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Watch: First Teaser Trailer for Korean Horror Film ‘The Mimic’

A still from The Mimic (2017)

The first teaser trailer for the Korean film The Mimic has just come out. The creature feature stars (A Tale of Two Sisters), and , and is directed by (Hide and Seek).

The movie is about a family affected by the unknown titular creature that mimics human voice to enchant people. Yum Jung-ah plays Hee-yeon, a mother who has lost her child. She comes across a young girl in the forest, and takes her in. Soon, the girl starts to mimic Hee-yeon's lost child, other strange things begin happening around them, and it looks like the film is creeping towards a potentially tragic finale.

(Source: Hancinema.net)

The story has been inspired by the South Korean urban legend of the , or Jangsanbum, named for the Jangsan Mountain near Busan. The man-eating creature with sharp teeth and beautiful white fur is believed to move swiftly through mountains and lure people by making a sound resembling a woman's wail.

The trailer looks suitably creepy, and will hopefully keep the good run going for Huh Jung, whose debut feature film, 2013's Hide and Seek, became a surprise hit and was also made into a Chinese film of the same name.

The film is produced by Contents Panda and New Entertainment World, and is expected to be released in August 2017.

(Source: Hancinema, Bloody Disgusting)

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