Surprised that no one mentioned The Medium (2021).

Recently around CNY, i watched this horror movie. Gotta say it's pretty good. At least it creeps me out. Watched it at night (LOL) but couldn't continue, was worried I can't sleep! Continued the rest of it next day.

The Medium (Thai) 2021
From IMDB: A horrifying story of a shaman's inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. What could be possessing a family member might not be the Goddess they make it out to be.

It's a Thai mockumentary supernatural horror film directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun and produced by Na Hong-jin.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13446168/

Personal thoughts:
The movie appears in the form of "documentary" and recording so you kinda get some mix of paranormal activity/ blair witch project kinda feel.

I'll give this a good 8.5/10. It creeped me out and some part of the film did scare me good!

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This post has been edited by sweet_pez: Feb 15 2022, 12:11 PM

Probably 2-3 years late, but finally seen Midsommar and it was really good.

WARNING: the film has disturbing scenes/ visual cues

As with Hereditary, Ari Aster likes to shock viewers and give us some surprises. I was hesitant about watching it when friend recommended due to the cover image (doesn't give off the dark vibe of horror movies) but boy, am I glad that I finally watched it.



Synopsis (IMDB):
A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.

POV:
The show tells you horror comes in many form. While you may think it's like some typical American horror, trust Ari Aster to remove cliché from the dictionary because it is not like what you'd expect.

Really? For me personally it was just alright. Started off promising, and the Grabber's character was portrayed disturbingly.

However as the story develops, it started to seem a little cliché. Sadly it didn't give me any surprises or plot twist I was hoping for all in all, I suppose still an entertaining watch.

That's why all in all, I guess it's an average watch for me.

Incantation (咒)



-> Taiwanese film on Netflix
-> Language: Mandarin

Plot (taken from https://www.hitc.com):
Incantation tells the story of Li Ronan, who believes that she has been cursed ever since breaking a religious taboo and disrupting a powerful shrine.

To Li Ronan’s horror, the curse starts to impact the people around her – focusing on her young daughter as it appears to feed off her growing fear.

My thoughts:

Horror footage kinda theme - just like Blair Witch Project/ Paranormal Activity, just better in terms of quality. The videos were high-res, not shaky and bright (so you could see the surrounding clearly).

It's worth a watch but not so much worthy of the hoo haa that was made to it. It bore some similarity to The Medium (Thai), to which I find The Medium creepier. There isn't much jump scare as opposed to shocking visuals that they'll show you. The film also aim to interact with the audience and that's something new that I'll give thumbs up to.

What I didn't like:


My rating: 7/10