Deep Trap (2015) - Kwon Hyung-jin

More perverse and erotic than I was expecting, Deep Trap finds great utility within the dichotomous nature of urban-rural life, delivering a diabolical little thriller that doesn't always work but has its devious little pleasures. An urban couple struggling with the grief of a miscarriage, and in desperate need of reigniting their relationship, head to a small isolated island where the local host, Ma Dong-seok, and his subservant wife are not what they seem! This film's horror fundamentally rooted in unease, subversion, and deranged discovery. It may not have enough thrills to appease the horror crowd looking for a barrage of titillation but it delivers quite a diabolical little treat with a solid emotional core and some interesting thematic subtext for those looming for that type of thing. Ma Dong-seok plays a mysterious, rural creeper so it felt like a nice change of pace from his more stoic heroes. He is having fun here, playing this demented antagonist who begins as a kind but slightly off host before the revelation that he is a straight-up psychotic. Deep Trap traverses a relatively familiar motif in horror, but it has enough character and psychosexual deviance to deliver the goods. Make mistake this one does get pretty gnarly in moments but the thrust of what makes it fun is seeing Ma Dong-seok stepping a bit out of his comfort zone, combining his intimidating frame with a sinister smirk to make this subversive horror/thriller worth a look.