Alright, so Singapore has its own "Blairwitch Project" movie now? "Haunted Changi" is something very similar in concept and the way it is shot. Allegedly a documentary about film makers going to the haunted Changi hospital to make a documentary and they come face to face with the dark presence at the hospital.
Yeah, it all sounds interesting, doesn't it? And as such, I decided to watch the movie. After all, usually a lot of good movies come out of Asia, but this one? Well, not quite that good.
There is a lot of shots showing off the run-down, battered location of the Changi hospital, and that is great. Except that it becomes too much at a point. Enough with showing senseless shows of the ruined place. Yeah, it is run-down, we get it. Had they cut down on these shots, the movie would have been a tad better.
As for shock effects in the movie? Well I didn't get scared once, I didn't even feel any thrills, to be honest. And I was expecting a bit more in the scary corner from this movie. But it failed to deliver. I would go to the length of saying that this is a very uneventful movie. Sure it builds up some suspense here and there, and it put you up for something that could be good, and you want to see what happens next, what will be revealed. But in the end, it was all very anti-climatic.
I am unfamiliar with the people in the movie, but in overall they actually did a good enough job with their roles. Of course, nothing award-winning here, but good enough for a movie of this caliber. Sure was better than "Blairwitch Project". And I totally love the accent they have when speaking English.
For a horror movie, "Haunted Changi" was mighty disappointing and quite far from a horror movie. It was at best a slow thriller, though it failed to thrill actually. If you like Asian horror movies, and Asian ghost movies in particular, stay well clear of this movie, it is just nowhere near others available on the market. If you like these staged documentaries like "Blairwitch Project", then "Haunted Changi" might just be something for you.