Killer Toon | |
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Kim Yong-gyun
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Directed by | Kim Yong-gyun |
Produced by | Lee Sang-hak Han Man-taek Jeong Yong-ki |
Written by | Lee Sang-hak |
Starring |
Lee Si-young Um Ki-joon |
Music by | Choi Yong-rak |
Cinematography | Lee Jung-bae |
Edited by | Kim Mi-ju |
Production
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Filma Pictures
Line Film CJ Entertainment |
Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
Release date
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Running time
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104 min. |
Country | South Korea |
Killer Toon (Hangul: 더 웹툰: 예고살인; RR: Deo Web-tun: Yeo-go-sal-in) is a 2013 South Korean horror film directed by Kim Yong-gyun, and starring Lee Si-young and Um Ki-joon.
The film was successful at the box office, as it was the first South Korean horror film to sell more than one million cinema tickets since Death Bell in 2008.
After a series of murders are committed that mimic a famous webtoon, detective Lee Ki-cheol (Um Ki-joon) places the cartoonist Kang Ji-yoon (Lee Si-young) on the list of suspects.
Killer Toon was released in South Korea on June 27, 2013 and was financially successful on its release. By July 15, 2013, the film grossed ₩7.79 billion (US$6.93 million). In comparison, other South Korean horror films from that year, namely Doctor and The Puppet made ₩495 million (US$441,000) and ₩228 million (US$203,000) on 68,222 and 31,713 admissions, respectively. The film debuted at second place in the South Korean box office, only being beaten by the Hollywood film World War Z.