this scene is genuinely terrifying at first, but the chase goes on for so long that it ends up being funnier than it is frightening, and THAT is the genius of #WidowsBay—the way it teeters, very deliberately, at the tipping point between horror and comedy.
Bong Joon-ho designed the final shot of Memories of Murder (2003) to stare directly into the eyes of the real killer, believing he might one day watch it.
In 2019, DNA identified Lee Chun-jae as the culprit, and he later admitted he had seen the film.