✅ Erotic psychological con revenge horror thriller period romance with subverted attic motif.
✅ First-rate script and cut that unspool the intricate narrative without confusion.
✅ Sustained motivic midpoint and climax of gruesome body horror vs. delightful ecstatic lovemaking.
Collects some unfavorable reviewer points because the (female) script writer doesn’t precisely conform to their expertise on how lesbian sex should be properly depicted and how long.
Addendum
Absolute banger of a review by Becky Tudor over at Film Obsessive.
아가씨 by Park Chan-wook, 2016.
Watched at the Bambi theater on March April 8, 2026, in its original language with subtitles.