The film "The Closet" directed by Kim Kwang-bin looks like a typical occult film but it's not.

The film begins in 1998 with a video of a shaman who was struck by an invisible soul and stabbed himself with a knife while dying. The gloomy and creepy atmosphere makes the audience accept the film as a horror and occult genre.

The scene shows that Sang-Won (Ha Jung-woo), who lost his wife in a car accident, moves to a country house with his daughter (Heo Yool). She just stares at the window with her mouth closed and her father tries to get her attention. The relationship between the two seems normal, but abnormal.

The main character, Sang-Won, tries to improve his relationship with Ina who closed her heart after the accident, but it is not easy for he has to work and fight the aftermath of the accident as well. Ina is lonely because of the absence of her mother and sadness her father of not knowing her heart.

Then, in front of Ina, the wardrobe door opens, and since then she has changed from expression to tone. Sang-Won, who is worried about caring for her strange daughter and working, is inclined to send Ina to boarding school.

Inna, who was in conflict with her father, suddenly disappears. Sang-Won begins to look for her missing daughter. However, it is not easy to find traces of her daughters. Rather, Sang-Won is in doubt. Then the internet is cut off and a mysterious man comes home to check the internet. Sang-Won is about to kick a man out of his house.It turned out that the man was an exorcist, Kyung-hoon (Kim Nam-gil), who was chasing something. He knew exactly about Ina's behavior before it disappeared, and explains why Ina did it and disappeared.

"The Closet" creates an unexpected twist of fun through a mix of genres. The new story and genre include not only the horror and fantasy but also drama genre. However fearful horror sequences do their best and satisfy genre fans.

The sum of Ha Jung-woo and Kim Nam-gil is good. In particular, Kim Nam-gil, who appears in the role of Kyung-hoon, brings the film to life with an unexpected character. Heo Yool and Kim Si-a, the two young actors, also support the narrative. The unique world view dealing with 'the other world' reminds us of the American drama 'Stranger Things'.

Meanwhile, "The Closet" will be released on the 5th.