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Wow, this is surprising. The film is full of plot holes and absurdities.
I love horror and I love LSK, but Sleep is a nightmare, and not in the way it was meant to be.

Except that it happens occasionally in real life. To say that it is "out of nature" and therefore never occurs is ridiculous. A lot of morons say homosexuality is "out of nature," yet it happens all the time among humans AND animals. Usually, brother-brother sexual exploration is brief and doesn't go anywhere as the kids mature, but once in a while not only is there sex but there is romance too.

I have two older brothers and in puberty had a crush on one of them that lasted no more than a couple months, if that. He is straight and I never did anything about it, and it faded away on its own. But logically, if the other brother is also gay and the feelings are returned, it's not going to just "fade away."

The fact we're having this discussion and that you falsely just announced that it never happens, is exactly why a show about just such a situation would be fascinating. I bet the ratings would be out of this world.

Why wouldn't someone?

Thanks for the rec, but as I mentioned I was new to BL FOUR years ago. I've seen everything by now. I agree that "Unknown" is a great one. It's #2 on my best bls list. Love Semantic Error and Never Let Me Go as well. The others not so much. The last Thai BL I liked was "moonlight chicken" two years ago. As for IFYLITA, I dropped it after two episodes. Totally over Thai time-travel stuff.

Thank you. That's some sloppy marketing.

hahaha...I'm out at the dancing in the woodland clearing scene.

Episode 6: (Anyone know why this page shows only 4 episodes when there at six out with apparently more to come?)

Wow, well, that didn't take long...
Little Jae Min is already tempted to be naughty. :)
Which works for me, as I thrive on angst, suspicion, drama, and suffering.

He wasn't possessed. He simply put on an act to convince the nutjob wife that the ghost had left his body.

I feel bad that this POS is one of the last things LSK did. I wonder what possessed him take the role?

So many plot holes and stupidities I don't know where to start. So much so that I was pulled totally out of the movie repeatedly until I decided to just stay outside it endure to the end. I would list all the dumb points of the plot but I don't care enough to do so.

Absolutely terrible.

5/10 All 5 points for LSK's acting.

Second watch and this is still a solid 8.5/10 for me.
The over-use of pink lip gloss alone dropped it half a point.

Jaechan is so natural and his acting is spot-on. I don't get why he hasn't done any more film or drama work. I know they're pushing him as part of Dongkiz and he's fun to watch in that, but he's a far better actor than he is a singer. He's a great dancer though. Interestingly, his agency is making him the first break-out solo act from Dongkiz, because he really is the least good singer in that group. Also, they're promoting him as if he's a Panda Bear, all fluffy and stuff.

On edit: I checked Jaechan's bio and he has one of four lead roles in an upcoming historical drama called "Check in Hanyang." Glad to see it. I probably won't watch it as I'm much more a movie person than a drama person, but I wish him well.

But to me, having that happen was a great opportunity for there to be a very strong reaction from the teacher, as well as heavy repercussions. She could have been pissed that he did it and yet still reported him for discipline which would surely result in suspension if not expulsion from school. Presenting her opposite feelings of romantic attraction up against anger and discipline would have been potentially a powerful storyline. Instead, she let him walk away and then mooned over him.

Weird.

But the most bizarre aspect is that it's not some random woman, it's HIS F**KING TEACHER and he slapped her right there in the school hallway. Yet she has almost no reaction, other than some kind of dreamy look of stupidity on her face as she leans against the wall.

Lots of women in Japanese films/dramas are mousy and timid. This was that annoying cliche taken to an absurd extreme. I wasn't "offended" that a character slapped his teacher, I was offended that both characters' reactions were written so bizarrely.

EXCELLENT AND ORIGINAL.
One of the best combinations of funny and horrifying I have ever seen. And without compromising on either genre. Really a neat, sharp trick here.d

There were two or three implausibles that keep this from being a possible 10.

9.5/10

But it IS a rom-com as much as it is the other thing.

I felt like the switch was pretty abrupt, but in a very good way. I actually, physically jumped and gasped at that moment of realization but I didn't feel like it pulled me out of what I had seen before so quickly as to render the before meaningless or stupid.

Lots of people don't lock their phones.

Underrated.

8.5/10

Overrated crap.

Endless, monotonous narration and exposition from several characters without which we'd have no idea what the hell is going on. This director has never heard the sage advice: "Show, don't tell."
Plot holes by the bucket.
Inconsistencies and improbabilities all over the place.
FL recites every line at the same pitch, tone, and volume while moving her lips as little as humanly possible.
Absurdly over-the-top characterizations, in particular the stay-at-home mom.
A lot of stylish cinematography, but not enough to overcome the monotony.

Terrible.

5/10

I found it boring. And I'm old.

6.5/10

A fun watch undermined by an absurd premise that became super-absurd/ridiculous by the climactic sequence. The bullying was cartoonish, as was the admin/staff all looking the other way.

I'm glad I watched it but would only mildly recommend it.

7/10