Idiot Girls and School Ghost: School Anniversary (2024) Movie Script
Are we on?
It's on.
Hey, everyone. What are you up to?
'October 1998 Segang Girls' High School'
The KSATs are right around the corner. What do we do?
If you win ghost hide-and-seek
on the day of the school anniversary,
you get a perfect score on the KSAT.
Hey, do you actually believe that stuff?
Just hurry up!
Today's the school anniversary.
We came here together to do
ghost hide-and-seek.
Okay, we're doing the ritual
to conjure the ghost.
Oh, that looks legit.
What do we do now?
We have to call the doll's name.
Your name is Park Mal-suk...
Hey! What? What is it?
We just... passed this classroom
just a minute ago.
What are you saying?
Hey, when did those get there?
Idiot Girls and School Ghost: School Anniversary
October 2024, Segang Girls' High School
Oh! My sun!
Pity is me that loves thee.
Your eyes shine like the sunset in twilight,
but where is my heart...
Blackout.
Cut.
You call that acting?
Huh?
You learn that stuff while
paying hundreds of dollars,
and for college at that?
Oh, this line...
And why would you say "Blackout"?
Do we look like we have time to spare?
No...
Hyun-jung, how are we doing?
The sun's dropping.
We have time for maybe three more takes.
Let's hurry this up.
Guys, this is just a little homework
for my acting academy.
Why do you care...
Why?
Is acting a joke to you?
No...
This line fits this time of the day
with this natural light.
How many times must I tell you?
Illuminators are fake.
That sun is the real light.
Understand?
Yeah...
Art... is in the details.
Understand?
Yeah...
That's a wrap.
Let's try again at this time tomorrow.
That's a wrap!
Look here. What is this?
An amoeba.
Yes. It's an amoeba.
An amoeba is a single-cell organism
that's usually found in water bodies.
Oh, look. We have some in our class.
You're an amoeba if you get bad grades.
You're all seniors.
But your grades are terrible
with the KSATs around the corner.
Amoebas, look at your grades
and feel some remorse. Got it?
Okay...
Class of 2025 KSAT September Mock Exam Results
Average Level: Level 8
Broadcasting Room
That's not right.
Film
My Life Film is My Soul
That's not right.
Oh! Jeez!
Oh, Miss Cinephile.
What are you doing here?
I was working on my portfolio.
You should spend this
time studying, Ji-yeon.
If you want to be a film director,
it's more important to get your grades up
and go to a better college.
Famous directors mostly all
went to good schools in Seoul.
All the TV directors
went to good schools too.
There's not much time left
until the KSATs...
And there's no hope with my grades anyway.
Of course. Good luck, then.
'Film, My Life Film is My Soul'
I haven't seen these before.
1998 School Anniversary Ghost Hide-and-Seek
"Ghost Hide-and-Seek"?
Sounds like a generic Korean horror film.
I shouldn't watch it.
What is this?
Oh! My sun!
Pity is me that loves thee.
Your eyes shine like the sunset in twilight,
but where is my heart...
Blackout, then off stage.
Oh, shit! Sorry!
Cut.
- Director?
- Huh?
How was that? Should we go again?
Yeah... Let's go again.
Camera.
Roll.
Ready. Action.
Oh! My sun!
Pity is me that loves...
What the fuck!
Oh, Hyun-jung! Are you okay?
Sorry...
Are you okay?
I'm fine. Let's wrap for today.
What's with her?
I know, right?
Oh, right!
Eun-byul's Vlog.
Today, I decided to film myself practicing
for my college audition.
I hope it turned out well.
Please watch and leave comments below!
Here is the camerawoman
of my broadcasting club.
Hello!
Question! Why do you always work out
with your pink weight?
As a camerawoman... I have to...
carry heavy equipment...
Oh! You have to carry heavy things,
so you work on your strength!
Noice!
Noice!
Looking for something?
Yearbooks...
Section A, row five, third shelf.
Thank you...
Su-gyung! Park Su-gyung!
'Perfect score on the KSAT'
Park Su-gyung. That's her.
Three glorious perfect scorers?
Three perfect scorers from
one school at the same time!
Is it true that you just studied off textbooks?
Miss Park! Why are you leaving
the secular world after that perfect score?
One comment, please!
Hyunbongsa Temple?
Merciful Buddha. This is Hyunbongsa Temple.
May i help you?
It's been a long time.
I was pretty too back then.
You still are.
Temple food suited me well.
Famine foods are great in this region.
I like famine foods as well.
Is that important now?
Oh... No...
So... You watched the tape?
Yes.
Where should I start...
There was a legend at our school.
A legend?
A legend that if you win ghost hide-and-seek
on the day of the school anniversary,
you could get perfect score on the KSAT.
Ghost hide-and-seek?
Ready or not, here I come.
The game begins at midnight
and lasts until sun-up.
You have to hide while keeping
saltwater in your mouth.
If at least one person survives,
all the participants were to know
the answers to the exams.
I hid by myself that night
and was able to win the game.
I won!
I didn't get caught,
so my friends and I got the answers
to the KSAT.
Congratulations.
Is that important now?
Oh... No.
We participated after watching
a videotape made by our seniors.
But... What if everyone gets caught?
If every participant gets caught,
they disappear from everyone's memories.
Disappear?
Yes.
That's as far as I know.
And I don't know who else played
after us back in 1998.
But...
But...?
Guessing from how we haven't had
any perfect scorers since then,
it can be deduced that no one
has won the game ever since.
You're right.
Miss...
I'm sorry.
For what?
That tape is cursed.
It was our promise with the ghost
to leave that tape behind.
And people who watch it
must play hide-and-seek with the ghost!
What if they don't?
If they don't...
The ghost will follow them
until they die!
Here.
What is this?
I heard you were coming
so I wanted to help you in some way.
So I wrote down all you need to know
to play the game.
At midnight of the coming school anniversary,
just do the ritual as written on the paper.
Hide with saltwater in your mouth.
Okay.
And here...
'Wishing you a perfect score on the KSAT'
Merciful Buddha.
'Wishing you a perfect score on the KSAT'
I'm so fucking nervous about
mock exam results tomorrow.
Oh, you should watch your language.
No need for such f-bombs.
Eun-byul's Vlog!
Hi, Twinklers!
We get our final mock exam results
back tomorrow before the KSATs.
I'm going to sleep with prayers in my heart.
Let's go to a college in Seoul!
Root for me, please! Bye!
You have 26 subscribers.
Two of them are me and Ji-yeon.
I'm just getting ready for
my celebrity life.
Ji-yeon, what's going on with you?
Where did you go earlier?
Are you sick?
Guys...
'1998 School Anniversary Ghost Hide-and-Seek'
So this is the cursed tape that
gets you perfect scores
on the KSAT, huh?
Yeah...
It's real.
A ghost has been following me
ever since I watched it.
Even now?
Where is it?
Holy crap!
Ugh, that's eerie.
I have to go to acting school.
I have study hall.
Hey, don't leave me here!
Hyun-jung.
You said you did so well on the test.
Yes...
And you took all those expensive
online courses, too?
Yes...
But if you're still at Level 8,
just guess for your answers.
You'd have a better chance by doing that.
Yes...
I know you studied very hard
for the last three years.
You diligently worked out because
you'd be carrying heavy equipment in college.
But...
If you're averaging at Level 8
even after all of that...
Your grades should be pumping up
as much as your arms.
Yes...
Dreams are important,
but let's think of reality too. Okay?
Yes...
Eun-byul's Vlog!
Hi, Twinklers!
I'm getting my mock exam results
for the last time in high school today.
