Korean Horror Movies

There are a lot of changes made when a Korean horror movie is made into an American film. Jee-Won Kim's "A Tale of Two Sisters" was changed to "The Uninvited." I watched both films and it was almost completely different movies. "A Tale of Two Sisters" had a lot of symbolism and questions at the end. "The Uninvited" was much more straightforward. The shocking ending in both movies was much more insane in "A Tale of Two Sisters" because you didn't immediately figure it out. Another interesting concept I've noticed in this horror movie as well as other Korean horror movies are daughters dealing with "daddy issues." The daughters in the movie kind of have a romantic interest in their fathers which is the reason they act out. In the American version, that whole theory is cut out of the movie and instead focuses on the evil stepmother being extremely sexual. They find her vibrator and lingerie. The explicit sexual scenes in the American version would be considered inappropriate in Korea and would not serve a purpose in the movie. Sex sells much better in Western countries. The Korean version also had less violence and more horrific, ghostly images while "The Uninvited" showed a boy's back breaking and other violent images. I feel like the Korean version was much more artistic but also a lot more confusing than the American version. This shows what people expect to see in horror movies in America. Gore and sex are huge components.