Thursday, September 30, 2004
The One With The Visits : Hungry Ghost Anthology
In conjunction of Hungry Ghost Festival, four directors Low Ngai Yuen, James Lee, Ho Yuhang and Ng Tian compiled their own ghost story in one movie.. Last night, we managed to catch the last show of The Visits : Hungry Ghost Anthology..
What can I say? Money is not everything.. with a small budget and simple short storylines, these four directors managed to create a huge impact to the movie.. Each nicely-continues-between-others story, "1413", "Waiting for them", "Nodding Scoop" and "Anybody home?" comes with different plots and different techniques, .. "Anybody homes?" by Yuhang for instance, was the most creative one.. Just by "using some shots from certain angles of CCTV cameras and spy cameras", and without much dialogue by two main characters Jackie Lim and Adlin Aman Ramli.. However the ending was a little bit fuzzy..
The scariest would be Yuen's "1413" (Read in Mandarin : One dead, one alive) but I like Lee's "Waiting for them" the most since it was nicely done, overall.. Oh.. BTW, some TGV's technical errors spoiled the night as we had to watch the ending first before the actual movie begins..
The Visits is not just a typical scary ghost movie.. It is something different.. (I can't say it is unique.. I remember Aziz M. Osman made a mysterious thriller triology for a "Cerekarama" slot when I was still in primary.. ) Definitely worth to catch..
PS: I received an email from a friend.. Not even "The Visits" can beat this scary news..
In conjunction of Hungry Ghost Festival, four directors Low Ngai Yuen, James Lee, Ho Yuhang and Ng Tian compiled their own ghost story in one movie.. Last night, we managed to catch the last show of The Visits : Hungry Ghost Anthology..
What can I say? Money is not everything.. with a small budget and simple short storylines, these four directors managed to create a huge impact to the movie.. Each nicely-continues-between-others story, "1413", "Waiting for them", "Nodding Scoop" and "Anybody home?" comes with different plots and different techniques, .. "Anybody homes?" by Yuhang for instance, was the most creative one.. Just by "using some shots from certain angles of CCTV cameras and spy cameras", and without much dialogue by two main characters Jackie Lim and Adlin Aman Ramli.. However the ending was a little bit fuzzy..
The scariest would be Yuen's "1413" (Read in Mandarin : One dead, one alive) but I like Lee's "Waiting for them" the most since it was nicely done, overall.. Oh.. BTW, some TGV's technical errors spoiled the night as we had to watch the ending first before the actual movie begins..
The Visits is not just a typical scary ghost movie.. It is something different.. (I can't say it is unique.. I remember Aziz M. Osman made a mysterious thriller triology for a "Cerekarama" slot when I was still in primary.. ) Definitely worth to catch..
PS: I received an email from a friend.. Not even "The Visits" can beat this scary news..