A black comedy about the events that are set into motion in a town after a man-eating boar goes on a rampage.
Practical Effects
The boar puppet is gloriously unhinged—practical effects at their most unhinged.
Direction
Shin Jung-won commits to every tonal whiplash without apology.
Acting
Yoon Je-moon's manic detective energy steals every scene he's bleeding in.
Director
Shin Jung-won
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chaw rode the wave of Korean 'monster comedy' following The Host's 2006 success, but leaned harder into rural satire than urban allegory.
The boar was a practical animatronic weighing over 200kg, operated by four puppeteers—its jerky movements were partly budget limitations, partly accidental nightmare fuel.
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