Horror Short Film “Nose Nose Nose Eyes!” | ALTER Exclusive
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- Опубліковано 17 лип 2024
- The terrifying day a ten year old girl witnesses her mother stabbing her father's eyes to get insurance money.
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Directed by Jiwon Moon
Produced by Gyeongsuk Baek
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Horror Short Film “Nose Nose Nose Eyes!” | ALTER
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Jiwon Moon's director statement:
"The idea for Nose Nose Nose EYES! came from an existing female criminal known as 'Lady Uhm.' Lady Uhm stabbed the eyes of her family and blinded them in order to get insurance money. Nose Nose Nose EYES! tries to picture the life of the young girl who has such a mother, and asks the audience the following questions. 'What if your mother is a psychopath who harms your family to get insurance money?' "What if you are a ten-year-old girl living under the absolute influence of such a mother?'"
ALTER The mother was definitely a psychopath because the father ask his daughter to call her uncle for help, so the mother wasn't doing it because the father asked her. But do psychopaths reveal what they are doing?
Now I understand this a bit better. At first I questioned that the mother was becoming possessed by her husband ghost in that final shot, now I think it's just that the mother is upset by the fact that she's not gonna get anymore money with him dead, so now that that cash cow is gone, she has to find a new source, setting her sights on her own daughter.
You fricking yeeeet out of there! No one is taking my eyes from me for money!
I've heard about that story from Jang Hansol. She's so creepy
ALTER wait is this a true story?
*Korean is not messing around with their horror. Period.*
*pooh*
They secretly send in drones to NK and just watch the film
okkkk
Truly!
TRUTH
Okay, who wished the girl had gotten hold of the uncle and rescue her dad.
da96103 yea why didn’t she after she heard the dad and also when her mom left or she could of called him when she was under the bed but she would of had to be really quiet in order to do that
thatwasfunnyhuh yes but we still feel pity for the young girl.
uncle ?where?
God storys like these make you want more while chilling you to the bone. A real thriller!
@@omnishi6792 in the beginning
Her dad's distorted breathing gives me anxiety
Sad Banana i know, it’s making me feel like i’m breathing like that
same
Same
I have asthma and my breathing actually sounds like that sometimes lmao
Look at how many likes you have
"Do it to dad" god, having to say something like that must be terrible, being forced to cause that to happen to someone you love for your own safety. And having to hear that from your own daughter too. this absolutely terrifies me
I mean if I was the dad in that situation I don’t think I could blame her one bit. A. Mom was gon do it any motherfuckingway B. It was a manipulative tactic to further break the kid and make the kid feel implicated to make her easily controlled and silenced. If I was her dad I would tell her that it wasn’t her fault at all mc it wasn’t. The mom just twisted it so that it felt that way to the kid.
Truly horrifying Bc real people def use tactics like that to control and manipulate and abuse in real life. Words fail.
It's stolen from 1984.
He was probably relieved.
@@kezia8835 You mean in homage to.
@@TheTuerespendejo even if her mom was going to leave her dad and do it to daughter instead and if I were in position of her dad I would've been struggling to distract her attention towards me and leave my daughter. You know what I am just 16 I don't even have a gf forget about daughter. But it feels sad to see all people blame that kid.
Felt sorry for the dad, for him to hear those words from his daughter right before his injury
Same :(😭😭😢😢😭😢😭😢😿 so bad day for dad
Really? He'd be a pretty bad dad if he'd rather his daughter get her eyes poked out whilst he lay there helpless to stop it.
@@jamesmthamo7829 🤦that's obviously not what the OP meant.
Sean Noronha WAIT THE DAD DIES?
@@pigoff5636 the wife wants the insurance money.....that's the motive for killing him
This is scary in disturbing way.
That's what scary means, not jumpscares like many do
Agreed. Disturbing, very much so.
Also the fact that this is based on a *true story* somehow gives chills to my spine
@Fernando Cunha all the classics were psychological, now everything is all Hollywood, remakes, greenscreens, CGI, A list actors making faces we've seen a million times, jump-scary bullshit
Fernando Cunha the SAW series exists and it’s made from America
Anyone else notice how 'nose nose nose' in Korean is pronounced as 'ko ko ko' which correlates to 'coo coo coo' as in the sound of a bird. While the mother sorted through many needles to gauge the husband's eye out, she ended up selecting the bird pin. She cooed and ruffled around. This makes me assume she was a bird in the flesh of a human, as birds tend to pick at eyeballs of the dead.
