K Hole

I just came off a Jackie Chan marathon, and part of the weaning process was Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead (2018). I've mentioned Detective K before - a three movie Korean series inspired by the Detective Dee movies. now I've watched all three.

In the Jeoseon Korea, a young woman wakes up in the rain. She has no memory but incredible strength. In this town, people are being found dead, with two holes in their neck, leading to rumors of vampires. Other people are also turning up burned to death, and we actually see one. Someone is shooting flaming arrows at people - and burning is one of the only ways to kill vampites.

When Detective K gets involved, the first "vampire" tracked down turns out to be a porphyry victim, drinking blood as a palliative for his condition. Typical Detective Dee/K - apparently supernatural events have a mundane, scientific explanation. But what about the girl with super-strength?

SPOILER - there are vampires, and she's one. 

The movie has the classic Detective K mix of buffoonery and horror. K is a braggart, full of himself even when wrong. And his sidekick is always there to make fun of him. But he quickly teams up with the girl, working together to get to the bottom of the vampires.

I enjoyed this in a sort of passive way - I didn't track most of the plot, but I laughed at the jokes and liked the action. I think the series may have run out of steam - the first was better than the second, and the third is weakest. But as a time-wasting fun movie, it was fine, and I hope to find more movies like it.