I'm so nervous!
My grades are right in front of me.
Drum roll! I'm so nervous!
Let's go to a college in Seoul!
Ta-da!
Drum roll!
Level 8, level 8, level 8, level 8...
It's not here.
Wake up!
Looking for this?
Yeah.
Why are you here?
I was thinking of watching it
by myself, but then you showed up.
You too?
Yeah..
You studied so hard.
Didn't you take online courses, too?
My grades aren't going up.
The teacher told me
to just guess for my answers.
I'm an amoeba after all.
- Amoeba?
- Yeah.
What's that?
Nothing. What about your grades?
Ever heard of Gojoseon Community College?
Where's that?
I've never heard of it, but I'm
eligible to apply apparently.
I've never heard of it, either.
The KSATs are right around the corner.
We should do something, right?
Go?
Let's go.
What are you guys doing?!
Don't watch it!
How much did you watch?
Tell me you didn't watch it.
We already watched it five times.
She had great angles for her shots.
It's a classic.
It's dope.
A ghost is gonna follow you two now...
Come on! You're way too into this.
What are those beads?
The girl that won the game
in this tape gave them to me.
Where?
Hyunbongsa Temple.
Hyunbongsa? It sounds familiar.
You mean that legendary nun?
Yup.
- "Legendary nun"?
- Yeah.
I covered her for a piece
in the broadcasting club.
Back in the year 1998,
our school miraculously had
three perfect KSAT scorers.
And one of them left the secular world
as soon as she graduated
and became a Buddhist nun.
I heard that a blind man regained his vision
because he was so shocked.
Oh, cool.
So if you win, you get perfect scores.
What if you lose?
You disappear from everyone's memories.
You're making this even scarier.
Let's go, Hyun-jung.
See you tomorrow.
Guys.
Yes?
Be careful...
Ugh, that again.
- Ghost, my foot.
- What's wrong with her?
If you look at the bottom of page 85,
the definition says
that you must get paid proper wages
according to the contract
and must be guaranteed
the minimum wage according to the law.
Employment, wages, and...
'Nurse's Office'
I said you're fine.
I said you're fine.
Come on. Something's wrong with me.
You look very healthy right now.
Just lie down for this period
and go home if you must.
I have urgent business to tend to.
Come on...
Don't leave me alone here...
Wow!
I heard you're getting acting lessons.
You almost got me!
Anyway, I'll be back soon.
Text me if you need something.
Or call me. Okay?
Oh.. I don't feel well...
Eun-byul's Vlog...
Hi, Twinklers.
I don't feel very well now, so I'm
lying down at the nurse's office.
Make sure you take care of yourselves
before you get sick, Twinklers.
I don't feel well, but I still
thought of you guys first.
So today's video is about...
the school nurse's office!
Let me show you around.
Let's go!
Cough, cough.
This is where our school nurse sits.
He's a complete angel.
Thank you, always!
If you look this way,
these are medicines that keep
all the students nice and healthy.
Thank you, medicine!
And you, Twinklers, are
band-aids for my heart!
Fuck, what is that?
Are you okay?
The ghost just follows you around,
and doesn't really do any harm.
What do we do now?
What is this?
The nun wrote down all the things
we need for ghost hide-and-seek.
The legendary nun?
Yeah.
I should get these things ready.
Are you really going to do it?
Yeah, if not now,
it'll be following us around
until the next school anniversary.
The one coming up soon
is going to be our chance.
Fuck! I saw it! I saw the ghost!
You scared me!
Hyun-jung!
I heard that this school is built
on a graveyard.
A graveyard?
Our school anniversary is
when they destroyed it.
So rumors say that angry spirits
still linger around this place.
I heard that this used to be
a mental hospital.
And the crazy hospital director
killed all the patients.
That's a different movie.
Oh, right.
It's this week. The anniversary.
Yeah.
Okay, let's do this.
We can't let the ghost keep chasing us.
Yeah! What's the worst that can happen!
Why are you crying?
It's like we lost already!
Sorry, guys. It's all my fault.
No, we watched it ourselves.
And if we win, we'll ace the KSATs!
I'll dish about it on TV one day.
But it's kind of risky for us to go alone.
Yeah, but...
What could we do?
We need a secret weapon.
A secret weapon?
Who's that?
Seok Min-ju, junior, religion club.
There's a religion club?
Yeah. We covered them
on the school news before.
She studied Japanese as her second
language and met a Japanese god.
A Japanese god?
Yeah, and she only always aces
her second language mock exams.
Maybe she knows something.
What if she's the only one in the club?
Fair point.
Is this it?
(Japanese) Who are you!
(Japanese) Help yourselves.
(Broken Japanese) What brings you here?
Uh.. We need you as our mercenary.
(Broken Japanese) A mercenary?
We heard you take great interest in religion.
And you shot some news footage
with our camerawoman?
(Japanese) Have you been well?
What is she saying?
Basically, "How've you been?"
I'm taking Japanese as my
second language as well.
(Japanese) Speak freely.
Well...
Whisper, whisper.
(Broken Japanese) Interesting.
Do you know anything about
the school anniversary?
(Japanese) Before that...
(Broken Japanese) You are all seniors.
(Broken Japanese) I'm still a junior.
(Broken Japanese) Please speak freely.
Shall we?
Cough.
Do you know anything?
(Broken Japanese) I'm not sure.
(Broken Japanese) But I've always felt
(Broken Japanese) that this place is haunted.
Will you come with us?
Please...
We need a character like you
just about now.
(Japanese) I'll be happy to.
(Broken Japanese) I've been bored, you see.
(Broken Japanese) This is good.
(Japanese) Wow! Thank you!
Broadcasting Room
She passed out.
Is she really our mercenary?
In any case, Min-ju watched it too,
so she has no choice.
She has to come with us.
Let's start with what the nun wrote down.
She said we can find the things
we need at the market.
I'll bring the cursed doll.
I'll bring the red thread
to sew the doll.
(Broken Japanese) I'll prepare the salt and prayer.
I came to buy rice for
the curse ritual today.
'Salt'
(Japanese) This is too salty.
The deal is to film the game
with a camcorder.
Mm-hm. I'm ready.
Tomorrow is finally the day.
Everyone, be prepared.
- Yup!
- (Japanese) Yes.
One, two, let's...
What is that?
It's an homage.
An homage?
It's referencing a line or scene
of a movie with admiration.
What?
I said, "Can I come in?"
Yeah...
Sorry. Bye.
Rainbow smash!
Today is the school anniversary.
No one's here.
Act two.
What?
Let's go!
Good evening, it's October 26th.
We've gathered at school at night
on the day of the school anniversary
to play ghost hide-and..
What are you doing there? Sit!
I went to grab my selfie stick.
Are you vlogging in this situation?
The deal was to record a video,
so this is a way to do that as well.
What if Hyun-jung's camera breaks
or Hyun-jung gets caught first?
Don't say things like that!
What's with the Buddhist beads?
Miss Amoeba, these are called
a "rosary," not "Buddhist beads."
You see,
I'm Catholic.
My Christian name is Veronica.
Veronica?
And those on Ji-yeon's wrist
are Buddhist beads.
I put them on just in case.
W-What is it?
(Japanese) We're ready.
What do we do now?
We have to insert hair and nails
from everyone participating in the game.
Oh, you're fluent in Korean as well!
I'll just speak Korean for now
to speed things up.
Okay.
I'll cut your hair.
Starting with Hyun-jung,
holding the camera.
Oh... Okay.
Oh... That's horrifying.
You were all bangs.
Is it weird?
It's not great.
Must we cut our bangs off?
