Don’t let the title fool you, barking dogs DO sometimes bite. The film centers around a forlorn adjunct professor, Yun-ju, who’s pushed over the edge of madness by the constant barking of a mysterious dog in his apartment complex. The subject of the film quickly becomes the villain once he locates the source of the barking. While the disturbing actions of the main character combined with the appearance of a creepy little girl in a rain coat early in the film might make viewers expect the story to enter “The Ring” territory, instead, the tale transcends from a heart-pounding thriller into a quirky dark comedy. The director seems almost to be running a test experiment of Dolf Zillman’s excitation transfer theory by taking you from the basest of human cruelty to the height of righteousness. After getting through the grindhouse portion of the movie, the viewer is left to explore a rather enjoyable story of elaborate connections unfold as Yun-ju forges an unlikely friendship with Hyun-nam, one half of an eccentric lesbian couple. Pushed together through ironic circumstance, both characters are in the midst of existential crises and we get to watch them act out with polar opposite results. The title of the film ultimately seems to be a reverse metaphor for its main characters; the two most afraid to be heard become the ones who execute the most daring feats.