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Old 01-13-2009, 01:59 AM
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Last night the two of us ventured out to Revere again to see...
Du saram-yida (Voices)




It was refreshing that ADH once again decided to bring a foreign film into the mix (ADH I, after all was the vehicle for 2005's gem Rinne). Voices is directed by amateur Korean director Ki-hwan Oh. The story centers around a high school girl whose life takes a turn for the worse when her Aunt is almost murdered on her wedding day and then all of a sudden her friends, family, and confidants seem to want her dead.

Not your typical Asian ghost movie, Voices examines the human monster in all of us: jealousy. How often do you say to yourself, "I could KILL them!" either in rage or in irony - There's a point where the phrase "I'll KILL you/him/her" has become an expression of speech and, incidentally, has lost all meaning. Voices considers the concept: What if that urge became real? What if you couldn't control that urge? What if those around you couldn't control that urge? A base, everyday emotion (usually ignored and taken for granted) suddenly becomes a legitimate threat. I thought that concept in and of itself was brilliant.

There are also some well-done supernatural aspects to the film. Ki-hwan Oh creates some truly haunting imagery and suspense that literally caused me to jump in my seat. I felt true horror and threat for the plight of our heroine; what would you do if your friends and family suddenly tried to kill you?

Perhaps what is most striking about Voices is Ki-hwan Oh's ability to truly put the audience in the shoes of our heroine; when she's in love at the beginning of the movie, you're surrounded by cheesy stereotypical Asian flourishes while, when she's haunted in the end you are caught up in a truly suspenseful and atmospheric film.

An innovative addition to Asian horror, Voices has been a true highlight of the festival. I highly recommend.

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Sounds pretty good. Have you seen the other Asian Girl/Ghost school Horrors like Whispering Corridors, Memento Mori, Wishing Stairs? I haven't seen any of them yet. Anyway, when I first heard about this film I though it was 2005's Korean Horror Voice. :o
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Old 01-13-2009, 06:18 AM
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I really wish people who actually like horror films stopped using his gutter press created term..
I actually like the term ironically and generally use it in disdain.

I.E. If Hostel WAS "torture porn," there should be more TORTURE.

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Sounds pretty good. Have you seen the other Asian Girl/Ghost school Horrors like Whispering Corridors, Memento Mori, Wishing Stairs? I haven't seen any of them yet. Anyway, when I first heard about this film I though it was 2005's Korean Horror Voice. :o
NO I have NOT seen those movies... But I will add them to my Netflix queue now. Thanks!! (I assume you recommend them?) :D

I actually really want to see the Voice that you mentioned - Have you seen it? Is it worth viewing?
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Old 01-13-2009, 07:10 AM
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NO I have NOT seen those movies... But I will add them to my Netflix queue now. Thanks!! (I assume you recommend them?) :D

I actually really want to see the Voice that you mentioned - Have you seen it? Is it worth viewing?
nope..I haven't seen any of those (including Voice!) & I'm not recommending those films either but I have read some mixed reviews about the films online.
Nevertheless I'm very much interested to see one particular Asian horror that has some quite good reviews at imdb.....Neighbor No. 13and Noroi the curse.
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Woops sorry - you irony was wasted on me :)
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i'm trying to collect these sets - apparently they're sold as box sets in the us . but not here in canada - so i've been doing it in bits and pieces..

only have about 4 from each of the 1st 2 sets so far
I haven't seen a box set of any of them... I have to buy them all separately... which is quite frustrating... grr...

but thanks for the reviews!! I didn't watch any of the 2nd film fest... they just looked ridiculous... but with your reviews, the 3rd seems uber awesome... thanks!!
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Old 01-14-2009, 04:28 PM
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I haven't seen a box set of any of them... I have to buy them all separately... which is quite frustrating... grr...

but thanks for the reviews!! I didn't watch any of the 2nd film fest... they just looked ridiculous... but with your reviews, the 3rd seems uber awesome... thanks!!
Any time! I hope you can check them out.

And also, I still maintain that Mulberry St., Crazy Eights, and Borderland from Film Fest II are worth checking out. :D

I'll have to put together some reviews of Film Fest I.
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i diddnt know they were doing this right now. thanks. they never bring them to my area though..
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Old 01-14-2009, 11:16 PM
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Last year 'luckily' we got the whole collection of ADHF 2 in a single disc! The dvd print quality was excellent...just like the original.:)



..Our local dvd cover of ADHF 2!

I hope this year also they'll manage to market the dvd of ADHF 3 like that.:D
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Old 01-14-2009, 11:30 PM
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Not only ADHF, last year there was also the GHOST HOUSE UNDERGROUND Collection available here.;)




My grades for the movies of this collection:

Dark Floors: C-

Dance of the Dead: B

No Man's Land (Reeker II): C

Brotherhood of Blood: C+

Room 205: D

The Substitute:
D+

Trackman: C

The Last House in the Woods:
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Old 01-19-2009, 09:42 AM
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Thanks for the grades, Roshiq.

Dance of the Dead was the only one that I've seen, and it was a LOT of fun (and it's the kind of thing that, with time, the director could really develop and create fantastic horror fun).

Maybe I'll wait on seeing the other ones.
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