No, we'll cut from the back.
(Broken Japanese) Please focus.
Now, we have to say the names of
the participants two times each.
My name is Min-ju.
Like that.
My name is...
(Japanese) Wait a second.
Why?
Before that, we need to name the doll.
Oh, right.
I saw it on the tape too.
They named it Park Mal-suk or something.
Park Mal-suk? That's fucking lame.
What should we call her?
Willy Minky?
Willy Minky?
That's worse.
She sounds like a skank.
What? What is it?
It was going to be my stage name.
My name is Ji-yeon.
My name is Hyun-jung
My name is Eun-byul.
My name is Min-ju.
Your name is Willy Minky.
Willy Minky is it.
This is scary already.
What do we do now?
Now we have to hold saltwater
in our mouths and hide.
Make sure not to
swallow it or spit it out!
Guys! Let's all carefully scatter
to our designated spots.
Okay!
Why are you turning it on?
The TV will pick up any abnormality
if the ghost comes near.
I saw it in a movie.
Oh, you're a cinephile indeed!
Oh, this is nothing.
- Hi, everyone at Segang Girls' High School.
- Let's hide!
I'm your vitamin, Reporter Ha Eun-byul.
Today, we're going to explore
Segang Girls' High School.
Eun-byul's Vlog.
Eun-byul's Vlog.
Twinklers!
I'm in the music room, hiding from a ghost.
It's going to be wild!
It's going to be wild!
Eun-byul!
Damn, you scared me!
Aren't you so excited, guys?
Nothing's happening.
I know...
Okay, here we go!
What's that sound?
It's the cursed bell from the tape!
L-Look over there!
What is it?
Guys!
There's no CCTV.
What did we see, then?
Guys! This is way scarier
than I thought.
What happened?
There was someone on the piano.
What are you saying?
What's with the hair?
I don't know. It came down from above
and Min-ju cut some of it.
As expected of our mercenary!
The cursed bell rang.
This hide-and-seek business
is way worse than I thought.
Let's end it for now
and talk this over.
No!
What?
Aren't you going to college?
Does college matter right now?
Of course it does!
For the KSATs... And for college...
We've been grinding ourselves until now.
You guys know it too.
We're the first generation to be
poorer than our parents.
Veronica...
Look at us, thrown into this
crazy world of competition!
And look how we're all
just trying to survive in it!
Yes. That's the theme.
But no tear-jerkers!
Tear-jerker?
Let's just stop the game
and talk about this.
We're only buying the ghost
time as we speak.
Do you think that's right?
No!
Min-ju, what do we do now?
If we sprinkle salt on the cursed doll,
the game will be over.
Let's go!
What's a tear-jerker?
When we sprinkle the salt,
the game will be over.
No one will win or lose,
but today's game will be over.
The ghost might follow us
until next year, though.
Okay. Let's just end it
and think about what to do.
Okay.
(Japanese) Okay.
Hide-and-seek is over.
Is it over?
(Japanese) Yes.
Roll.
What? Why?
Just keeping a record.
Oh.
We just ended the hide-and-seek game.
We'd better go home and
try again next time.
What the fuck is this?
The cursed bell is still playing!
(Japanese) What?!
Does this mean the game isn't over?
'Out of service'
Guys! Your phones!
'Out of service'
Check your phones!
It's out of service!
What's wrong?
Why is the game still on?
(Broken Japanese) There's no way!
(Broken Japanese) Hide-and-seek is over!
(Japanese) Low-sodium salt?
What?
Low-sodium salt.
What does that mean?
The salt isn't salty enough.
The curse isn't broken
because it's low-sodium salt?
I knew the salt tasted bland!
(Broken Japanese)There's no way!
(Broken Japanese) I bought this directly from Japan!
'Mom'
- Mom!
- Where are you?
We're at school, Mom!
- At school where?
- The bathroom...
School... where?
Mom...
We're in the bath-
So there are four of you?
Wait!
Why?
Did we have so many stairs at school?
What are you talking about?
We keep going down
but we're still on the same floor!
What?
I think the premise is that we can't
leave the school until the game is over!
We're all going to die
if we run away like this!
Stop talking nonsense
and follow me!
Hyun-jung, wait up!
What's going on?
We're trapped.
Trapped?
We can only leave the school
when the game is over.
Where's Eun-byul?
Huh? She was right behind me!
- Eun-byul!
- Eun-byul!
Veronica!
Ha Eun-byul!
- (Japanese) Eun-byul!
- Veronica!
Wait!
We're just wasting energy.
It'd be quicker to just
end this game.
Yeah! We just need salt, right?
Yes! Theoretically.
Where do they keep salt at school?
The cafeteria!
Roll!
Do we have to keep recording like this?
Yes.
The nun said that we wouldn't win
if we did it without filming.
(Broken Japanese) That's the kitchen!
Guys.
Let's split up and look for it.
Try not to get out of
each other's sight.
Okay.
Everything is locked.
Is this locked too?
Oh.
Why is the doll in here?
Hyun-jung!
(Japanese) Hyun-jung!
Your grades should be pumping up
as much as your arms.
Leave this to me, and go!
But...
Hurry!
Find the salt and end the game!
Just hang on! We'll be right back!
- Oh!
- What?
Did you think of something?
Is calcium chloride also salt?
- Are you a natural sciences student?
- Liberal arts.
Cal... Cal... Salt, what?
If calcium chloride is also salt,
I think I saw it in the storage earlier.
Really?
We should try it at least. Let's go.
Okay.
Hyun-jung! We'll be right back!
Hyun-jung...
Eun-byul?
Open the door...
It's so cold in here...
What is this place...?
Open the door...
Eun-byul...
Teachers' Room
Where did everyone go?
Guys, I'm scared.
No. The nun survived.
That means we can, too...
If I film the ghost and upload it...
it'll go viral...
Eun-byul's Vlog...
Twinklers, hi...
I've been playing ghost hide-and-seek
and I've been isolated.
I ran downstairs because
I heard a strange noise,
but I think we've all been split up.
Eun-byul. Are you here?
Oh, not here.
That's fucking hilarious!
How does it feel to fall on your face?
Miss Amoeba?
Min-ju, stick close.
Okay.
Guys!
Where have you been?
That's not the problem!
It's Hyun-jung! She's the ghost!
Hyun-jung?
She's in the cafeteria right now.
What?
(Broken Japanese) What are those...?
What the hell?
Cliche...
Cliche?
It's French for overused phrases
or unoriginal expressions.
So?
Let's get rid of them.
Eun-byul...
Hyun-jung?
- Eun-byul...
- No.
I think the bitch is mimicking
Hyun-jung's voice.
What?
Let's go back to get Hyun-jung!
She's not here.
(Japanese) Hyun-jung...
Be calm.
We can all live if we win
the game of hide-and-seek.
Let's go to the storage room
and find the calcium chloride.
Let's go.
Eun-byul...
Stop!
It's getting closer.
Eun-byul...
Why is that bitch only calling for me?
Where did you go?
(Japanese) Guys.
(Japanese) Let's hide in my classroom.
Eun-byul...
Class 2-2?
So this is your classroom.
How nice.
Huh?
Whoa.
What is it?
Look at this.
Why are they all Min-ju?
And look here.
'Seok Min-ju'
Why is it marked in red?
If you think about it...
Isn't it weird?
What?
She was alone in
the abandoned religion club.
She jumped at the chance
to join us for this game.
And it was also Min-ju
that brought the wrong salt.
Class 2-2.
The tape from 1998
also showed class 2-2.
Does that mean that Min-ju...
Talk from over there!
(Japanese) Look at this...
