Poison Ivy: The New Seduction vs The Handmaiden

The Handmaiden has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 4.7/10 for Poison Ivy: The New Seduction). Poison Ivy: The New Seduction is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h 25m. Poison Ivy: The New Seduction is the older of the two (1997 against 2016). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Poison Ivy: The New Seduction posterPoison Ivy: The New Seduction1997 VS The Handmaiden posterThe Handmaiden2016
Poison Ivy: The New SeductionThe Handmaiden
Audience score★ 4.7/10★ 8.2/10
Year19972016
Length1h 33m2h 25m
GenresDrama, Romance, ThrillerDrama, Romance, Thriller
Country––
DirectorKurt VossPark Chan-wook
Main castJaime Pressly, Michael Des Barres, Susan Tyrrell, Megan Edwards, Greg VaughanKim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo

Synopsis

Poison Ivy: The New Seduction

A sinister seductress vows to destroy a suburban family.

The Handmaiden

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed…

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