Uninhabited (Australia)-A young couple go to a remote and deserted coral island for a camping holiday, only to find that the island is inhabited by a ghost seeking retribution for a past outrage.
Slowest movie ever. Not scary at all. You actually wish someone would die violently, just for something to happen. The ending sucked too.
Thumbs down.
3 Extremes (Asian, Subtitled)- An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors.
Since this is 3 stories in one movie, I will talk about each one..
Dumplings-In Hong Kong, Aunt Mei is a cook famous for her home-made rejuvenation dumplings, based on a millenarian recipe prepared with a mysterious ingredient that she brings directly from China. The former TV star Mrs. Li visits Mei aiming her dumplings to recover her youth and become attractive again to her wolf husband Mr. Li.
Very disturbing story. Not recommended for everyone. I will spoil the story as a warning. Aunt Mei uses aborted babies in the dumplings. It does get graphic, showing the fetus'. The sounds of Mrs. Li eating them, is grotesque. At first, I wasn't sure that Mrs. Li even was aware of what she was eating. But, it becomes clear that she does. The ending was done very well. Mrs. Li discovers she is pregnant, something she has always wanted, but, what will she want the baby for? You have to watch to find out! They did turn this into a full length film. I will watch it soon.
Cut-A successful film director and his wife are kidnapped by an extra from his own films, who forces the director to play his sadistic games. If he fails, his wife's fingers will be chopped off one by one every five minutes.
I really enjoyed this one. Actually even has some humor in it. Great story. The extra does this to the director, not because the director was mean to him, but because he was actually nice to him. The extra explains that it is because he is a good man, and how it pisses him off, and that is why he is doing this to the director and his wife. His complaint is, not only is the director handsome and rich but, is a good man as well, and that that is unfair. But is the director the good man everyone thinks he is?
Box-A soft spoken young woman has a bizarre recurring nightmare about being buried in a box in the snow. Searching for her long lost sister, she realizes her dreams and reality may possibly be connected.
This story was bizarre and very confusing. Didn't really get it. Didn't enjoy it. Was a bad way to end the series.
3 Extremes II (Asian, Subtitled)-Same as 3 Extremes I. Three short stories by different directors.
Memories-A woman wakes up on a street without memory. A husband cannot remember why his wife left him. The woman wanders the streets trying to contact the only phone number she has on her. The husband see's her ghost in his apartment and discovers her mutilated body in a large bag in his home (Korea).
Was an ok story. Predictable.
The Wheel-Extravagant cursed puppets cause fires, deaths, physical pain and a little girl to be possessed (Thailand).
Horrible story. Boring. Not scary. Not good.
Going Home-A father goes in search of his missing son and is abducted by a strange man. The strangers wife has died of cancer three years prior but he keeps her in his apartment under the impression she will 'wake up' (Hong Kong).
Now this one was worth watching the other two. Awesome story. Great twist at the end.
Sorry no trailer.
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