Stay there!
(Japanese) Look at this...
What is it?
This!
The storage! Run to the storage!
Why the storage?!
Calcium chloride!
We have to find it!
Calcium... What?!
The storage room! Where is it!?
(Japanese) Guys!!
(Japanese) Guys!!
I'll block the door. You find
the calcium chloride quickly!
- Calcium chloride?
- The stuff they sprinkle on snow!
- (Japanese) Guys!
- Found it!
(Japanese) Guys!!
Now!
Hide-and-seek is over!
I see...
We're sorry, Min-ju.
We didn't know you were being bullied.
Then did your classmates do that
to the class picture too?
I knew the calcium chloride was in here
because they bullied me here.
Get a life, you otaku bitch.
Damn, do you even shower?
We'll kill you if you use Korean, otaku.
Stop!
Fuck, damn.
I actually almost stopped.
You startled me!
I'll kill all of them
if we make it out alive.
I understand why you would've felt more
comfortable alone in the religion club.
But I've gotten to know you guys
and felt like I had friends
for the first time.
It was nice...
Come on, don't talk like you're gonna die.
It's too sad!
Thanks, guys.
Let's all make it out alive.
I'll get all of you out of here.
What happened to the doll?
I don't know.
It was in my drawer.
And I left it in the classroom.
We found the calcium chloride.
Let's go back there.
- Ji-yeon.
- Hm?
You take care of the calcium chloride.
I'll wash Min-ju's face.
She's a mess because of us.
Yeah. Okay.
I'm sorry, Min-ju.
It's okay.
- Min-ju.
- Yeah?
Take this.
Why are you giving it to me?
It's my apology.
My Christian name is Veronica.
Your Japanese god and my god
will both protect you.
You're precious. Remember that.
Veronica...
We're friends.
Don't be discouraged ever. Got it?
Okay.
(Japanese) Veronica...
Let's go find Ji-yeon now.
Okay.
Go find Ji-yeon first.
I have to use the bathroom.
Maybe it's the saltwater I swallowed
earlier. My tummy hurts.
Could it be enteritis?
I'll wait here for you.
It'll be embarrassing when I start
making thunderous sounds.
Will you wait in front of the door, then?
Okay!
Let's see if that recorded well.
My own good story.
I need one of these.
Nice.
Veronica!
Help!
Don't give up on me!
Salt bomb!
Don't give up on me!
Give me my friend back!
Eun-byul...
Veronica...
I guess calcium chloride doesn't work.
I'm sorry...
Are we all doomed?
I'm sorry...
No. Why are you sorry?
It's my fault.
What's that smell?
Sweat has salt, right?
Science isn't my thing, either.
Is it salty?
Yeah...
The science lab!
Let's try to extract it there!
- Stay close to me.
- Okay.
Min-ju!
Ji-yeon, hide behind me.
I have this talisman.
Ambanyani hombaomba hom...
I'm scared.
Don't worry, Min-ju. I'll protect you!
Jump scare.
Jump scare?
The only way that ghost can
come closer to us
is through jump scares.
What do we do then?
- Let's go!
- Okay!
Now!
Min-ju! The science lab!
Is this how extraction works?
I think I learned it in middle school.
We gotta try something.
I'm sorry.
It's okay, Min-ju.
Still...
It was my mistake to watch
the tape in the first place.
And it's also my fault for telling
the girls about it before the KSATs.
I wanted to help...
You're helping a lot
by being here, Min-ju.
I mean it.
What's with the rosary?
Veronica gave it to me
before she got caught.
Take these too.
What is it?
The legendary Buddhist nun
gave it to me to ace the KSATs.
I believe in the Japanese god...
The more the merrier.
Is that a Buddhist term?
Oh, it's just an idiom
that means "the more the better."
Believe in your god, the Christian God,
and also Buddha.
I've never gotten
so many things from so many
people in my life before.
When we get out of here,
we'll give you more.
Don't worry about it.
Let's all get out together.
Thank you.
Ji-yeon...
Act three...
What...?
Nothing...
Is that Eun-byul...?
Yeah... Open the door...
I'm so cold...
Eun-byul...
We need to talk...
I'm so cold...
Eun-byul...
Open the door... Ji-yeon...
Yeah... You can't fool me...
What is that?
No!
Min-ju! It's on the desk!
The salt is on the desk!
Okay.
Min-ju! Hurry! The salt!
Hurry!
Min-ju!
J-Ji-yeon...
Ji-yeon!
No!
'Segang Girls' High School'
I'm sorry, girls...
I'm sorry, girls...
I'm sorry, girls...
I'm sorry, girls...
I'm sorry... I'm sorry...
Min-ju.
Have you eaten?
I'm sorry, girls...
I'm sorry...
- I'm sorry...
- Min-ju! Shoot a vlog with me!
Eun-byul's Vlog!
I'm so sorry... It's my fault...
Buddha...?
(Hindi) If you seek to be truly strong,
learn to be by yourself.
(Hindi) Lean on yourself as a beacon.
Mary...?
(Hebrew) My darling little lamb.
(Hebrew) What are you afraid of?
(Hebrew) I am always with you.
(Hebrew) Trust yourself, and go forth with courage.
I'm sorry.
Huh?
Where the fuck are you?!
The only way that ghost can
come closer to us is through jump scares.
Jump scare.
Your Japanese god and my god
will both protect you.
You're precious. Remember that. Got it?
(Hindi and Hebrew) Go, go, go!
Cliche.
(Hindi) You have a beautiful baby.
(Hindi) Does he take after his father?
(Hebrew) Thank you, but I'm single.
(Hindi) You're a single mom?
(Hebrew) Something like that.
You're slow.
You're too slow!
(Hindi) Oh, no. What will she do?
(Japanese) Where am I?
Girls?
Hey...
Hey...
Go sit down.
Huh?
Hurry and sit down.
The premise is that we understand her.
Sit down!
Okay.
344512315...
What's going on?
The answers to this year's KSATs.
We all won thanks to you, Min-ju.
Thank you.
But I'm a junior, so I don't need...
Then you should die!
No!
That wasn't in the rules!
We won!
Fine.
We'll graduate but Min-ju will stay
and edit the video we filmed together.
Right, Min-ju?
Don't hit her!
She fucking beat me up.
Go out that way.
3, 4, 4, 5... 1, 2, 3...
1, 5, 4, 2... 3, 1, 4...
Excuse me.
Why are you doing this?
It's fun.
Jeez.
Who came up with Willy Minky?
It's fucking lame.
There are girls stuck in the school now!
Ma'am, we looked everywhere
but we didn't see anyone.
They might've just ran away.
So please calm down and wait.
Hey! Over there!
Where'd they come from?
And so, the hide-and-seek game was over.
The girls got perfect scores on the KSATs
and got into schools they wanted.
Whoa... That's sick.
Mad respect.
'KSAT Perfect Score OMG!'
Kim Ji-yeon, Ha Eun-byul, Lee Hyun-jung
I stayed behind after they graduated
and edited the records of that night
to keep our promise to the ghost.
The memories of us
staking our lives that night...
One out of every two teenagers in Korea
feels anxiety and depression
due to school-related stress.
And one out of every four has
considered taking their own lives.
We compete and compete,
stuck in the frame
that was set up by adults.
And then we become adults ourselves.
Will we be happy when we do?
Oh, No tear-jerkers.
One year later, School anniversary
(Hebrew) You're dead.
(Hindi) May the heavens help you.
(Japanese) Long time no see.
(Japanese) I'm a senior now.
(Japanese) And all my friends are seniors too.
Tell us the answers.
Let's go!
