Red Eye, or -- to be more exact -- Redeu-ai, is a 2005 Korean film that has nothing whatsoever to do with Wes Craven's film Red Eye and everything to do with good, creepy supernatural story-telling. It's the first film directed by Dong-Bin Kim since 1999's The Ring Virus. While the story features a number of confusing details, the overall effect of the film is quite good -- and one that will appeal to a wide cross-section of viewers since there is comparatively little gore and a refreshing lack of cinematic scare tactics to distract you. Good creepiness percolates slowly, a fact which American horror directors sometimes seem oblivious to.

When a train wrecks and kills scores of people, it's just not a good idea to incorporate some of the less-damaged passenger cars into another train. Of course, economics has a way of overcoming superstition and common sense. When that second train takes its last journey on the same tracks the wrecked train took, you can't help but have some ghost train manifestations. Thus, it's no surprise that a couple of young ghost hunters, one of whom can see dead people, book passage on this final journey, or that certain other individuals connected to the tragedy also turn up in one way or another. Attendant Mi-Sun (Shin-yeong Jang) traded gigs in order to be there, even though it's her birthday. We don't know exactly why at first, but her connection to the train is made pretty clear by her ability (or curse) to see things that no one else sees -- such as a creepy little boy artist and a ghostly supervisor with a bloody checklist who tells her that everyone on board is going to die.

Part of the confusion some viewers may carry away from Redeu-ai stems from the fact that there is more than one train involved in this story. One leaves the station, and just minutes later we see a late-arriving newlywed couple board another train. This second train has only a handful of passengers, so it's a little disarming when the film starts switching between the two -- but not to worry because the twain (no pun intended, unless you think it's funny) is fated to become one after the first train makes a temporary emergency stop.

If you're looking for visceral horror, you won't find it here. Redeu-ai is a genuine ghost story with deliciously creepy overtones, the kind of film only being made in Asia these days. It may incorporate elements of films you've seen before, but those elements are brought together beautifully and the train setting helps define the film's individual identity. This isn't a must-see Asian horror film, but it's definitely worth seeing for those who appreciate a good, suspenseful ghost story.