Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Brainsbell The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

vainblood Overall, this is a very interesting "slasher" with a pinch of ghost story thrown in. It has a good plot, a good-looking lead character and what I liked the most about it was the suspense that often lingered in the scenes, even if you often knew what was going to happen.Yes, it has some flaws. Some of the actors didn't make a good performance, the chaotic chronology makes it confusing to watch and it doesn't really add anything new to the genre. But those flaws are easily overlooked and overshadowed by the heavy plot that will hold you in a steady grip to find out what lies behind it all. Clichés and confusion aside, the movie still delivers what it promised.It doesn't have to be completely original to be a good movie, because it often comes down to individual taste and what kind of movies you are entertained by. How many episodes of CIS are original and brings something new to the genre? I would say, not that many. They are still entertaining in their own right. If you are the kind of person who is into classic Asian horror with vengeful spirits and a deep background story, then this is for you. But if you are a judgemental movie snob who has to watch something that adds cultural innovation to the screen, then you should probably stay away from this movie.

slayrrr666 "Nightmare" is a much better than expected supernatural slasher with many good points.**SPOILERS**Returning home to Korea, Sun-ae, (Choi Jeong-yun) catches up with sister Hye-jin, (Kim Gyu-RI) about their old friends Jung-wook, (Yu Jun-Sang) Se-Hon, (Jun Jeong) Hyun-joon, (Yu Ji-tae) and Mi-ryeong, (Jo Hye-yeong) who she hasn't seen in awhile. Learning that she fears their deceased friend Kyung-ah, (Ha Ji-won) and thinks she has been following her, they all reveal similar stories about their experiences around her, and upon thinking back, not even a friendship with Eun-Jun, (Ha Ji-won) made them stop thinking that way. When it finally gets revealed that her ghost has been behind the series of strange events that have plagued them for the time-being and has taken to killing them off one-at-a-time, forcing them to find a way to stop the ghost's deadly rampage.The Good News: There was a lot of good stuff to this one. One of the best features is the fact that the film gets much more violent than would be expected through some great kills that are more brutal than expected. There's a pencil stabbed into a head, a head rammed through a series of windows that eventually start to get embedded in the skull, a particularly brutal slit throat, being repeatedly struck in the face with a baseball bat, an impaling with a multi-pronged metal pole through the stomach and more, which is quite nice to see that it doesn't shy away from the usual blood-and-gore trappings of the genre. We also get more carnage here from the film's two back-story segments, both of which are incredible in their own right but also serve to add more gore. The first, which shows the brief-albeit-impressive exorcism of the natives comes complete with the tribal drumming and ceremonial rituals that make it exciting, and that it ends with a bang due to the crash-site showing the wounded and dismembered victims with the sole survivor, horribly bleeding themselves, walking out of the wreckage with an impressive visual, while the second-one, shot through a video-camera, manages to clarify all the questions up until then, winds it together with a great fight and an effective wrap-up that feels realistic and logical about the situation and manages to feel really good as well, making it a good winner. It even has a couple really nice action scenes as well, the most important being the incredibly fun rooftop brawl in the rain at the end, which is a lot of fun and has a lot of great moments throughout, who's-in-control changes constantly and it feels really well-done and effectively ends it with the proper result. The ghost, as usual, looks really good and has a lot going for it during it's moments, getting some really creepy moments out of the usual scenes and holding some key scenes together rather nicely. The last plus here is the film's best part, it's high quantity of ghost encounters present. There's a ton of them in here, nearly all of which are enjoyable or at the very least somewhat creepy. From the ghost floating at the bottom of the swimming pool with their hair drifting in the current to the hand rising from out of the video camera and the several chases through the school's hallway, the encounters here were really well-done and effectively made for a nice atmosphere. Even the two fantastic house scenes, where it appears during a raging thunderstorm and uses the shadows to sneak up on it's victim, or too where it only shows itself to one of them while others are there and don't see it coming after them, it's full of impressive scenes that work really well here. These are the film's good points.The Bad News: There wasn't a whole lot of problems with this one. One of the main flaws is the film's really bad scares-to-kills ration. The ghost is given a lot of screen-time in this, providing a lot of opportunities for some kills, but the fact there isn't as much compared to the scares is a little distressing. Granted, being around a lot shows off the power and fear requirements quite nicely, but it still would've been nice to be able to have the areas a little more even in terms of actually being on-screen to kill rather than to scare, great as those scenes are. The only other main area of problem here is the film's rather curious decision to use the first-half of the film as a flashback sequence that explains the whole relationship with everyone. This isn't all that well-exposed, coming across as something that could've been told effectively in a more subdued way that manages to get the same points across without taking as long to spell everything out as it does. That's the main problem with it, being that, since it decides to focus on the relationship quirks of the friends while telling a flashback, a point not revealed until the end of the sequence, before going into either scenes that the individual telling wouldn't have known about or into another flashback within, it just feels as though the entire set-up could've come off a little differently than what is shown, while still telling the same story and hitting the same points. These here are the film's flaws.The Final Verdict: With a lot of good stuff and only a few minor flaws to it, there wasn't much really holding this one back in the genre. Give this one a shot if you're into the ghostly revenge genre or a huge of fan of Asian horror, while those who aren't really into these films should heed caution.Rated UR/R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Brief Nudity