Idiot Girls and School Ghost: School anniversary
It's on.
Hey, everyone. What are you up to?
'October 1998 Segang Girls' High School'
The KSATs are right around the corner. What do we do?
If you win ghost hide-and-seek
on the day of the school anniversary,
you get a perfect score on the KSAT.
Hey, do you actually believe that stuff?
Just hurry up!
Today's the school anniversary.
We came here together to do
ghost hide-and-seek.
Okay, we're doing the ritual
to conjure the ghost.
Oh, that looks legit.
What do we do now?
We have to call the doll's name.
Your name is Park Mal-suk...
Hey! What? What is it?
We just... passed this classroom
just a minute ago.
What are you saying?
Hey, when did those get there?
Idiot Girls and School Ghost: School Anniversary
October 2024, Segang Girls' High School
Oh! My sun!
Pity is me that loves thee.
Your eyes shine like the sunset in twilight,
but where is my heart...
Blackout.
Cut.
You call that acting?
Huh?
You learn that stuff while
paying hundreds of dollars,
and for college at that?
Oh, this line...
And why would you say "Blackout"?
Do we look like we have time to spare?
No...
Hyun-jung, how are we doing?
The sun's dropping.
We have time for maybe three more takes.
Let's hurry this up.
Guys, this is just a little homework
for my acting academy.
Why do you care...
Why?
Is acting a joke to you?
No...
This line fits this time of the day
with this natural light.
How many times must I tell you?
Illuminators are fake.
That sun is the real light.
Understand?
Yeah...
Art... is in the details.
Understand?
Yeah...
That's a wrap.
Let's try again at this time tomorrow.
That's a wrap!
Look here. What is this?
An amoeba.
Yes. It's an amoeba.
An amoeba is a single-cell organism
that's usually found in water bodies.
Oh, look. We have some in our class.
You're an amoeba if you get bad grades.
You're all seniors.
But your grades are terrible
with the KSATs around the corner.
Amoebas, look at your grades
and feel some remorse. Got it?
Okay...
Class of 2025 KSAT September Mock Exam Results
Average Level: Level 8
Broadcasting Room
That's not right.
Film
My Life Film is My Soul
That's not right.
Oh! Jeez!
Oh, Miss Cinephile.
What are you doing here?
I was working on my portfolio.
You should spend this
time studying, Ji-yeon.
If you want to be a film director,
it's more important to get your grades up
and go to a better college.
Famous directors mostly all
went to good schools in Seoul.
All the TV directors
went to good schools too.
There's not much time left
until the KSATs...
And there's no hope with my grades anyway.
Of course. Good luck, then.
'Film, My Life Film is My Soul'
I haven't seen these before.
1998 School Anniversary Ghost Hide-and-Seek
"Ghost Hide-and-Seek"?
Sounds like a generic Korean horror film.
I shouldn't watch it.
What is this?
Oh! My sun!
Pity is me that loves thee.
Your eyes shine like the sunset in twilight,
but where is my heart...
Blackout, then off stage.
Oh, shit! Sorry!
Cut.
- Director?
- Huh?
How was that? Should we go again?
Yeah... Let's go again.
Camera.
Roll.
Ready. Action.
Oh! My sun!
Pity is me that loves...
What the fuck!
Oh, Hyun-jung! Are you okay?
Sorry...
Are you okay?
I'm fine. Let's wrap for today.
What's with her?
I know, right?
Oh, right!
Eun-byul's Vlog.
Today, I decided to film myself practicing
for my college audition.
I hope it turned out well.
Please watch and leave comments below!
Here is the camerawoman
of my broadcasting club.
Hello!
Question! Why do you always work out
with your pink weight?
As a camerawoman... I have to...
carry heavy equipment...
Oh! You have to carry heavy things,
so you work on your strength!
Noice!
Noice!
Looking for something?
Yearbooks...
Section A, row five, third shelf.
Thank you...
Su-gyung! Park Su-gyung!
'Perfect score on the KSAT'
Park Su-gyung. That's her.
Three glorious perfect scorers?
Three perfect scorers from
one school at the same time!
Is it true that you just studied off textbooks?
Miss Park! Why are you leaving
the secular world after that perfect score?
One comment, please!
Hyunbongsa Temple?
Merciful Buddha. This is Hyunbongsa Temple.
May i help you?
It's been a long time.
I was pretty too back then.
You still are.
Temple food suited me well.
Famine foods are great in this region.
I like famine foods as well.
Is that important now?
Oh... No...
So... You watched the tape?
Yes.
Where should I start...
There was a legend at our school.
A legend?
A legend that if you win ghost hide-and-seek
on the day of the school anniversary,
you could get perfect score on the KSAT.
Ghost hide-and-seek?
Ready or not, here I come.
The game begins at midnight
and lasts until sun-up.
You have to hide while keeping
saltwater in your mouth.
If at least one person survives,
all the participants were to know
the answers to the exams.
I hid by myself that night
and was able to win the game.
I won!
I didn't get caught,
so my friends and I got the answers
to the KSAT.
Congratulations.
Is that important now?
Oh... No.
We participated after watching
a videotape made by our seniors.
But... What if everyone gets caught?
If every participant gets caught,
they disappear from everyone's memories.
Disappear?
Yes.
That's as far as I know.
And I don't know who else played
after us back in 1998.
But...
But...?
Guessing from how we haven't had
any perfect scorers since then,
it can be deduced that no one
has won the game ever since.
You're right.
Miss...
I'm sorry.
For what?
That tape is cursed.
It was our promise with the ghost
to leave that tape behind.
And people who watch it
must play hide-and-seek with the ghost!
What if they don't?
If they don't...
The ghost will follow them
until they die!
Here.
What is this?
I heard you were coming
so I wanted to help you in some way.
So I wrote down all you need to know
to play the game.
At midnight of the coming school anniversary,
just do the ritual as written on the paper.
Hide with saltwater in your mouth.
Okay.
And here...
'Wishing you a perfect score on the KSAT'
Merciful Buddha.
'Wishing you a perfect score on the KSAT'
I'm so fucking nervous about
mock exam results tomorrow.
Oh, you should watch your language.
No need for such f-bombs.
Eun-byul's Vlog!
Hi, Twinklers!
We get our final mock exam results
back tomorrow before the KSATs.
I'm going to sleep with prayers in my heart.
Let's go to a college in Seoul!
Root for me, please! Bye!
You have 26 subscribers.
Two of them are me and Ji-yeon.
I'm just getting ready for
my celebrity life.
Ji-yeon, what's going on with you?
Where did you go earlier?
Are you sick?
Guys...
'1998 School Anniversary Ghost Hide-and-Seek'
So this is the cursed tape that
gets you perfect scores
on the KSAT, huh?
Yeah...
It's real.
A ghost has been following me
ever since I watched it.
Even now?
Where is it?
Holy crap!
Ugh, that's eerie.
I have to go to acting school.
I have study hall.
Hey, don't leave me here!
Hyun-jung.
You said you did so well on the test.
Yes...
And you took all those expensive
online courses, too?
Yes...
But if you're still at Level 8,
just guess for your answers.
You'd have a better chance by doing that.
Yes...
I know you studied very hard
for the last three years.
You diligently worked out because
you'd be carrying heavy equipment in college.
But...
If you're averaging at Level 8
even after all of that...
Your grades should be pumping up
as much as your arms.
Yes...
Dreams are important,
but let's think of reality too. Okay?
Yes...
Eun-byul's Vlog!
Hi, Twinklers!
I'm getting my mock exam results
for the last time in high school today.
I'm so nervous!
My grades are right in front of me.
