The Mimic

The Mimic is a 2017 (Hangeul: 장산범, tr. Jangsanbeom) South Korean horror film written and directed by Huh Jung, and starring Yum Jung-ah and Park Hyuk-kwon. It was released on August 17, 2017. Plot A couple argues while driving in the mountains at night. The man hits a dog and brings its body to the trunk. Inside the trunk is his wife, bloodied and bound. In the woods, the man smashes open a brick wall as his wife slowly dies. He puts the bodies inside and turns to leave when they hear the disembodied voice of his dead wife calling him. Hee-yeon, Min-ho, and their little daughter Joon-hee move to Mt. Jang with Joon-hee's grandmother, who is senile, hoping it will improve her condition and so Hee-yeon and Min-ho can heal after their young son went missing five years ago. The grandmother hears her dead sister's voice calling her from the woods. Two children come in search of their dog, the one killed in the car accident from the beginning. The kids hear their dog barking and follow the sound to the brick wall. The girl is pulled through the hole in the wall by an unseen force but escapes. The kids run to Hee-yeon and Min-ho for help. Hee-yeon encounters a little girl in the woods but is drawn away by the kids and her husband, who enters the hole and finds a bolted door. When he opens it, a mutilated woman falls through, dead. They report it to the police. That night, the mysterious girl appears at their door and Hee-yeon takes her in. The girl calls her "Mom", mimics Joon-hee's voice, and says her name is also Joon-hee. Hee-yeon discovers signs of abuse on the girl's body. Min-ho is unsettled by the girl and Hee-yeon's refusal to get over their son and move on. The police track down the man from the beginning, who now hears voices and has eye problems. He is killed by the entity. The detective discovers that Mt. Jang has many missing persons cases, all of whom reported hearing voices of dead loved ones before disappearing. He also finds an old photo from the 1980s, revealing a man with the same little girl Hee-yeon has taken in.