Sure, this film is nothing spectacular, but come on. It's a film about a haunted doll. If you started this film expecting something grandiose, then of course you'll be disappointed.
I went into this expecting a nice little horror flick with a doll. And I got what I wanted. The pacing was nice, the acting was good and the overall execution was pretty spot-on for the genre.
A woman is expecting twins, one dies during childbirth and the mother suffers with the delusion that the doll is her other son because no one told her that one of her sons died. Is it the doll causing it? Is it all in the mother's mind? This movie does what Chinese horror does: gives you a nice little spook with some realism tossed in to make it more - I dunno - believable? If I had to give one gripe, it would be the very end - and I mean the last few seconds. Those who have seen it know what I'm referring to. Everything in this movie was what I like with East Asian horror, then that tidbit happens, which is so American. But, like I said, I still enjoyed this flick.
Don't go in expecting something like Child's Play because it's nothing like that. Don't go in expecting a slasher. Go in expecting a movie about a haunted doll with some psychological elements thrown into the mix.
I went into this expecting a nice little horror flick with a doll. And I got what I wanted. The pacing was nice, the acting was good and the overall execution was pretty spot-on for the genre.
A woman is expecting twins, one dies during childbirth and the mother suffers with the delusion that the doll is her other son because no one told her that one of her sons died. Is it the doll causing it? Is it all in the mother's mind? This movie does what Chinese horror does: gives you a nice little spook with some realism tossed in to make it more - I dunno - believable? If I had to give one gripe, it would be the very end - and I mean the last few seconds. Those who have seen it know what I'm referring to. Everything in this movie was what I like with East Asian horror, then that tidbit happens, which is so American. But, like I said, I still enjoyed this flick.
Don't go in expecting something like Child's Play because it's nothing like that. Don't go in expecting a slasher. Go in expecting a movie about a haunted doll with some psychological elements thrown into the mix.