Drum roll! I'm so nervous!
Let's go to a college in Seoul!
Ta-da!
Drum roll!
Level 8, level 8, level 8, level 8...
It's not here.
Wake up!
Looking for this?
Yeah.
Why are you here?
I was thinking of watching it
by myself, but then you showed up.
You too?
Yeah..
You studied so hard.
Didn't you take online courses, too?
My grades aren't going up.
The teacher told me
to just guess for my answers.
I'm an amoeba after all.
- Amoeba?
- Yeah.
What's that?
Nothing. What about your grades?
Ever heard of Gojoseon Community College?
Where's that?
I've never heard of it, but I'm
eligible to apply apparently.
I've never heard of it, either.
The KSATs are right around the corner.
We should do something, right?
Go?
Let's go.
What are you guys doing?!
Don't watch it!
How much did you watch?
Tell me you didn't watch it.
We already watched it five times.
She had great angles for her shots.
It's a classic.
It's dope.
A ghost is gonna follow you two now...
Come on! You're way too into this.
What are those beads?
The girl that won the game
in this tape gave them to me.
Where?
Hyunbongsa Temple.
Hyunbongsa? It sounds familiar.
You mean that legendary nun?
Yup.
- "Legendary nun"?
- Yeah.
I covered her for a piece
in the broadcasting club.
Back in the year 1998,
our school miraculously had
three perfect KSAT scorers.
And one of them left the secular world
as soon as she graduated
and became a Buddhist nun.
I heard that a blind man regained his vision
because he was so shocked.
Oh, cool.
So if you win, you get perfect scores.
What if you lose?
You disappear from everyone's memories.
You're making this even scarier.
Let's go, Hyun-jung.
See you tomorrow.
Guys.
Yes?
Be careful...
Ugh, that again.
- Ghost, my foot.
- What's wrong with her?
If you look at the bottom of page 85,
the definition says
that you must get paid proper wages
according to the contract
and must be guaranteed
the minimum wage according to the law.
Employment, wages, and...
'Nurse's Office'
I said you're fine.
I said you're fine.
Come on. Something's wrong with me.
You look very healthy right now.
Just lie down for this period
and go home if you must.
I have urgent business to tend to.
Come on...
Don't leave me alone here...
Wow!
I heard you're getting acting lessons.
You almost got me!
Anyway, I'll be back soon.
Text me if you need something.
Or call me. Okay?
Oh.. I don't feel well...
Eun-byul's Vlog...
Hi, Twinklers.
I don't feel very well now, so I'm
lying down at the nurse's office.
Make sure you take care of yourselves
before you get sick, Twinklers.
I don't feel well, but I still
thought of you guys first.
So today's video is about...
the school nurse's office!
Let me show you around.
Let's go!
Cough, cough.
This is where our school nurse sits.
He's a complete angel.
Thank you, always!
If you look this way,
these are medicines that keep
all the students nice and healthy.
Thank you, medicine!
And you, Twinklers, are
band-aids for my heart!
Fuck, what is that?
Are you okay?
The ghost just follows you around,
and doesn't really do any harm.
What do we do now?
What is this?
The nun wrote down all the things
we need for ghost hide-and-seek.
The legendary nun?
Yeah.
I should get these things ready.
Are you really going to do it?
Yeah, if not now,
it'll be following us around
until the next school anniversary.
The one coming up soon
is going to be our chance.
Fuck! I saw it! I saw the ghost!
You scared me!
Hyun-jung!
I heard that this school is built
on a graveyard.
A graveyard?
Our school anniversary is
when they destroyed it.
So rumors say that angry spirits
still linger around this place.
I heard that this used to be
a mental hospital.
And the crazy hospital director
killed all the patients.
That's a different movie.
Oh, right.
It's this week. The anniversary.
Yeah.
Okay, let's do this.
We can't let the ghost keep chasing us.
Yeah! What's the worst that can happen!
Why are you crying?
It's like we lost already!
Sorry, guys. It's all my fault.
No, we watched it ourselves.
And if we win, we'll ace the KSATs!
I'll dish about it on TV one day.
But it's kind of risky for us to go alone.
Yeah, but...
What could we do?
We need a secret weapon.
A secret weapon?
Who's that?
Seok Min-ju, junior, religion club.
There's a religion club?
Yeah. We covered them
on the school news before.
She studied Japanese as her second
language and met a Japanese god.
A Japanese god?
Yeah, and she only always aces
her second language mock exams.
Maybe she knows something.
What if she's the only one in the club?
Fair point.
Is this it?
(Japanese) Who are you!
(Japanese) Help yourselves.
(Broken Japanese) What brings you here?
Uh.. We need you as our mercenary.
(Broken Japanese) A mercenary?
We heard you take great interest in religion.
And you shot some news footage
with our camerawoman?
(Japanese) Have you been well?
What is she saying?
Basically, "How've you been?"
I'm taking Japanese as my
second language as well.
(Japanese) Speak freely.
Well...
Whisper, whisper.
(Broken Japanese) Interesting.
Do you know anything about
the school anniversary?
(Japanese) Before that...
(Broken Japanese) You are all seniors.
(Broken Japanese) I'm still a junior.
(Broken Japanese) Please speak freely.
Shall we?
Cough.
Do you know anything?
(Broken Japanese) I'm not sure.
(Broken Japanese) But I've always felt
(Broken Japanese) that this place is haunted.
Will you come with us?
Please...
We need a character like you
just about now.
(Japanese) I'll be happy to.
(Broken Japanese) I've been bored, you see.
(Broken Japanese) This is good.
(Japanese) Wow! Thank you!
Broadcasting Room
She passed out.
Is she really our mercenary?
In any case, Min-ju watched it too,
so she has no choice.
She has to come with us.
Let's start with what the nun wrote down.
She said we can find the things
we need at the market.
I'll bring the cursed doll.
I'll bring the red thread
to sew the doll.
(Broken Japanese) I'll prepare the salt and prayer.
I came to buy rice for
the curse ritual today.
'Salt'
(Japanese) This is too salty.
The deal is to film the game
with a camcorder.
Mm-hm. I'm ready.
Tomorrow is finally the day.
Everyone, be prepared.
- Yup!
- (Japanese) Yes.
One, two, let's...
What is that?
It's an homage.
An homage?
It's referencing a line or scene
of a movie with admiration.
What?
I said, "Can I come in?"
Yeah...
Sorry. Bye.
Rainbow smash!
Today is the school anniversary.
No one's here.
Act two.
What?
Let's go!
Good evening, it's October 26th.
We've gathered at school at night
on the day of the school anniversary
to play ghost hide-and..
What are you doing there? Sit!
I went to grab my selfie stick.
Are you vlogging in this situation?
The deal was to record a video,
so this is a way to do that as well.
What if Hyun-jung's camera breaks
or Hyun-jung gets caught first?
Don't say things like that!
What's with the Buddhist beads?
Miss Amoeba, these are called
a "rosary," not "Buddhist beads."
You see,
I'm Catholic.
My Christian name is Veronica.
Veronica?
And those on Ji-yeon's wrist
are Buddhist beads.
I put them on just in case.
W-What is it?
(Japanese) We're ready.
What do we do now?
We have to insert hair and nails
from everyone participating in the game.
Oh, you're fluent in Korean as well!
I'll just speak Korean for now
to speed things up.
Okay.
I'll cut your hair.
Starting with Hyun-jung,
holding the camera.
Oh... Okay.
Oh... That's horrifying.
You were all bangs.
Is it weird?
It's not great.
Must we cut our bangs off?
No, we'll cut from the back.
(Broken Japanese) Please focus.
