It’s time to spot the dead people again in “The Second Sight”, a Thai horror with a not exactly original premise following a man cursed with the ability to see ghosts, in this case a lawyer who can also visualise karma. Shot in 3D, the film was directed by Pornchai Hongrattanaporn, usually known for comedies such as “Bangkok Loco” and “Princess Tukky Sells Frogs”. The lawyer in question is Jate (Pong Nawat Kulrattanarak), an attorney who since childhood has been able to see ghosts and to foretell the ways in which people will die, a talent which helps him in his work but which he understandably hides from those around him. Things get complicated when he lands his latest case, a fatal car crash on a bridge involving a rich young spoiled brat of a girl called Kaew (Mild Wiraporn Jiravechsoontornkul) that left several dead. Though everyone else believes Kaew guilty,...
- 2/11/2014
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Tiff’s Midnight Madness program turned 25 this year, and for two and half decades, the hardworking programers have gathered some of the strangest, most terrifying, wild, intriguing and downright entertaining films from around the world. From dark comedies to Japanese gore-fests and indie horror gems, the Midnight Madness program hasn’t lost its edge as one the leading showcases of genre cinema. In its 25-year history, Midnight Madness has introduced adventurous late-night moviegoers to such cult faves as Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused and Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. But what separates Midnight Madness from, say, Montreal’s three and half week long genre festival Fantasia, is that Tiff selects only ten films to make the cut. In other words, these programmers don’t mess around. Last week I decided that I would post reviews of my personal favourite films that screened in past years. And just like the Tiff programmers,...
- 9/18/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Still have a thirst for Asian horror that cannot be quenched? Even if you do, you know you'll be hungry again in an hour. That being said, our friends over at Twitch have score the first news on two new Far East tales of terror: Ghost Coins and Second Sight. Both are in 3D.
Ghost Coins is a new take on a classic tale to be directed by Pawat Panangkasiri, director of 2008′s In The Shadow of The Naga (Nak Prok). In the film “a group of teenagers are consumed by greed and defy tradition by stealing from the dead. A Thai belief instructs relatives to put coins in the mouth of the deceased for the afterlife. But for these reckless teenagers, even dead men’s money, stuck in their lifeless mouth, is still worth robbing. The corpses are decaying, half-rotten, swarmed by maggots. They stink to high heaven. But...
Ghost Coins is a new take on a classic tale to be directed by Pawat Panangkasiri, director of 2008′s In The Shadow of The Naga (Nak Prok). In the film “a group of teenagers are consumed by greed and defy tradition by stealing from the dead. A Thai belief instructs relatives to put coins in the mouth of the deceased for the afterlife. But for these reckless teenagers, even dead men’s money, stuck in their lifeless mouth, is still worth robbing. The corpses are decaying, half-rotten, swarmed by maggots. They stink to high heaven. But...
- 3/19/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
So, Greek zombie flick Evil In The Time Of Heroes. Where to start? It's ridiculous, frequently abandons any pretence of making logical sense, sticks two fingers up at audience expectations and includes Billy Zane, for no apparent reason. It's also one of the most purely entertaining genre films in years. That's a rather more subjective judgement than usual, given Heroes comes with some nasty flaws, but it's so consistently, hysterically audacious and stupidly excessive it's very difficult not to love it regardless.
Confusing, perhaps, but let's shorten it to Heroes as technically this is the sequel to the earlier Evil - no subtitle, little seen outside of Greece. (Though it's really not necessary to have seen the first to appreciate the second.) So to be fair to Heroes, it makes no bones about being a work of absolute fantasy where plot is practically superfluous, and once it's got the opening...
Confusing, perhaps, but let's shorten it to Heroes as technically this is the sequel to the earlier Evil - no subtitle, little seen outside of Greece. (Though it's really not necessary to have seen the first to appreciate the second.) So to be fair to Heroes, it makes no bones about being a work of absolute fantasy where plot is practically superfluous, and once it's got the opening...
- 11/3/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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