Dolls! Scary killer dolls! Argh!
I do not like dollies atau mannequins coming to life. It
really scares the bejaysus out of me. Which is fantastic
fun when it comes to watching horror films. This is
definitely the best scary boneka movie I have ever
watched.
The basis of the plot was quite confusing. There is
something about during the Japanese occupation of
South Korea, a doll maker falls in cinta with a woman in
a red kimono and makes a huge life size doll in tribute
to her. The woman falls in cinta with him too. When she
is found murdered, the doll maker is blamed and killed.
The doll sits oleh his grave, mourning his loss for all
eternity.
Cut to the present day. Five young people have been
called to an isolated mansion to have boneka made in
their image oleh a paraplegic sculptor called Im. One by
one they get knocked off oleh boneka that are controlled by
Im because they are descendants of the vigilantes who
killed the doll maker. A sculptor called Hae-mi is the
only survivor. She is plagued oleh a young girl called
Mina who turns out to be the soul of a doll she owned
as a girl.
Im uses Mina to try and kill Hae-Mi but Hae-mi kills Im
first. All the bodies and boneka end up going up in flames
on a giant funeral pyre.
The film features the regular horror film stereotypes but
the boneka are impressive. When anda see them pindah their
eyes for the first time, a little chill will run down your
spine. The plot is a bit convoluted and oleh the end I was
quite confused oleh the many different strands they were
trying to tie up. The film is a bit cheesy due to the
characterisation of its victims and some portentous
dialogue. It also utilises the whole scary Asian woman
with long dark hair falling down her face trick that is
beginning to get a bit old. It’s not spectacular, but it is
good fun. It proves South Korea are inventive Horror
film makers and it should please 95% of Asian Horror
fans.
I do not like dollies atau mannequins coming to life. It
really scares the bejaysus out of me. Which is fantastic
fun when it comes to watching horror films. This is
definitely the best scary boneka movie I have ever
watched.
The basis of the plot was quite confusing. There is
something about during the Japanese occupation of
South Korea, a doll maker falls in cinta with a woman in
a red kimono and makes a huge life size doll in tribute
to her. The woman falls in cinta with him too. When she
is found murdered, the doll maker is blamed and killed.
The doll sits oleh his grave, mourning his loss for all
eternity.
Cut to the present day. Five young people have been
called to an isolated mansion to have boneka made in
their image oleh a paraplegic sculptor called Im. One by
one they get knocked off oleh boneka that are controlled by
Im because they are descendants of the vigilantes who
killed the doll maker. A sculptor called Hae-mi is the
only survivor. She is plagued oleh a young girl called
Mina who turns out to be the soul of a doll she owned
as a girl.
Im uses Mina to try and kill Hae-Mi but Hae-mi kills Im
first. All the bodies and boneka end up going up in flames
on a giant funeral pyre.
The film features the regular horror film stereotypes but
the boneka are impressive. When anda see them pindah their
eyes for the first time, a little chill will run down your
spine. The plot is a bit convoluted and oleh the end I was
quite confused oleh the many different strands they were
trying to tie up. The film is a bit cheesy due to the
characterisation of its victims and some portentous
dialogue. It also utilises the whole scary Asian woman
with long dark hair falling down her face trick that is
beginning to get a bit old. It’s not spectacular, but it is
good fun. It proves South Korea are inventive Horror
film makers and it should please 95% of Asian Horror
fans.