Now, we have to say the names of
the participants two times each.
My name is Min-ju.
Like that.
My name is...
(Japanese) Wait a second.
Why?
Before that, we need to name the doll.
Oh, right.
I saw it on the tape too.
They named it Park Mal-suk or something.
Park Mal-suk? That's fucking lame.
What should we call her?
Willy Minky?
Willy Minky?
That's worse.
She sounds like a skank.
What? What is it?
It was going to be my stage name.
My name is Ji-yeon.
My name is Hyun-jung
My name is Eun-byul.
My name is Min-ju.
Your name is Willy Minky.
Willy Minky is it.
This is scary already.
What do we do now?
Now we have to hold saltwater
in our mouths and hide.
Make sure not to
swallow it or spit it out!
Guys! Let's all carefully scatter
to our designated spots.
Okay!
Why are you turning it on?
The TV will pick up any abnormality
if the ghost comes near.
I saw it in a movie.
Oh, you're a cinephile indeed!
Oh, this is nothing.
- Hi, everyone at Segang Girls' High School.
- Let's hide!
I'm your vitamin, Reporter Ha Eun-byul.
Today, we're going to explore
Segang Girls' High School.
Eun-byul's Vlog.
Eun-byul's Vlog.
Twinklers!
I'm in the music room, hiding from a ghost.
It's going to be wild!
It's going to be wild!
Eun-byul!
Damn, you scared me!
Aren't you so excited, guys?
Nothing's happening.
I know...
Okay, here we go!
What's that sound?
It's the cursed bell from the tape!
L-Look over there!
What is it?
Guys!
There's no CCTV.
What did we see, then?
Guys! This is way scarier
than I thought.
What happened?
There was someone on the piano.
What are you saying?
What's with the hair?
I don't know. It came down from above
and Min-ju cut some of it.
As expected of our mercenary!
The cursed bell rang.
This hide-and-seek business
is way worse than I thought.
Let's end it for now
and talk this over.
No!
What?
Aren't you going to college?
Does college matter right now?
Of course it does!
For the KSATs... And for college...
We've been grinding ourselves until now.
You guys know it too.
We're the first generation to be
poorer than our parents.
Veronica...
Look at us, thrown into this
crazy world of competition!
And look how we're all
just trying to survive in it!
Yes. That's the theme.
But no tear-jerkers!
Tear-jerker?
Let's just stop the game
and talk about this.
We're only buying the ghost
time as we speak.
Do you think that's right?
No!
Min-ju, what do we do now?
If we sprinkle salt on the cursed doll,
the game will be over.
Let's go!
What's a tear-jerker?
When we sprinkle the salt,
the game will be over.
No one will win or lose,
but today's game will be over.
The ghost might follow us
until next year, though.
Okay. Let's just end it
and think about what to do.
Okay.
(Japanese) Okay.
Hide-and-seek is over.
Is it over?
(Japanese) Yes.
Roll.
What? Why?
Just keeping a record.
Oh.
We just ended the hide-and-seek game.
We'd better go home and
try again next time.
What the fuck is this?
The cursed bell is still playing!
(Japanese) What?!
Does this mean the game isn't over?
'Out of service'
Guys! Your phones!
'Out of service'
Check your phones!
It's out of service!
What's wrong?
Why is the game still on?
(Broken Japanese) There's no way!
(Broken Japanese) Hide-and-seek is over!
(Japanese) Low-sodium salt?
What?
Low-sodium salt.
What does that mean?
The salt isn't salty enough.
The curse isn't broken
because it's low-sodium salt?
I knew the salt tasted bland!
(Broken Japanese)There's no way!
(Broken Japanese) I bought this directly from Japan!
'Mom'
- Mom!
- Where are you?
We're at school, Mom!
- At school where?
- The bathroom...
School... where?
Mom...
We're in the bath-
So there are four of you?
Wait!
Why?
Did we have so many stairs at school?
What are you talking about?
We keep going down
but we're still on the same floor!
What?
I think the premise is that we can't
leave the school until the game is over!
We're all going to die
if we run away like this!
Stop talking nonsense
and follow me!
Hyun-jung, wait up!
What's going on?
We're trapped.
Trapped?
We can only leave the school
when the game is over.
Where's Eun-byul?
Huh? She was right behind me!
- Eun-byul!
- Eun-byul!
Veronica!
Ha Eun-byul!
- (Japanese) Eun-byul!
- Veronica!
Wait!
We're just wasting energy.
It'd be quicker to just
end this game.
Yeah! We just need salt, right?
Yes! Theoretically.
Where do they keep salt at school?
The cafeteria!
Roll!
Do we have to keep recording like this?
Yes.
The nun said that we wouldn't win
if we did it without filming.
(Broken Japanese) That's the kitchen!
Guys.
Let's split up and look for it.
Try not to get out of
each other's sight.
Okay.
Everything is locked.
Is this locked too?
Oh.
Why is the doll in here?
Hyun-jung!
(Japanese) Hyun-jung!
Your grades should be pumping up
as much as your arms.
Leave this to me, and go!
But...
Hurry!
Find the salt and end the game!
Just hang on! We'll be right back!
- Oh!
- What?
Did you think of something?
Is calcium chloride also salt?
- Are you a natural sciences student?
- Liberal arts.
Cal... Cal... Salt, what?
If calcium chloride is also salt,
I think I saw it in the storage earlier.
Really?
We should try it at least. Let's go.
Okay.
Hyun-jung! We'll be right back!
Hyun-jung...
Eun-byul?
Open the door...
It's so cold in here...
What is this place...?
Open the door...
Eun-byul...
Teachers' Room
Where did everyone go?
Guys, I'm scared.
No. The nun survived.
That means we can, too...
If I film the ghost and upload it...
it'll go viral...
Eun-byul's Vlog...
Twinklers, hi...
I've been playing ghost hide-and-seek
and I've been isolated.
I ran downstairs because
I heard a strange noise,
but I think we've all been split up.
Eun-byul. Are you here?
Oh, not here.
That's fucking hilarious!
How does it feel to fall on your face?
Miss Amoeba?
Min-ju, stick close.
Okay.
Guys!
Where have you been?
That's not the problem!
It's Hyun-jung! She's the ghost!
Hyun-jung?
She's in the cafeteria right now.
What?
(Broken Japanese) What are those...?
What the hell?
Cliche...
Cliche?
It's French for overused phrases
or unoriginal expressions.
So?
Let's get rid of them.
Eun-byul...
Hyun-jung?
- Eun-byul...
- No.
I think the bitch is mimicking
Hyun-jung's voice.
What?
Let's go back to get Hyun-jung!
She's not here.
(Japanese) Hyun-jung...
Be calm.
We can all live if we win
the game of hide-and-seek.
Let's go to the storage room
and find the calcium chloride.
Let's go.
Eun-byul...
Stop!
It's getting closer.
Eun-byul...
Why is that bitch only calling for me?
Where did you go?
(Japanese) Guys.
(Japanese) Let's hide in my classroom.
Eun-byul...
Class 2-2?
So this is your classroom.
How nice.
Huh?
Whoa.
What is it?
Look at this.
Why are they all Min-ju?
And look here.
'Seok Min-ju'
Why is it marked in red?
If you think about it...
Isn't it weird?
What?
She was alone in
the abandoned religion club.
She jumped at the chance
to join us for this game.
And it was also Min-ju
that brought the wrong salt.
Class 2-2.
The tape from 1998
also showed class 2-2.
Does that mean that Min-ju...
Talk from over there!
(Japanese) Look at this...
Stay there!
(Japanese) Look at this...