lost-in-limbo We see a body of dead girl in a morgue with the coroner trying to close the eyes of the girl, but whatever he tries they won't stay open. After this we move into the future and we follow a group of former school friends who hide a terrible secret, but suddenly they start getting picked off one by one in many grisly ways. Through flashbacks we learn of this awful suicide of a shy girl who was trying to be one of the group, but she was shut out by them because they dug up her past and found out some weird occurrences. So, is she back from the grave seeking revenge? Oh what a great and always spooky story! Well, that's what I hoping I could say. And 'hoping' was as good as it got. This is an forgettable, so-so supernatural horror flick that I actually watched before, but I went in thinking it was my first viewing. So to my surprise it hit me when I started picking up on certain things, but like I said it's quite a forgettable mix that it felt like a first viewing again. "Nightmare' is just another type of it's field that adds a 'few' changes to the gruel. Oh, please give me something that's a bit more fresh. It doesn't have to be entirely original, but this is one formulaic and at times quite tired J-horror flick. Even though it strings along the usual ghost story involving you guessed right… an evil looking, vengeful chick spirit.But in spite of my negativity of it being the same old, same old story and jolts. This one kind of entertains when its being grisly and popping in some creepy visuals. The deaths are vividly displayed with bite and some originality. While, the gloomy atmosphere alienates the audience with it's murky lighting. The first scene involving the spirit terrorising one of the girls is one blood-curdling experience, but really when it's not trying to shock you. I found it rather coma inducing and I thought about getting some shut-eye. That might be harsh, but it just didn't go anywhere of any interest between those shock moments. You could say that because the supposed mystery is really not much of one, the unsure story is just simply flat and the characters are a self-centred bunch that you don't really care what happens to them. The disjointed story should have focused more on the spirit than that of these bland characters who have one unconvincing group relationship. It just overplayed its cards by becoming overly muddled and taking too long to get going that when it comes to the climax it's just plain ludicrous. The film's haunting ending is a high point, though.The film looks fine, although it could have done without the snazzy, quick fire editing and the music score was a bit overbearing in playing up the mood. The performances tread a fine line, but Gyu-ri Kim is strong in the lead role.It's nothing new and it shamelessly steals ideas, but if you can look past that it delivers some nasty thrills. Although, I found the handling of it rather lethargic, despite the odd effective chills. A standard effort all round I guess, but still it's equally missable.

Joe Asian cinema has been on a roll in recent years, rewriting the rules of the horror genre in particular. "Gawi" though seems to turn the clock back and returns favours to the American teen horror market. The film centres round a group of friends reminiscing at first about the suicide of an old acquaintance, and then when each begins to be picked off grizzly one at a time, they start to fear what they can't see blaming it on her revengeful return.The film basically combines together influences from Scream, "I know what you did last summer" and adds the now obligatory "loner female with long black hair and a troublesome background" from the Asian markets (someone please now give this a rest!). The shocks are never really scary and the acting can be quite lame.Confusing at first, you will get the hang of it, and the last 20 mins are quite interesting as the film gently twists. Regardless it is not a good film, and very unoriginal. Not by any means the worst, but simply a poor straight-to-video effort in my opinion.