Underrated comment-
YASSSS
when i tell you i GASPED-
So can you please continue the story this is gold
Wow 😲
The way the dad was trying to get up and help his daughter was heartbreaking. He was looking at her to make sure she was alright. I feel so bad for him, though I understand why the daughter said "do it to daddy"
And hear is breathing he was like loud with it
The eyes are the most painful place to get hurt so she said "do it to daddy"
She was a kid. And kids don't have the courage to face things like this. I totally understand why she said do it to daddy. She must've felt horrible saying that too but kids don't know any better and besides the girl tried everything she could to save herself but the mother wasn't letting her go so that poor little girl had to say that in order to save herself
Lol if you didn’t understand why the girl said that, you probably are a psycho…
I'm going to full screen. Wish me luck.
RIP dude
RIP my dude
Im always full screen, but 20cm far away
He never returned
Gl
I knew this family was weird the moment I saw the mom eating rotten apples
GamesStudio Mobile i saw that too 🤢
Same
This got me the second the wife had to lie to her husband's bro like... casually though :(
It grossed me out
Isnt it bc you can get a high off it? I hear sometimes that can happen but maybe I'm wrong
The fact that the mother was so calm during this, as though it was just a normal part of the daily routine was probably the most terrifying thing. Wow 👏
Okay but can we appreciate the actor who played the dad? That was some dedication to keep his eyes peeled open
🤣 exactly until it turns red he should have a high talent fee for that
I think he might’ve taken breaks after each shot. Yet I’m probably wrong
I know I can def never act such
Malcolm McDowell, anyone?
FR
This would terrify my husband. He has a phobia about eyes being touched. Can’t even handle watching contacts being put in. Think I’m going to send this to him. Lmao
Nicole Niedzwiecki that’s just sick 😂
Nicole Niedzwiecki do it 😂
Updates?
Updates? Did you send it?
Zahra M lol yes he wouldn’t even view it because of the first thing you see before you play it. Lol gave him the heebie jeebies lol.
This is what I LOVE about Korean horror. It’s not the same as western horror where it’s gore and jumpscares, Korean horror is more based on a psychological message, and is very disturbing. It’s great!
Psychological horror isn't exclusive to Koreans. Western horror encompasses just about all types
@@duane7996 yeah, poorly.
@@j4y167 elaborate remark.
@@duane7996 the man with the annoying orange profile pic is saying that?
@@j4y167 I think you have a reading comprehension problem.
I love Korean accent. The way they're dragging words a bit, and this almost interrogative, musical tone in their sentences is really beautiful
When she bought out the needle I was literally about to stop the video 😂
same 😂
Cristina Adobas damm know I’m worried
We’re glad you stuck around.
ME TOO
I was like “I’m boutta head out”
LMAO when the girl said "do it to dad"
The dad said: O_O
11:12
😂😂😂
Lmao
0∆0
He said that the whole time
I'm dead🤣🤣🤣☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
The sound of the dads breathing gives me anxiety lol
ITS ALWAYS THE KOREANS THAT MAKES THE SCARIEST MOVIES AALSJSJOAOWR
Nah mostly Japanese but Koreans too
u haven't watched japan and indonesia horror movies istg they give me nightmares
Yikes
Stupid bts stans
@@nisa-gb6uf don't forget Thailand and Turkey
Lesson to learn here: Don't marry a psychopath.
I-I don't think he knew...
@@sunnycustardpie i think so too. The mother was manipulative, she could easily have seduced her husband with him not noticing the signs.
Tha ks
Damnit! Looks like I'm never getting married
Sometimes you would never know until it's too late
Man, oh man. Great performances! The mother/daughter dialogue in the living room was keenly "off". It is the little things like this that both create great art and should be considered a grave warning. Well done! Also, wearing those eyelid clamps ...Beast-mode level commitment. Bravo!
We must agree! Jiwon Moon's film creates such a disturbing world and cast of characters, where everything is perfectly placed in the film to unnerve the audience and hint at the horrors that are awaiting us.
The use of eye clamps isn't original. It was first done in a 1970's movie called A Clockwork Orange.