What is it?
This!
The storage! Run to the storage!
Why the storage?!
Calcium chloride!
We have to find it!
Calcium... What?!
The storage room! Where is it!?
(Japanese) Guys!!
(Japanese) Guys!!
I'll block the door. You find
the calcium chloride quickly!
- Calcium chloride?
- The stuff they sprinkle on snow!
- (Japanese) Guys!
- Found it!
(Japanese) Guys!!
Now!
Hide-and-seek is over!
I see...
We're sorry, Min-ju.
We didn't know you were being bullied.
Then did your classmates do that
to the class picture too?
I knew the calcium chloride was in here
because they bullied me here.
Get a life, you otaku bitch.
Damn, do you even shower?
We'll kill you if you use Korean, otaku.
Stop!
Fuck, damn.
I actually almost stopped.
You startled me!
I'll kill all of them
if we make it out alive.
I understand why you would've felt more
comfortable alone in the religion club.
But I've gotten to know you guys
and felt like I had friends
for the first time.
It was nice...
Come on, don't talk like you're gonna die.
It's too sad!
Thanks, guys.
Let's all make it out alive.
I'll get all of you out of here.
What happened to the doll?
I don't know.
It was in my drawer.
And I left it in the classroom.
We found the calcium chloride.
Let's go back there.
- Ji-yeon.
- Hm?
You take care of the calcium chloride.
I'll wash Min-ju's face.
She's a mess because of us.
Yeah. Okay.
I'm sorry, Min-ju.
It's okay.
- Min-ju.
- Yeah?
Take this.
Why are you giving it to me?
It's my apology.
My Christian name is Veronica.
Your Japanese god and my god
will both protect you.
You're precious. Remember that.
Veronica...
We're friends.
Don't be discouraged ever. Got it?
Okay.
(Japanese) Veronica...
Let's go find Ji-yeon now.
Okay.
Go find Ji-yeon first.
I have to use the bathroom.
Maybe it's the saltwater I swallowed
earlier. My tummy hurts.
Could it be enteritis?
I'll wait here for you.
It'll be embarrassing when I start
making thunderous sounds.
Will you wait in front of the door, then?
Okay!
Let's see if that recorded well.
My own good story.
I need one of these.
Nice.
Veronica!
Help!
Don't give up on me!
Salt bomb!
Don't give up on me!
Give me my friend back!
Eun-byul...
Veronica...
I guess calcium chloride doesn't work.
I'm sorry...
Are we all doomed?
I'm sorry...
No. Why are you sorry?
It's my fault.
What's that smell?
Sweat has salt, right?
Science isn't my thing, either.
Is it salty?
Yeah...
The science lab!
Let's try to extract it there!
- Stay close to me.
- Okay.
Min-ju!
Ji-yeon, hide behind me.
I have this talisman.
Ambanyani hombaomba hom...
I'm scared.
Don't worry, Min-ju. I'll protect you!
Jump scare.
Jump scare?
The only way that ghost can
come closer to us
is through jump scares.
What do we do then?
- Let's go!
- Okay!
Now!
Min-ju! The science lab!
Is this how extraction works?
I think I learned it in middle school.
We gotta try something.
I'm sorry.
It's okay, Min-ju.
Still...
It was my mistake to watch
the tape in the first place.
And it's also my fault for telling
the girls about it before the KSATs.
I wanted to help...
You're helping a lot
by being here, Min-ju.
I mean it.
What's with the rosary?
Veronica gave it to me
before she got caught.
Take these too.
What is it?
The legendary Buddhist nun
gave it to me to ace the KSATs.
I believe in the Japanese god...
The more the merrier.
Is that a Buddhist term?
Oh, it's just an idiom
that means "the more the better."
Believe in your god, the Christian God,
and also Buddha.
I've never gotten
so many things from so many
people in my life before.
When we get out of here,
we'll give you more.
Don't worry about it.
Let's all get out together.
Thank you.
Ji-yeon...
Act three...
What...?
Nothing...
Is that Eun-byul...?
Yeah... Open the door...
I'm so cold...
Eun-byul...
We need to talk...
I'm so cold...
Eun-byul...
Open the door... Ji-yeon...
Yeah... You can't fool me...
What is that?
No!
Min-ju! It's on the desk!
The salt is on the desk!
Okay.
Min-ju! Hurry! The salt!
Hurry!
Min-ju!
J-Ji-yeon...
Ji-yeon!
No!
'Segang Girls' High School'
I'm sorry, girls...
I'm sorry, girls...
I'm sorry, girls...
I'm sorry, girls...
I'm sorry... I'm sorry...
Min-ju.
Have you eaten?
I'm sorry, girls...
I'm sorry...
- I'm sorry...
- Min-ju! Shoot a vlog with me!
Eun-byul's Vlog!
I'm so sorry... It's my fault...
Buddha...?
(Hindi) If you seek to be truly strong,
learn to be by yourself.
(Hindi) Lean on yourself as a beacon.
Mary...?
(Hebrew) My darling little lamb.
(Hebrew) What are you afraid of?
(Hebrew) I am always with you.
(Hebrew) Trust yourself, and go forth with courage.
I'm sorry.
Huh?
Where the fuck are you?!
The only way that ghost can
come closer to us is through jump scares.
Jump scare.
Your Japanese god and my god
will both protect you.
You're precious. Remember that. Got it?
(Hindi and Hebrew) Go, go, go!
Cliche.
(Hindi) You have a beautiful baby.
(Hindi) Does he take after his father?
(Hebrew) Thank you, but I'm single.
(Hindi) You're a single mom?
(Hebrew) Something like that.
You're slow.
You're too slow!
(Hindi) Oh, no. What will she do?
(Japanese) Where am I?
Girls?
Hey...
Hey...
Go sit down.
Huh?
Hurry and sit down.
The premise is that we understand her.
Sit down!
Okay.
344512315...
What's going on?
The answers to this year's KSATs.
We all won thanks to you, Min-ju.
Thank you.
But I'm a junior, so I don't need...
Then you should die!
No!
That wasn't in the rules!
We won!
Fine.
We'll graduate but Min-ju will stay
and edit the video we filmed together.
Right, Min-ju?
Don't hit her!
She fucking beat me up.
Go out that way.
3, 4, 4, 5... 1, 2, 3...
1, 5, 4, 2... 3, 1, 4...
Excuse me.
Why are you doing this?
It's fun.
Jeez.
Who came up with Willy Minky?
It's fucking lame.
There are girls stuck in the school now!
Ma'am, we looked everywhere
but we didn't see anyone.
They might've just ran away.
So please calm down and wait.
Hey! Over there!
Where'd they come from?
And so, the hide-and-seek game was over.
The girls got perfect scores on the KSATs
and got into schools they wanted.
Whoa... That's sick.
Mad respect.
'KSAT Perfect Score OMG!'
Kim Ji-yeon, Ha Eun-byul, Lee Hyun-jung
I stayed behind after they graduated
and edited the records of that night
to keep our promise to the ghost.
The memories of us
staking our lives that night...
One out of every two teenagers in Korea
feels anxiety and depression
due to school-related stress.
And one out of every four has
considered taking their own lives.
We compete and compete,
stuck in the frame
that was set up by adults.
And then we become adults ourselves.
Will we be happy when we do?
Oh, No tear-jerkers.
One year later, School anniversary
(Hebrew) You're dead.
(Hindi) May the heavens help you.
(Japanese) Long time no see.
(Japanese) I'm a senior now.
(Japanese) And all my friends are seniors too.
Tell us the answers.
Let's go!
Idiot Girls and School Ghost: School anniversary