is understandable. What you end up with is a flick that's pretty damn entertaining.

The last few years have been fantastic for the South Korean horror/thriller genre. "Faithless Hell" (2009), "Someone Behind You" (2007) is a nice compliment to films like "Hansel and Gretel" (2007), "The Chaser" (2008), "The Return" (aka "Wide Awake") (2007), "Epitaph" (2007), "Muoi" (2007), "Bloody Reunion" (2006), "Loner" (2008), "A Bloody Aria" (2006), "Seven Days" (2007), "Cadaver" (2007), "A Good Wife" (2007), "Coma" (2006 miniseries), and "D-Day" (aka "Roommates") (2006). Most of these have their own particular flaws (most films do), but this is a very good lineup of titles that would make an awesome weekend marathon. I'll never understand why everyone reflexively runs out to rent the U.S. "Shutter" remake while ignoring these little gems. There is a significant minority of movie buffs who like Asian horror, but more people need to see these movies. I rarely (if ever) hear anyone talk about them. Even the formulaic entries like "D-Day" are really cool - and all of them are better than 90% of the crap coming out of Hollywood these days. Please check them out.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fairly Good K-Horror Yarn - Middle Of The Road Entry in 2009's "8 Films To Die For", October 10, 2009

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Steve Forsyth "sforsythnoe" (Denton, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Voices (DVD)

What if your family and friends were suddenly obsessed with killing you? That is the scenario explored in VOICES, an Asian horror film in this years 8 Films To Die For festival.

This was the second film I chose to view of the 8, trying to go in order of least to most interest. I didn't care much for REINCARNATION from the first festival, and honestly have seen few Asian horror films that I liked, so I didn't bring a very high expectation level to this one. I can say that, despite some flaws, I liked it more than I expected.

The film begins with an inexplicable scene of a kid having witnessed a horrible murder in his own home, and then moves swiftly to our main character Ga-in Kim, who witnesses her Aunt being flung from a balcony at her own wedding, and later sees her brutally stabbed by her other Aunt (NOTE: the film is not shy in covering the screen with buckets of blood and gore). The surviving Aunt tells Kim that she had been jealous of her sister, and ultimately felt an overwhelming urge to kill her.

It isn't long before Kim seems to have elicited the same feeling in others, as her friends, then family all begin to attack her, one-by-one, trying to kill her. As the film progresses, we soon learn there is indeed a force behind these murderous motives.

As Asian horror films go, this one was not so bad. I think there is a natural cultural disconnect when you are dealing with foreign film, so a lot of the difficulty comes from not quite understanding "their world" and in what is lost in translation of the script. The main problem I have with this film is that the pattern of Kim being attacked by her family and friends quickly becomes predictable and tired. Every time she seems completely out matched, and every time someone swoops in at the last moment to save her. It becomes improbable very quickly.

The writers try to pad the film out a little by having Kim take a side trip to an old man in the country to hear his story of how he too fell victim to the curse. This device does little more than add to the running time, as he has no answers for her.

The film also contains a kind of "SIXTH SENSE" style twist in the end, but you will see it coming from miles away, especially if you are up to date on supernatural films of the last decade.

I think this would have been a very effective short film, but as a 90-minute feature, the plot seems stretched pretty thin. Even so, the film is beautiful to look at - the acting seems good all around, and the music stands out - beautiful and haunting, it helps to set the creepy atmosphere. After first viewing it, I gave the film a fairly low rating - but having sat through several of the other Horrorfest clunkers, I am finding myself appreciating this one more and more.