@@starman4699no sh..t, aren’t you Sherlock Holmes? It’s been used in many other movies than a Clockwork orange, everything we see is a copy of a copy of a copy my friend open your eyes
@@georgesr8979 If this angers you so much maybe consider Prozac
I probably need those clamps because I can't keep my eyes open when I need to put eye drops in.
I'm Korean, lol, and the scene where Ji-hyo is begging her mom not to stab her eyes out is sorrily reminiscent of my siblings and I begging our mom not to dump us on the roadside.
I'm sorry..... what...?
@@stoobergingerbell1441 My brother used to cause trouble and frustrate her to no end. We're a chill family now. I can't tell if I've been traumatized or not by it, though.
Miss Seaweed awww :’(
What in the actual heck?
Me too.
The first question asked by the father is "Did you eat anything?" which is a common thing for an older generation (this film looks like it takes place in the early 90s) to ask the young "everything's alright?" This film is so culturally accurate!
I don't think so. The mother has a cellular phone.
This is terryfiying and beautifully shot. Truly a piece of art!
When that needle got close to the eye I felt like it was me. That’s crazy. I love Alter ♥️
Thanks for being a fan. You deserve to be disturbed and ALTERed.
Them: *being cheerful and saying ack.*
Me: :D
*mom calls her a f*ing b*
Me: *:-|*
Yo Army 💜💜 💜
ARRMYYYYSS LETS GOOO
Lmfao same 🤣 I replayed it like.... ? she just said that ? wow ok
The literal translation is even more f-ed up... but much is lost in translation. The mom doesn't say "f-ing b"....
@@jhl3653 ??????
explain ?????
okay the mother may be crazy, but she
is STUNNING
“Let go of me”
She’s literally holding on to her moms hand
10:38
One hand is being held, the other, the one you may have confused, is being used to push from her mother
I think the kid is trying to pull her mother away from where she us keeping the needles.
It’s cause the mom was getting the needle
Maybe it's just so the actress doesn't actually get hurt or something? idk
🎩👞🚶♂️
This is good, disturbing story.
Good and disturbing is one of our favorite combos.
nosE NosE NoSe NOSEEE lol
@@rainydaysstrmy3614 Eays Ears Nose Toes
Less than 2 seconds in i felt scared 0-0
SAME. 👀
Same here
A Geeky Wolf Artist why
IKR? I heard the first line and I paused.
Don’t worry I think they’re called Korean people
the 1 person who disliked this video must've been Voldemort... considering this video is called Nose Nose Nose.
AND THANKS FOR THE LIKES haha
Yass!!!🤣🤣🤣
Bahhhahhahahaha
😂
Lol
Χρυσάνθη Σαββίδη best comment so far haha
I literally had problem breathing hearing the dad not being able to breathe properly
man was more terrified with his daughter being under danger than him about to go blind
One of the few scary films I could not watch until the end. Very, creepy and disturbing. The mother is an amazing actress. Her switch from feeding her daughter (who can't be more than 7 or 8) with a playfulness that suddenly turns into calling her little girl a bitch was an amazing change of body language and tone. In the room with the dad, her total insanity slowly strips away from the very fine veneer of normalcy, like someone rapidly peeling the layers of an onion away to a core squirming with rot and maggots. Nice touch with all the rotten apples on the tray in the middle of the little table and only a couple of normal looking slices. Metaphore of the mother's ongoing decay and the only two healthy people in the house, she is eating her way into. She says it's for the money, but that's just an excuse to unleash the true rot and monster at her core.
Last night I saw upon the stairs
A little man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
Oh, how I wish he'd go away
I shan't I shan't a whisper said....I'm hiding underneath your bed....😂
Isn't this called Yesturday upon the stairs? Cool
@@katherinelee3721 no it's from the poem Antigonish
Abu Huraira ok boomer
Get off drugs kids
when she said "then do we do it to you?" i was like why cant you do it to yourself
Facts
I don't know what it is about Asian horror films, but they are hands down some of the best and scariest out there. Maybe it's the depth of the stories/plots that forces me to think more critically of the stories within the story. Or maybe it is the fact that minimal special affects are employed. Whatever the case, this one was stellar!! Especially the acting.
i got scared just by the thumbnail 😣😭 you really got me Alter.
