<em>Old Woman With the Knife</em>: Roach Killer

<em>Old Woman With the Knife</em>: Roach Killer

The Korean thriller The Old Woman With the Knife opens at AMC Grapevine Mills this weekend. That evocative title will sound familiar to those of you who are familiar with Korean literature. It’s based on a novel by Gu Byeong-mo, a best-selling author of YA fiction in South Korea who uses horror and fantasy to comment on social issues. Some of her novels even use magic as a plot device, which is not common in Korean YA lit. I didn’t get a chance …