chinmanhong Reviews

The Empty Chair: Final Exam (2023)

Dumbest adult with innocent kids

[6/10 · 18 November 2023]

The movie starts the first 30 minutes in a really gory way that makes you really excited for what gonna happen after next. The killing part are extremely wild that will let slashers fans really high tension (including me, even though the film not r rated in Malaysia)

The biggest disadvantage of the whole film is the shaping of characters. Many behaviors really make people feel inexplicable and illogical, especially in adult roles. And I personally feel that the acting skills of adults are really worse than that of students. This is the first time I have seen it in a horror film. Many people's acting skills are only presented with open their big eyes or showing up loud voices, and they don't feel deterrent at all.

Perempuan Bergaun Merah (2022)

Old fashion hollywood horror

[6/10 · 17 November 2023]

The actor's acting skills are sloppy, and the motives of the ghosts are also inexplicable. The story is old-fashioned and easy to guess the development of the plot. The script is too weak to make the plot boring, but the director's directing, editing and photography are satisfactory, so people can ignore the above shortcomings. Its shock points are very dense and fast-paced, and combined with the plot about religion, the audience easily indulges in its atmosphere. As an R-level horror film, the bloodyness of the story is satisfactory, and the presentation of the death scene is very good. It is the best Indonesian horror film I have ever seen.

Waktu Maghrib (2023)

Good background Bad story

[4/10 · 17 November 2023]

The actor's performance is strong and powerful. But the director is not very good at controlling the rhythm of the story, so that the second half of the story makes people sleepy. The sense of division of photography is particularly heavy, and the quality is uneven (some parts can be praised).

As a non-Muslim, the background of this story is very attractive and provides a considerable artistic conception to present the story (small villages isolated from the city, terrible nursery rhyme curses). Unfortunately, the story does not fully appear horrible to audiences. Especially at the ending of the movie, the appearance of ghosts will only make people feel puzzled and funny, and some characters can't play a real role.