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Finally an Oriental horror film without long-haired girl-ghost killers.

No, wait. Not quite. They had to sneak one in after about an hour. They just had to. From around 30 Oriental horror films I've seen so far, perhaps only 2-3 don't have long-haired girl-ghost killers as the antagonist. They certainly don't have any male ghosts, that's for sure. Talk about autistic levels of obsession. Someone needs to tell Korean/Japanese/Thai/Chinese film-makers that there ARE other premises for horror films other than "scary" straight-haired teeny-boppers (or young women) threatening people from wells, TV sets and from just about anywhere else. Ironically, perhaps they believe there is a curse on film-makers who DARE venture into non-long-haired-teen-chick-ghost-killer territory? Anyone who dares break this unwritten rule (because it was written by ghosts hence with invisible ink hence unwritten) will be immediately killed by a long-haired ghost-chick killer. Or 7 days later, especially if there is a VHS tape or Polaroid camera involved.

That might explain it.

But essentially this isn't such a movie. I almost wish it was though, because the story on offer here is probably worse and dumber than all the long-haired girl-ghost killer films combined.

You won't find a better example of a movie starting well, then gradually dissolving, until it completely - 100% - disintegrates under its own weight of contradictions, unnecessary plot-twists and a total disregard for logic, than this film. By the time KT finishes, we find out that THREE main characters (i.e. basically all of them) are homicidal lunatics. First, the baby-faced cop: turns out it is he who killed the mysterious ghost-whispering girl 6 years prior by accident. Or was it a different girl? Hard to tell; the movie isn't telling - and I ain't begging (for an answer). The moment the movie resorted to the hey-the-cop's-the-killer mega-cliché which has been beaten to death since it started in the 90s, I lost interest in the movie, completely. (Not that it was particularly captivating until then, mind you. It was average.) If it's the ghost-whisperer that Baby-face killed 6 years ago, then what are the odds that he gets THIS case so many years later?! Then again, it's an IF only, because I really don't know whether it was her under his car or some random Korean schoolgirl.

Besides, his behavior until he kidnaps Wang contradicts his new status as a cold-blooded murderer. He shows compassion toward the girl after he runs over her, and he genuinely loves his unborn daughter. So how does that gel with him becoming a sadistic killer? It doesn't. It's just your typical bad writing.

It gets dumber. The female protagonist, Wang, turns out to be insane, and not only that but a homicidal lunatic to boot. (Again, nothing in her behavior prior to the finale even remotely hints that she might be either a sadistic killer or mentally unstable.) It is she who killed the ghost-whisperer. Or not? The movie refuses to be clear about this. It makes zero sense for the cartoonist Wang to kill a girl she selflessly took under her own wings to protect her from harassment. But hey, some horror thrillers will do anything for a plot-twist. Or YET ANOTHER plot-twist. It's this kind of overly eager-to-please "crowd-pleasing" sloppy writing that ruins many horrors and thrillers, because the majority of young screen-writers are under the misapprehension that audiences would kill for a plot-twist, that we need not one or two but at least 10 of them in the final third. They actually believe that a horror or thriller movie cannot exist without a whole sack of crappy plot-twists. Plot-twists as popcorn substitute?

Which is why we have the third mega-stupid plot-twist when the main detective turns into a sadistic killer too. Why did he kill his baby-faced psycho colleague? It isn't clear at all. There is literally no motive. By killing him he jeopardized his career, yet gained nothing. Just as it made no sense for Baby-Face to want to kill Wang, it made no sense for the detective to want to kill Baby-Face.

And, to make this laughable idiot circle/triangle complete, Wang decides to kill the detective! Yup, no joke: Baby-Face inexplicably tries to murder Wang, then the detective kills Baby-Face, and then Wang tries to kill the detective. Surprised? You should be, because nowhere in the tags is "comedy" mentioned as a genre. This plays out like a goofy farce.

This asinine "kill triangle" is only part of the overall nonsense. There is plenty more absurdity, but I literally cannot be bothered to discuss it all. But I can't not mention the idiotic scene in which Wang killed(?) her young female friend in a huge fire - a scene that has the two of them talking and fighting endlessly while surrounded by vast amounts of flames - and I presume smoke also, which is strangely absent though. Risk of carbon monoxide poisoning? None, apparently. A little later, the main characters show off yet more physical resilience/immunity to the laws of physics and biology when Wang and the detective proceed to mortally wound each other, yet perfectly able to stand up, talk, survive...

The last 30 minutes literally consists of a long series of plot-twists, stumbling over each other clumsily and stupidly. It is a classic example of a clueless, lazy writer getting lost in the forest of illogic that he'd himself created, trying to disentangle the mystery but achieving the exact opposite: making the movie completely unintelligible and utterly illogical. The writer set up a more-or-less original premise, but due to his excessive incompetence wasn't able to resolve it logically hence resorted to a series of stupid twists and turns, perhaps hoping that the viewers would be so confused they'd fail to notice how idiotic the story is.

The very bland visual style, typical of Oriental movies, doesn't help either.

I didn't know what to expect from this movie and by the title killer toon… Well let's just say I didn't have high hopes. But I wanted to watch something, so why not this one? It might be funny! (If you read a title like killer toons and not read the plot…what would you expect?). Well it wasn't funny, but it was really good movie and suspense was piling up!

I loved the plot, the atmosphere was great and it kept me on edge, trying to understand what was going on, because after a point, I was trying to find something else behind the lines of the script! I was so sure there will be a crazy ending, like the ghosts where not really behind all that (the ending was not that don't worry!), but still a great story with a great ending. Because I was expecting my ending, I didn't see it coming.

Give this movie a chance you will enjoy it!

It is very difficult to create a good scary movie. This movie has good scares. It is very difficult to create good scary movie with a good ending. This movie had a convincing ending. But the director had to fix what was not broken and created a mess.

If you get to the point where the original author of the evil cartoons are revealed, stop. Do not watch the movie further. The story is perfect.

One reason for the plot twist in the end was to probably to create a sequel. But a sequel is not possible after two cops are dead. The illustrator's location is found by triangulation of the mobile phone. Well, that ties in the her location with the murder. Only murders that could be committed in a sequel would have to be within prison walls.