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Tag Archives: Horror
The Priests (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Two South Korean priests against a force of evil
Since the big success of “The Exorcist” (1973), there have been lots of horror movies about exorcism, but, like those zombie movies, many of them were not particularly scary to me. Although “The Exorcist” may be not that shocking any … Continue reading
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Tagged Exorcism, Horror, Possession, Priest, Religion, South Korean Film
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The Visit (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4) : An odd, creepy week with grandparents
“The Visit” is as good as its two main characters wish. They hope to shoot something special with their cameras, and then they sort of get their wish as they become more aware of a certain sinister undertone around their … Continue reading
Office (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Someone else is there in this late hour….
South Korean horror thriller film “Office” is scary when it deals with a ruthless corporate culture many South Korean people are familiar with. We frequently cringe at how the characters in the film often get themselves humiliated, and we are … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate culture, Horror, Murder, Office, South Korean Film, Thriller
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The Silenced (2015) ☆☆☆ (3/4) : A new girl comes to their school…
South Korean film “The Silenced”, which was released in South Korea as “Gyeongseong School: The Lost Girls” in last weekend, looks like a typical genre piece at first. Its main background is a girl’s dormitory school, its story revolves around … Continue reading
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4): The Vampire Wears Chador
While injecting some fresh blood into its genre conventions, “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” wanders around its strange and familiar world filled with bleak beauty and ominous aura. As an eerie and melancholic vampire tale set in some … Continue reading
It Follows (2014) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Something Wicked This Way Follows
“It Follows” is a creepy little horror film with the mounting sense of fear and dread. Unlike those lesser horror films merely hanging on cheap shocks, it knows how to grab our attention through mood and suspense, and the result … Continue reading
Wyrmwood (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Road of the Dead
Australian movie “Wyrmwood”, a.k.a “Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead”, is a little horror film mainly consisting of familiar spare parts borrowed from other zombie movies. As you have probably guessed right from my first sentence, the movie has your average … Continue reading
What We Do in the Shadows (2014) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Meet vampire flatmates
“What We Do in the Shadows” is one of the most hilarious comedy films I saw during recent months. It is indeed an one-joke comedy as I guessed from its trailer, but this is a smart, funny horror comedy which … Continue reading
The Guest (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Guess who’s coming to their home?
Many horror films announce to us in advance that something bad will happen sooner or later, and “The Guest” makes its ominous announcement a little too much. Besides the occasional appearance of moody music, we are served with 1) a … Continue reading
The Babadook (2014) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Be careful of what you read
“The Babadook” is a horror movie about something wicked lurking around somewhere, and it is quite an effective one. Slowly building up the sense of dread around its ominous background, the movie works as the harrowing drama of a strained … Continue reading