We love to see it.
@@WatchALTER lmaoo
@@WatchALTERLMAO
Any time an eye is about to get poked, I flinch and feel it!
Rainbow Doodler209 I look away lol certain little things like that make me cringe waaaaayyy too hard
Now I understand why her father's eyes looked weird in the girl's dream. The girl's dream is a eery prediction that her father's was going to become blind and disfigured even though it seems he could see her pretty well. And to make it really sad, that the girl could have sense some changes in her mother just to warn her father to make a necessary escape before she did something to her father. Oh, if that girl was older and if she had called someone who could help save her father since that girl has a hidden talent by using her dream as a warning message to help save her father's life and possibly prevent an insurance scam by uh, calling the police and having the mother committed to a mental hospital. What if that same dream can be used as a way to foretell a future event before it actually happened? Is that what the girl is actually using her sixth sense, in a form of a dream of her father's eyes being different, to predict that something bad would happen to her father? It would be interesting if a dream can be used as a way to predict a future event before it actually happens?
I have that , all the dreams i see are predictions of things that will happen in rl , sometimes i dont know when it will happen because i fail to interpret the dream correctly or when exactly will that event occur, or sometimes i might predict deaths but i am not able to see who will die , for example before yesterday i dreamt i attended a funeral , it was a stranger , yesterday my dad tells me that his bestfriends mother passed away , i wasnt very surprised because i knew for sure that someone was going to die.
@@stevinagjurgjaj4216 _I have been having dreams like that for 5 years. All of my dreams don’t tell the future or the present but many do. Sometimes I’m scared because idk which dreams are going to really happen and which ones are fake_
Why can’t the girl just run away already? That’s what I would do I’m as free as an eagle
This one was soooo good! I screamed and covered my eyes when that needle came so close to the eyeball.... XD gave me the chills everywhere! I also love the acting - asian Horror is just the best one imo. It's just my type of horror and usually very disturbing and surprising. Thank you very much and keep them coming!
Can't watch it 🙈
That was creepy...and sick...and disturbing...
But you must finish it!
True
I'm paused at 17 seconds 🙈
@@yabbadabble4033, watch it all!
@@WatchALTER ahh!! Okay.. I will 🥺
Obviously the mother has major personality disorder problems (ie schizophrenia, multiple personalities, sociopathy, anti social, psychopathy) either way she’s a very cunning person I believe the father wasn’t dead in the beginning but the child guilt manifested. The child obviously knew what was going on but from a child like perspective along with mothers long years of deceit. Remember how the little girl recalled a past injury that the father endured who’s not to say she hasn’t witness countless other brutality but was told it was good. I also would like to point out the possible outcome that the daughter too will either suffer the way her father did or she’ll suffer psychology and will end up like her mom. Ergo the cycle of insanity?? This is just my take. I don’t see any deep metaphorical sense in this just straight horror.. I’m impressed
The mother doesn’t just have a disorder, she’s evil, trying to fling as many diagnoses as you can doesn’t fix that.
(Olivia Burres) yeah schizophrenia combined with a “medical” obsession (I assume it was lobotomy?) is danger
Thank you, I was kinda confused on what was going on
Dissociative identity disorder doesn't cause shit like this, so don't group it in with the rest of those illnesses.
Maybe the father is already gone, and she's just next.
That was terrifying. As soon as the mother abruptly changed moods and name called her daughter, I knew something was wrong.
Wow! That was a great horror film. No supernatural, no creatures, no gore just the atmosphere seemed so dark and hopeless. I’ll take k-horror and j-horror over domestic any day. The actor who played the mother was phenomenal.
Ok can we just take a moment to congratulate this amazing fucking actor man? You could REALLY see the terror in his eyes and BREATHING. Bravo my man! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Ok can someone explain this to me? Ya girl confused
Emily Beermann see the thing in this whole story was that the littl girl was from ghana
stay positive big if true
Her dad made out with his brother in the attic at Seattle. They swapped eyes and combusted
The police didn't know what internal affairs was setting them up ...
