“a function” has very quickly and very easily become one of my top favourite shorts in both the horror genre, in the ‘from South Korea’ category and just all round, one of my top favourites.

The symbolism in this is utterly beautiful; Lee Hyeon Soo has creating such a terrifying and harrowing nine minutes that follows the social pressure forced on students as their SATs come up. The gore in this was absolutely stunning for a short – I’ve seen blockbuster feature-length films struggle to come up with gory shots like “a function” did. The writing was beautiful – almost every single thing shown was a metaphor for something, and each one spoke truly wonderfully and horrifically as everything begins to click into place.

This is a solid favourite and I will be watching this numerous times in the future and I will definitely be waiting for the next film/short/etc of Lee Hyeon Soo.

I’ll keep the review short and sweet for a very bitter short, but absolutely stunning. I definitely recommend giving this one a try.