The Korean story: 5/10
Atmospheric but also slow, and with a blah ending. It turns out he murdered his wife because she cheated on him? It isn't entirely clear whether she did, but even so, what kind of a stupid ending is that? And where is the revenge part? Plays like an abandoned, half-finished script.
The Thai story: 4/10
Visually totally bland, with a story that falls neatly into the yet-another-evil-puppet-revenge-story category. Or not so much revenge as a curse this time around. A highly unoriginal premise executed clumsily and fairly dull as well.
The Hong Kong story: 8/10
Easily the best story, although I can't say I understood it completely. So why did the boy disappear, and did he get killed? If so, by whom? By the little girl? Why would she do that? The girl is obviously the ghost of the fetus the doctor couple decided to abort, or is it? The photo shop is some kind of a stepping-stone just before Heaven or Hell where the newly dead people have their pictures taken - at least that's how interpret it - but again we come back to the question of the boy's disappearance. It is OK to have a lingering mystery i.e. To not have every aspect of the story fully clarified, but not leaving the viewer even a tiny hint is a bit weak. Nevertheless, a highly original plot.
Atmospheric but also slow, and with a blah ending. It turns out he murdered his wife because she cheated on him? It isn't entirely clear whether she did, but even so, what kind of a stupid ending is that? And where is the revenge part? Plays like an abandoned, half-finished script.
The Thai story: 4/10
Visually totally bland, with a story that falls neatly into the yet-another-evil-puppet-revenge-story category. Or not so much revenge as a curse this time around. A highly unoriginal premise executed clumsily and fairly dull as well.
The Hong Kong story: 8/10
Easily the best story, although I can't say I understood it completely. So why did the boy disappear, and did he get killed? If so, by whom? By the little girl? Why would she do that? The girl is obviously the ghost of the fetus the doctor couple decided to abort, or is it? The photo shop is some kind of a stepping-stone just before Heaven or Hell where the newly dead people have their pictures taken - at least that's how interpret it - but again we come back to the question of the boy's disappearance. It is OK to have a lingering mystery i.e. To not have every aspect of the story fully clarified, but not leaving the viewer even a tiny hint is a bit weak. Nevertheless, a highly original plot.