Korean Horror: Week 4 - Zombies & Viruses

Korean Horror

October 30, 2023

Infection and apocalypse consume our modern waking nightmares—Korean media is not immune. To finish out our course, we’ll examine the Korean zombie craze initiated by 2016’s global hit, Train to Busan (2016), and continued by films like the refreshingly funny horror-comedy, Zombie for Sale (2019). Why zombies, why now?

In conjunction with this film talk, SIFF will present Train to Busan at SIFF Cinema Egyptian on Sunday, October 29.

FILM TALK TICKETS

Individual Talks: $25 Sustainer | $15 Regular | $10 SIFF member

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SERIES PASS

Class Pass including all classes and screenings: $120 Sustainer | $100 Regular | $75 Member

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CLASS SPECIFICS

7:00–9:00pm PT
SIFF Film Center (live) + Streamed via Zoom Webinar

SUPPLEMENTAL VIEWING

Zombie for Sale can be rented Scarecrow Video or Amazon Prime. Content Advisory: Flashing lights.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Hannah Baek is an independent film programmer specializing in Asian cinema and interactive film screenings. She received a master’s degree from Harvard’s Regional Studies East Asia program, where she studied gender queerness in the "Dark Ages" of 1970s South Korean cinema. Most recently, she has worked with the Sundance Film Festival, the Harvard Film Archive, MUBI, SIFF, and Spectacle Theater.

Train to Busan

Film Screening - Train to Busan

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29 | SIFF CINEMA EGYPTIAN | 2 PM

(Yeon Sang-ho, 2016)

In the highest grossing Korean film of 2016, the passengers of a high-speed train must band together to fend off a zombie horde when the apocalypse arrives in the middle of their journey.