Death Bell (2008): Cast, Box Office & Plot
Death Bell is a 2008 horror thriller directed by Chang, starring Kim Bum as Kang Hyeon, Nam Gyu-ri and Lee Beom-soo. It runs 1 hour 30 minutes and earned $9.5 million worldwide.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 30m (90 min)
- Director
- Chang
- Original language
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Korean - Studio
- Mirovision
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Death Bell About?
The premise of Death Bell without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
One will die for every incorrect answer. In a prep-class for year-end exams, a sadistic killer puts the students through mind-games in order to save each other.
Death Bell Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- breaking through a door
- slasher
- teen slasher
- one word title
- torture
- student
- teenage girl bound and gagged
- teenage boy tied up
- flashback
- puzzle
- equation
- school counselor
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- closed circuit tv
- torture porn
- teenager bound and gagged
- tied to chair
- abduction
- bound and gagged
- loan shark
- blindfold
- class
- saturday
- teacher
- high school
- death
- gym
- strangulation
- seoul korea
- south korea
- exam
- bleeding mouth
- keychain
- gas
- hatchet
- hand axe
- hacking off limbs
- bribery
- beaten to death
- fall from height
- strangled to death
- bribe
- pta
- family photograph
- tied up
- microphone
- knife
- stabbed to death
- father daughter relationship
- revenge
- murder
Death Bell Cast & Characters
Kim Bum leads the cast as Kang Hyeon, with Nam Gyu-ri as Kang Yi-na and Lee Beom-soo as Hwang Chang-wook. Directed by Chang; 11 actors are credited in all.
- Director Chang
- Kim Bum as Kang Hyeon
- Nam Gyu-ri as Kang Yi-na
- Lee Beom-soo as Hwang Chang-wook
- Yang Ji-won as Min Hye-yeong
Also Starring in Death Bell
· 7 more- Yoon Jung-hee Choi So-yeong
- Hahm Eun-jung Kim Ji-won
- Son Yeo-eun Yoon Myung-hyo
- Lee Eol Security guard
- Kong Jeong-hwan Lee Chi-yeong
- Kim So-hee Ji-won's mother
- Lee Chae-won Yeom Ji-hyang
More from Chang
More films directed by Chang, best-rated first: Reset, P1H: A New World Begins, Canola and The Target.
Death Bell Plot Summary
What happens in Death Bell from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 14 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Within an elite high school class of twenty students preparing for college, the dynamics crackle with tension, ambition, and danger. Kang Hyeon stands out as the rebellious figure, while his counterpart Kang Yi-na is the friend at the center of the group, and the class clown Kang Hyun masks his warmth with a jokey surface. A few days after troubling incidents involving a fellow student, Beom experiences a ghostly presence haunting his paper, and the class teacher Hwang Chang-wook notices unsettling scars on his hand. Then a TV broadcast jolts everyone: the top-ranking student, Min Hye-yeong, is shown trapped in a glass container that is slowly filling with water, and a stern voice over the PA announces they are now in a deadly death game.
Full summary
The whole story of Death Bell, scene by scene
Death Bell Box Office
Death Bell grossed $9.5 million worldwide.
Worldwide gross
$9.5M
- International
- $9.5M
Death Bell Trailers & Videos
The trailer of Death Bell.
How Well Do You Know Death Bell?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
Question 1 of 10
- Question 1: not answered
- Question 2: not answered
- Question 3: not answered
- Question 4: not answered
- Question 5: not answered
- Question 6: not answered
- Question 7: not answered
- Question 8: not answered
- Question 9: not answered
- Question 10: not answered
Which student is known as the class clown who has a crush on Kang I‑na?
Death Bell Also Known As
14 alternative titles, including “고사: 피의 중간고사” and “Gosa”.
- Also known as
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- 고사: 피의 중간고사
- Gosa
- Gosa1
- 고死: 피의 중간고사
- コ死：血の中間考査
- 血之期中考：死題
- Death Bell - Tödliche Abschlussprüfung!
- A Bruxa do Sino da Morte
- 考死：血之期中考试
- Ölüm Zili
- ブラッディ・ミッション
- Звонок смерти
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- 韓國校園恐怖怪談：血之期中考
- ปริศนาลับโรงเรียนมรณะ
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Death Bell FAQ: Cast, Box Office & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast, box office, post-credit scenes and language of Death Bell, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Death Bell?
Death Bell runs 1 hour 30 minutes (90 minutes).
When was Death Bell released?
Death Bell was released on August 6, 2008.
Who directed Death Bell?
Death Bell was directed by Chang.
More films by Chang Who is in the cast of Death Bell?
Death Bell stars Kim Bum as Kang Hyeon, Nam Gyu-ri as Kang Yi-na and Lee Beom-soo as Hwang Chang-wook, among 11 credited actors.
How much did Death Bell make at the box office?
Death Bell grossed $9.5 million worldwide.
Does Death Bell have a post-credit scene?
No. Death Bell has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Death Bell in?
The original language of Death Bell is Korean.
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