Sharp4ce h u h
That was so intense, i wanted that someone save the girl's father, he even in such a situation was curious if her daughter have eaten something, which showed that he is a good man, that was sad and horrible. I expected that daughter call an uncle at the end...😕 this short was shocking and interesting till the very end! I want more like this ❤
This short took me back to the first time I got a needle in my eye. The claustrophobic, trapped feeling of no escape...I needed that oxygen mask at the point she had the bird pin in hand! As usual, excellent short!
Wendy you got a needle in your eye? what happened? did it hurt? omg im so glad you’re okay now!!
Kurumi thanks me and my eye are fine. An aneurysm ruptured in my eye and to help seal off the vessel that caused it, the Dr. put a medication in my eye to help heal it.. It healed and my sight is 100%. People won’t believe it, but the shot did not hurt. At the time, though I wondered if I tried to escape before the procedure , would they chase me down😁
wooow you’re brave as hell. i think id rather just lose my eye than have to see a needle getting closer and closer. that sounds so scary just imagining it
When the dad said Nose I thought he had no nose this a scary thought XD 😂
Dad is Voldemort.
Disturbing, and quite realistic. It reminds me of the one psychopath woman I encountered in my workplace years ago, this film definitely captured the aspects of them being pathological liar and sadistic bully. Hope one day psychopaths can be recognized and put to their place by the whole society, so they can't hurt nobody.
That’s exactly what I thought too from a course I took about 4 yrs ago and dealt with a pathological liar and sadistic bully
I thought the same may they get out in jail or mental hospital so we don’t have to continue dealing with such people
Thirteen mins fully submerged in anxiety, fear, and suspense. This disturbed the sh*t outta me, and I thank you for that.
Well done.
👃👃👃👁️👁️📍
Thank you for the explanation. I was totally creeped out by your video (in a good way). But now I like it even more!
Oh my God oh my God oh my God ..awesome acting....direction everything..timing....making watchers anticipate what's gonna happen and those eyes so wideee open....awesome one Alter 💕
That thumbnail made me really uncomfortable I can handle gore but when there is pointy things and eyes it scares me so much and makes my eyes tingly
For me, anything to do with the eyes is definitely a nightmare. Brilliantly performed by all the cast, but so disturbing and spine chilling.
When are you guys going to start making full hour movies? I know they will be lit. I binge watch these
Jiwon Moon: "We'll make this a full-length movie..."
Me: TAKE MY MONEEEEEEY!
Your best films' storylines revolve around families in intimate settings. This entry recalls the often incredibly sadistic Japanese horror flicks of the sixties including "Jikogen", " Onibaba" and "Moju(Blind Beast"). Those eyelid clamps made me think of " A Clockwork Orange ". Thanks for the creepy flick !
I immediately thought of Clockwork Orange
You are very very very scary. If I watch this, I am scared too much. Good work Alter!!!!!!
Simply frightening and expertly delivered. Lingering heart pounding and toes curling.
Wow! This was really good! I haven't had a good creepy scare in a while. Thank you for making this and all the work that went into it!😊😊
this is the most disturbing film ive ever seen
This might not be my favorite ALTER film ever, but I think it's the most frightening one I've ever seen. In spite of the small cast, limited set, and mimnima/no special effects, I had to stop a handful of times in the last several minutes just to calm down. The fear was palpable and overpowering. The director did a brilliant job of putting us in the daughter's fearful position. Very well done. It helped a lot that I watched this one during the day!
Bruh. The scene where the kid struggled with her mother is what got me, I got so many goose-bumps and teared up, it was really well executed.
ahem, and that's on trauma B)
Dang, it's 2AM in here when I watched this and I can't sleep
A definite side effect of watching ALTER late into the night.
im scared to sleep-
SAme here 2:27 am
Wow! This was amazing and sad. Great acting!
I wish I had the ability to instantly like every video on this channel. Never seen something so brilliant, I'm obsessed with it.
Greatly disturbing...
The way she warmed herself up for the 'procedure'...😵😨
How terrified the child was...!! This video gave me endless creeps!!
Way to go Alter, great minds 😘
This is so scary. I can't even breath normally coz of this.
Anyway, I'm confused , the daughter asked her mom "did we get insurance as well when daddy got burned?" , so that means , the father is already dead? So who is the guy on the bed ?.
Again, there are not many people that handle horror with such creativity as Koreans and Indonesians. At least not in the past 22 years. They rock! I'm so happy ALTER gets us maybe the best shorts from Korea. And... that's quite a treat!
