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Death Bell – Review
The story of Death Bell is a mix of various movies, with Saw being the more prominent for me, just without all the excess gore and lengthy torture. The film is set at Chang Ahn High School, where a special class of the top twenty students has been put together for the coming exams. A ...
13: Game of Death – Review
13: Game of Death is a must-see for the uncommon people who have strong stomachs and great appreciation for worldly cinema. The film revolves around a down on his luck guy names Phuchit who has problems with work, money, love, and just life in general. One day after losing his job, he receives a mysterious ...
Onibaba – Review
Onibaba opened up in theaters in a time where people didn’t rely on special effects to get their point across. It is categorized as a a psychodrama with some mild horror elements. Onibaba (which means Demon Woman in Japanese) is set in Medieval Japan and focuses on two women protagonists. These two women survive in ...
Cinderella – Review
A young woman in a society where beauty is very important has a mother who is insistent on her beauty regimen. Her mother is a plastic surgeon. The young woman get’s plastic surgery and is then haunted. Hmmm, wait, no it does get better. The plot of Cinderella is for the first half pretty standard ...
Blood Rain – Review
Blood Rain has a name fit for horror and the blood to match. Blood Rain is set on a paper rich province in 19th century Korea. During a festival a ship loaded with paper cargo is burned down, and a detective is sent in to investigate the circumstances behind the arson. Immediately upon his arrival ...
Re-Cycle – Review
I was reading a buddy of mine’s blog (The Film Reel) and came across a review that really sparked my attention. I had no idea what Re-Cycle was about when sitting down to watch it. I read his review but skimmed over the synopsis as not to ruin much, knowing I was going to watch ...
Thirst – Review
Forget teenage girl Twilight fad bullcrap, think more: pain, lacerations, more pain, dark grave humor, and eroticized violence. Oh yes, and Thirst deservedly won the Jury Prize at Cannes this year. Thirst is directed by Park Chan-Wook who directed my favorite movie of all-time [Oldboy] and he doesn’t dissapoint with this film. It is a ...
