Wishing Stairs

Wishing Stairs

Watch Your Step.

Directed by Yun Jae-yeon

Produced by CJ Entertainment, Cinema Service

2003100 min6.2 / 10

A dark supernatural horror about a cursed staircase that grants wishes through tragedy, exploring the destructive consequences of desire among rival schoolgirls.

A staircase leading to a schoolgirls' dormitory usually has 28 steps, but sometimes a 29th step appears. Any wish you make while standing on this step comes true, even if it must come true in the most horrific way possible.

Questions people ask

  • Is Wishing Stairs scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Wishing Stairs sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Wishing Stairs easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Does Wishing Stairs end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Wishing Stairs violent? Somewhat. More violent than 72% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

31/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity26

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise39

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love30

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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