Gin Gwai is one of the most often cited examples of good recent Asian Horror, and now I know why. Starring the beautiful Angelica Lee as a blind girl - Mun - who undergoes a cornea transplant and begins to have terrifying visions while her doctor tries to help.
I didn't find this particularly scary and there are but a few jump out of your seat moments. But this film is more in the atmospheric and supernatural realm, and all the better for it. There aren't many twists here, as this movie really plays by the rules of Asian horror, with the exception of the ending, which I really liked.
This movie gets extra creepy points for a certain scene in a train and also because of recent news about people who have undergone transplants and seemingly acquiring some of the donors' personality traits. Now I've been hearing about stuff from cell memory to ectoplasmic attachments, from scientists. So this movie might not be that far-fetched after all.
My only real complaint was some very unnecessary (and obviously fake) gore near the ending. Other than that, it's a worth watching (but a bit over-hyped) effort for Horror fans.
I didn't find this particularly scary and there are but a few jump out of your seat moments. But this film is more in the atmospheric and supernatural realm, and all the better for it. There aren't many twists here, as this movie really plays by the rules of Asian horror, with the exception of the ending, which I really liked.
This movie gets extra creepy points for a certain scene in a train and also because of recent news about people who have undergone transplants and seemingly acquiring some of the donors' personality traits. Now I've been hearing about stuff from cell memory to ectoplasmic attachments, from scientists. So this movie might not be that far-fetched after all.
My only real complaint was some very unnecessary (and obviously fake) gore near the ending. Other than that, it's a worth watching (but a bit over-hyped) effort for Horror fans.