The piper shows the Chief an English-written note that he says is the name of an American doctor at a hospital in Seoul who can treat Young-nam.

However, the chief threatens her if she plans to leave the village after learning that Woo-ryung invited Mi-sook to go to Seoul with him and his son to start a family together.

He holds up Woo-ryung's English note and says its spying material; it simply reads "Kiss my ass, monkey" - no American doctor's name just a cruel joke.

Before they leave, the Chief puts two poisoned rice-balls in Woo-ryung's knapsack to kill them to prevent the father and son from telling anyone about the location of the village.

The injured piper falls asleep while his son sneaks back to the village to retrieve his father's pipe from the Chief's house.

After burning his son's body on a funeral pyre, he covers himself in the special powder he used earlier to attract the rats and reopens the cave.

He uses his two severed fingers as bait and starts playing his pipe to lead the rats back to the village where they devour all the adults including the chief and his son.

Lee concluded her review by writing, "As a bleak fable on human nature, it’s pretty old hat, but as an allegory on Korean history and politics, the movie proves cynically observant, with starkly economical storytelling and sharp visual effects to boot.

Those minor grievances aside, The Piper remains a wickedly fun gust of chills that is just the ticket to beat the heat this season.