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Gala Premiere of 'The Faith of Anna Waters'

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A few days ago, I went to the Gala Premiere of the film 'The Faith of Anna Waters' , and thanks OCG for the kind invite! 'The Faith of Anna Waters' is Singapore's first Hollywood horror movie directed by Singapore acclaimed director, Kelvin Tong . He has secured Hollywood funding to make this movie, which makes him the first Singapore film-maker to have and direct his own Hollywood movie!   'The Faith of Anna Waters' falls under the 'Horror' Genre with similarities to another horror movie, ' The Conjuring'. The story is about a Chicago-based writer, Jamie Waters (played by Elizabeth Rice), who finds out that her older sister, Anna has died under mysterious circumstances. She travels to Singapore to investigate the sudden death of her sister. As the movie progresses, she uncovers secrets and other multiple deaths that are linked to her sister's death, together with her late sister's husband, Sam (played b...

Preview Screening of the Ghost Ship, 猛鬼船.

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A few days ago, I was invited by Clover Films to attend the preview screening of the 'Ghost Ship', 猛鬼船 . It is a Thai movie under the genre of horror, and  the story is about a group of ship crew who discover that the ship they are on-board is haunted! The premiere date was on the 7th January 2016.   The first half of the show kept me in suspense as I did not know why and the crew were being haunted! The frights come in many unexpected ways and the movie does a good job to keep us feeling nervous. As  the movie progressed, there were many good twists in the show, as expected from Thai Movies. However, I personally felt that the level of horror slowly went down hill towards the end.   The role of the 3 crew members which were played by Timethai Plangslip (Solui), Pongsatorn Sripinta (Yola) and Bhuvadol Vejvongsa (Kala) and were splendid. Among all, Yola left a deep impression in me as he is the funniest among the trio of them.   ...

[Korean Horror/Thrill] Preview Screening of The Tunnel

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A few days ago, I was invited by Clover Films to the Preview Screening of 'The Tunnel', which will be premiering on the 11th June 2015.     The movie is about a young lady, Eun Joo (starring Jung Yu-Mi) who meets up with a group of friends to attend the launch party at a luxury resort. A stranger barges in and scares everybody by warning them, that  they will be cursed and will die. They ignored his advice and kill him by accident. They decided to dump the body deep within the mine tunnel where no one could ever find.     'The Tunnel' has a weak plot and tries to keep the audience on their toes by maintaining form of suspense, but I felt the show in general and the ending in particular was badly done.      The story line was pretty odd, as there were many contradictions which don't really make sense at all. Although 'The Tunnel' is classified under the genre as Horror/Thrill, but t...

special Preview of Conjuring Spirit

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'Conjuring Spirit' is my very first Vietnamese movie and I went in to the theatre without any expectations, but it was surprisingly good!   The story is about an author, Lan (played by Phuong Mai) who decides to leave her cheating husband and moves out with her 5-year-old son, Bi. The pain of the betrayal keeps haunting her and she needs to be under medication in order to improve her mental condition.     She rents a very old apartment to start a new life with her son. Upon paying the rent, a music box was given to her, and which was then passed on to her son. Since then, many strange occurrences begin, and she believes that something evil is coming from the music box     Although, I couldn't understand a single word of what the characters were saying (need not worry, subtitles are available). The loud sound effects are enough to scare me off. The music box looks creepy and the melody coming from the box really ...

Preview screening of The Eyes Diary

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Many people are afraid of ghosts, but there are some fearless ones who are always prepared to venture into the darkness, for a chance to see the ghost of a person they love dearly.   Thanks to Clover Films as they invited me to a preview screening of The Eyes Diary , and it is a horror movie with a combination of elements of touching love and drama      The movie is about a young man's uncanny ability to see ghosts. Nott (played by Prama Immanothai) lost his girlfriend, Pla (starring Focus Jirakul) who died in a tragic motorcycle accident. Nott wants to meet his girlfriend again, so he decided to join the body-removing emergency unit as a volunteer who needs to rush to the crime scene or auto accidents. He soon begins to collect deceased’s belongings as souvenirs in hoping they will open a portal to the world of the dead.     The Eyes Diary delivers the story pretty well but the movie leaves out some details of t...

Thrill Channel: FEAR IS FUN

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Thrill is a new horror channel in Asia owned by Celestial Tiger Entertainment , and it is Asia's first and only movie channel dedicated 24/7 to the horror suspense genre.   Thanks so much to the kind people from Thrill Channel to deliver the horror premiums to my place!   Let me share with you the premiums from Thrill ... There is a water-bottle which resembles a blood bag, and I think it will look super cool to have along for any workout that I might go to! Cute Salt 'N' Pepper set - 'Ghosts from the Graveyards'.   Among all, I like the skeleton skull stress-ball best!  The n ext time if I feel blue or stressed out, I will squeeze it as I find the transformation hilarious, yet gruesome at the same time.   The eye-balls will pop up with maggots in them, and the skull looks pretty disgusting.   It is a good way to relive stress and tension!     Back by popular demand, Asian Fear Fest 20...

[CLOVER FILMS] A guide for the movie lovers

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I attended the Clover Films event at Fullerton Hotel . They presented some upcoming and new movies releases that we can look forward to in 2015!     Clover Films is a Singapore Based Film Distributor  who ensure they promote the best Asian movies, ranging from countries such as Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, China/Hong Kong, and even some of our home-grown Singaporean ones!   Let me share with you on some of the upcoming movies which scripts I find interesting.   I love action packed movies, so I will not let BLACK & WHITE: THE DAWN OF JUSTICE slip away from me, and its premier is on 9th October 2014. Panic spreads through the whole city as a series of bomb explosions occurs within hours of each other. Righteous and impulsive, Wu Ying-Xiong is paired up with the intelligent but arrogant loner Chen Zhen to track down the mastermind behind the bombing incidents. They discover that the bombings are jus...

Preview screening of The Swimmers

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I am a big fan of horror movies especially those directed from Thailand, so when Jasmine extended her invite to me, I gladly accepted it. ‘The Swimmers’ is directed by my favorite Thai director, Sophon Sakdaphisit , and I love how the story unfolds as he always gives the audience a plot twist at the end of the movie. Don't get the genre wrong, although it is categorized as horror, but it is not your typical ghost movie. In fact, this movie, 'The Swimmers' is a psychological movie with added horror content to it and it brings out a message about teen sex. *Major Spoiler Ahead!!* ****** The movie centers around a love triangle of a teenager named, Perth (starring Chutavuth Pattarakampol) who is one of the top-ranked swimmers in his school's swimming team. He is fond of Ice (played by Supassara Thanachat), the pretty girlfriend of Tan (starring Thanapob Leeratanakajorn) who is the rival of Perth in the swimming team and also Perth's close...