Watch Warning: Do Not Play
- NR
- 2019
- 1 hr 26 min
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5.3 (1,283)
Warning: Do Not Play is a South Korean horror movie directed by Kim Jin-won and released in 2019. The movie follows the story of Mi-jung, a young and ambitious film director who hears about a ghost story related to a movie that was never completed. She becomes obsessed with the idea of making a horror movie that will shed light on the story and decides to investigate it further.
Mi-jung is an up-and-coming director but struggles to come up with a new film plot. When she hears about a story that revolves around a horror movie that was never completed, she is intrigued. The film supposedly has a scene that can never be completed because the director died during the filming. The rumors state that the scene involved an actress who was acting possessed and was actually possessed by a ghost. Mi-jung decides this will be the perfect plot for her new horror movie and becomes determined to research and write the script for it.
Despite the warnings from her colleagues and friends, Mi-jung ventures out to investigate the story further. While doing so, she meets Jae-hyun, a former technician who has worked on the original film. Mi-jung uses her charm to convince him to work with her on her project. She suspects that the story is true and that the footage of the never-completed film still exists, waiting to be uncovered. She believes that the footage is cursed and that it has brought misfortune to those who have tried to watch it.
Mi-jungâs research leads her to an old, neglected and abandoned building that used to be the movie studio where the original director and his team worked on the movie. Here, Mi-jung, along with Jae-hyun, uncovers the reels containing the unfinished movie. The duo watches a few frames from the movie and is disturbed by strange noises coming from it. This only further piques Mi-jungâs curiosity, and she decides to continue watching the movie to learn more.
As the number of frames that Mi-jung watches from the cursed film keeps increasing, strange things begin to happen to her, inexplicable incidents that suggest she is becoming possessed. The closer she gets to finishing the movie, the more she finds herself trapped in a never-ending cycle of horror.
The movie gets increasingly intense as Mi-jungâs mental state disintegrates further, and the line between what is real and what is not becomes blurred. The more she watches the film, the more her sanity is at stake. Soon, her and Jae-hyunâs investigation takes a dangerous turn, and they find themselves facing supernatural forces beyond their imagination, fighting to keep their very sanity intact.
As the movie progresses, Mi-jung gradually understands the devastating consequences of her actions as she becomes increasingly aware that the evil spirit she thought resided only in the film is now inside her, threatening to consume both her mind and soul. She frantically tries to find a way to end the curse and exorcise the evil force inhabiting her. While a terrifying tale of horror throughout, Warning: Do Not Play explores deep themes such as obsession, loss, love, and grief.
In conclusion, Warning: Do Not Play is a chilling and emotionally gripping horror movie that explores some of the human psyche's most intimate and dark corners. With a strong performance from the lead actor, Seo Ye-Ji, the movie is a masterful blend of suspense, horror, and drama that will leave you enthralled till the very end. Highly recommended for horror movie enthusiasts and fans of psychological horrors.
Warning: Do Not Play is a 2019 horror movie with a runtime of 1 hour and 26 minutes. It has received moderate reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 5.3.