to most of u and life be an unfolding process of love . for others like soo mi and however and it be dominate by darkness and fear . base on the korean folk tale jangha and hongryun and kim ji woon brilliant gothic horror story a tale of two sister revolve around two sister and soo mi ( lim su jeong ) and and soo yeon ( mun geon yeong ) and who be part of a dysfunctional family that live together in a creepy victorian style mansion . feel alienate from the world and they cling to each other for survival with the old soo mi obsessively protect the young soo yeon against danger . for soo mi and however and not come to term with the circumstance surround her mother death mean mental illness and a mind at odds with reality . while we may recognize staple such a haunt house with apparitional sighting and door that open and close on their own and a cruel and overbear stepmother and and other event of high strangeness and a tale of two sister superbly explore deep psychological meaning include the inability to let go of inner demon and the misplaced desire for revenge . soo mi say do you know what really scary . you want to forget something . totally wipe it off your mind . but you never can . it can not go away and you see . and . and it follow you around like a ghost . there be a time line but it be leave for the viewer to unravel . the plot can not be summarize and only suggest and the film keep u wonder whether what be happen on screen be objective or subjective . in the film opening and soo mi and an obviously disturbed young woman and be be question by a doctor in a setting that look like a mental institution . when the doctor ask her to describe what happen that day and the film flash back to when soo mi and soo yeon return to the home of their father moo hyeon ( kim kap su ) and stepmother eun joo ( yum jung ah ) . the stepmother be hostile and resentful and the father be passive and distant but it be obvious that it be soo mi who be really hurt . a the girl try to readjust and they be constantly frighten by a presence in the house and which may be nightmare or supernatural occurrence . soo mi see a figure at the foot of her bed that hovers over her and oozes black blood and a dinner scene in which the guest apparently see a ghost hiding under the sink and go into convulsion and a monster emerge from between the leg of one of the sister and people mysteriously disappear from photograph and and many other maniacal schizophrenic device to keep the viewer dangle on the edge of insanity . while we sense that much of the story be the projection of someone mind and we do not know whose and the film keep u constantly challenge and at least until an important clue be offer in the film second half . shot in gorgeous low light cinematography and a tale of two sister have a unique elegance and other worldly beauty that transcend all the scare and and there be plenty . it be haunt in more than one sense of the word and it image may stare back at you when you least expect or want them to . while the film may not offer the weary traveler much in the way of light and it show u where we can end up if we opt for the darkness . in the word of a wise observer and blame be never the answer whether it be blame yourself or others . rather and the answer lie in step out of judgment entirely both of yourself and others . forgiveness and understanding have great power of healing .