Korean: Sinhon yeohaeng

A varied group of newlyweds (rich professionals, old couple trying to reignite their love, virginal innocents, kinky oddballs, etc) head out to Che-Ju Island on a honeymoon tour. The trip starts innocuously enough with a night of carnal bliss (and/or exasperation), some sight-seeing, and a drunken round of karaoke. However, sparks fly when one man (KICK THE MOON's Cha Seung-won) and woman get on-stage together for a song, much to the anger of their respective mates. Later that evening, the pair accidentally end up in bed together, and one is soon found murdered and mutilated. One of the honeymooners is a Seoul detective, forced to take over the investigation when it proves too much for the island's bumbling police force. There is no shortage of suspects (including a pair of goofy thieves who specialize in looting hotel rooms), suspicious behavior or bizarre motives...and what about the ghostly apparition that was floating around shortly before the killing?

This initially looks like it will be a really peculiar and downright nonsensical slasher movie but evolves into an intricate and largely satisfying murder mystery. There are a few too many aggressively colorful characters (especially the aforementioned thieves, who are so incapable of stealth, you wonder how they could have managed to successfully swipe anything) and changes in tone that some viewers may have trouble reconciling; if you watched the first reel and then jumped to the last, you'd guess this was a different movie with the same cast. Director Na Hong-kyun does manage to keep it all together, though, and the culprit's identity is indeed a surprise. The film also manages to plausibly account for its supernatural content and even includes a couple of visual nods to the European giallos of the 1970s. Cheong Seon-kyoung, Cho Eun-suk, Hwang In-seong, and Lee Se-chang co-star.

Spectrum #SPD-622 (South Korean label) Dolby Digital 5.1 & 2.0 Sync Sound Korean Language Optional English Subtitles 20 Chapters Illustrated in the Menu With Clips Enhanced for 16:9 Displays Letterboxed (1.76:1) Coded for Region 3 Only NTSC Format 93 Minutes Contains moderate violence and horror, brief nudity, and moderate sexual content

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BLACK HONEYMOON is available at Poker Industries as TRAVELING WITH GHOST (sic).