Synopsis
'Madam White Snake is a film version of "Love of the White Snake" in a Chinese fairy tale. The way a grudged female ghost gets even with her enemy is different from the traditional Korean horror genre. In this movie, the thousand-year-old white snake is not a monster who holds hostility toward humans, rather who is more human and loves her husband dearly. Animism-driven legendary storytelling, on a black standard screen, creates a mysterious and dreamy look to it. It is refreshing that this movie without any high-tech special effects succeeds in garnering a surrealistic feeling. In particular, the female leading character Choi Eun-hee plays her role in a very different way from the traditional female characters that she used to play.