So-yeon suffers from claustrophobia and inherits a Persian cat when its owner dies. She begins having nightmares and people around her begin dying as she searches for the truth.
Acting
Park Min-young's panic attacks feel uncomfortably real.
Cinematography
Tight spaces that literally trigger her claustrophobia—and yours.
Sound
The cat's presence is heard before seen, and it's worse.
Director
Byun Seung-wook
Park Min-young
So-yeon
Kim Dong-wook
Jun-seok
Kim Ye-ron
Hee-jin
Shin Da-eun
Bo-hee
Lee Sang-hee
District Captain
Jo Hyun-wu
Chief Park
Park Hyun-young
Constable Kim
Seo Yi-sook
Psychiatrist
Kim Min-jae
Animal Rescue Administrator
Yoon Ga-hyun
Bi-dan's Mother
Lee Ji-hyeon
Doctor
Lee Sung-min
Silk Papa
Lee Han-wi
Pet Shop Owner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Korean horror of this era often uses female trauma and repressed memory as supernatural catalysts—this fits the 'angry dead girl' lineage but swaps water for fur.
The cat was reportedly difficult to direct; some of its most menacing stares are actually accidental captures when it randomly stared at crew members.
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