Na bro that got me
Good. 😉
Same!
Your short story can turn into a movie
Wow that really got under your skin - literally! I don’t think I’ve ever watch a short horror that has disturbed me quite like that!
Wow, at first it looked like it wasn't going to be much, but it was wonderful! One of the best! I loved!
I've never been so scared lately
We love to see it!
Let’s be honest-you squirmed around in your seat as you watched this.
i hate when it's eyes getting poked, injured, touched, etc. it really triggers me to the point where i had to cover the screen with my hand and look away, but for some reason i kept watching lmao-
Star exe *EXACTLY.* I’m the same way
I can't I'm on the toilet
Not really I can place my finger on my own eye and as a big horror fan I'm used to the gore but I did find myself cringing as some points. Like damn I love the concept of this
the way the mother acts so calm is horrifying.
Very unique horror story the setting and atmosphere is very eerie and makes u feel as if ur there 💯
Yay! Another ALTER Exclusive from South Korea with English subs. Thanks much ALTER ♥
That was incredibly suspenseful for such a short film. Both the woman and girl were excellent in their respective roles.
It seemed like something deeper was going on besides a greedy wife deciding to "cash in" on her husband's life insurance, what with the premonitions and almost psychic link the daughter share with her father, but, at least to me, it's never made clear one way or the other.
Which normally drives me crazy, but this was crafted so well that it just fits the story to leave so much to the viewer's imagination. Bravo!!!
I watch short movies from Alter right before i go to sleep, how smart is that lol. Anyway great job with movies
Wow! The actors all were fantastic! the script was well written and creepy as hell. Cudos!!
That was messed up in so many ways. I love it.
Fantastic job. It was very scary and creepy.
me and my cousin watch Alter videos ALL the time to purposefully scare ourselves for like, fun? so this video is strangely comforting
“..And that my friends, is how Coraline was made!”
Well that's a masterpiece right there
I want more the story is straight forward she’s a psychotic and having psychotic episodes there’s no remorse even with her daughter. And she can’t get money because autopsy will prove that he’s been tied his marks holes inside the eye the body will be the witness
Psychopaths don’t have psychotic episodes
thotithehotti i should have said psychotic I didn’t notice
Psychotic and psychopathic are completely different things...she was trying to correct you. The mother is clearly psychoPATHic, though the daughter hearing the ghostly whispering is more in the realm of psychotic
Was hooked from the start 🙌🏾🙌🏾
I was very disturbed, honestly great film felt so real.
Well after watching Alter I spend at least another 20min reading comments that explains what's going on even if it doesn't make much sense it's hell entertaining I lovee you ALTER ❤️❤️
🖤Sounds like you've been ALTERed.
Me too
me too,i spend more time on reading comments than watching video
U got me buddy 👊 same here
9:39 Holy sh*t! That just scared the living hell outta me 😅😂 Also, how did he have his eyes open for that long for filming?
When the mother talks about money if his husband died i knew from tbat moment there's something wrong with her and for some reason i feel nervous when i hear about loud knocking on the on door and the feeling of anger to the person knocking
Woah!!! The woman who plays the mom is a phenomenal actress!!! I’m sooo creeped out in the best way!
Devil woman ! 🙄🙄🙄
Yes I believe this woman is possessed/ shapeshifter.
Um.. Evil*
I did not understand what exactly happened
Nila Wright and.... what is it with eye eye nose a male voice mom got turned off ...and ???
@@xdlr22 I don't think It is for the insurance money, because you cannot get any insurance if the cause of death of your spouse was torture/murder. She was lying about the insurance money so the kid won't ask for her uncle's help.
The Mom had been hurting her husband to get insurance payouts. The first time was when he got burned and they had been given money by the insurance company.
The mom also estranged him from the rest of his family which explains why Ji-yo doesn't seem to know her uncle as her uncle but simply her mother's brother in law.
I'm assuming after the money ran out the Mom decided to amp up her antics by making her husband seriously ill before finally killing him by injecting a substance into his eyes which ultimately killed him.
Now that he's dead the Mom is now going to begin the process of collecting insurance money all over again this time via Ji-yo.
THIS WAS SO GOOD
Now that is truly horrifying stuff right there. I hate eye related things and to see kids in distress. The combination was chilling.