Joo Hyun-young, the story of how she became a horror YouTuber thirsty for views(Ghost Train)

MOVIES Jun 04, 2025

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The horror film ‘The Haunted House’ starring Joo Hyun-young has raised expectations for the film by releasing nine press stills.

‘The Ghost Train’, which opens on July 2nd, is a mystery horror film about Da-kyung(Joo Hyun-young), a horror YouTuber thirsty for views, who uncovers the secrets of Gwanglim Station where a series of mysterious disappearances occur and encounters horrific incidents.

The released press stills reveal the anxiety and obsession of horror YouTuber Da-kyung(Joo Hyun-young)who chases views, and amplify curiosity about the truth of the ghost stories surrounding Gwanglim Station.First, Da-kyung’s expression, filled with intense tension, does not hide her obsession with YouTube views.Then, the scenes of her anxiously waiting for the Gwanglim Station Manager(Jeon Bae-soo)in the management office and her anxious appearance in the office hint at the difficult situation Da-kyung is in.

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Here, the tense moment that Gwanglim Station Master encounters in the dark subway raises the tension to the limit, and ‘Da-kyung’ with Woo-jin(Choi Bo-min)shows a different atmosphere from the previous stills, stimulating curiosity about the relationship between the two and the hidden story.

Also, the strange appearance of a woman with flowers blooming on her face arouses curiosity about fresh horror, and the sight of a middle school girl sitting in sweaty, scared, collapsed inside the station, a woman staggering dangerously in front of the subway doors, and a vending machine stained with red blood turn the subway, an everyday space, into a place of horror, and vertically raises expectations for the realistic horror that ‘Ghost Train’ will present.


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