The most beautiful part about horror movies, the very essence is whether you've experienced that eerie feeling on a brink of "I just can't see it any further" and of course shivers. To summarize, this one delivers both. Couple of scenes are real, real creepy.New words to the genre? Yes - I'm following horrors quite closely and still have found new tricks. Visual candy - yes, I've liked a lot the way camera played about dimensions, 3D-oriented scenes were also likable. Derivative to The Eye, Insidious and Re-cycle - also yes, quite unfortunately. But! I'd l-love to see more derivatives to Insidious.Well, one can complain also about full-straightforward story, which is not so to say. So-so direction - here I can agree, but did you ever see stronger performance from teens in Asian horrors? (Pals, this is not a J-horror, it is from Thailand/Hong Kong) Not likely, so why complain too much? I can mumble a while around longish scenes, but I can also cease it on the fact that this is quite typical for pan-Asian movie school and well, this is not a Transformers franchise anyway. All in all this is a solid, quite creative 6/10 effort well worth watching for those who seek for new tricks on the horror arena. Give it a shot - at least to your exploratory agenda.

This is the fourth movie in the Pang brothers' The Eye horror series. Of the three previous I've only seen the first, which I recall as an effective and interesting horror movie. This one found its way into my collection as a filler in a movie order of another title, and was the first real made-in-3D movie I watched on my new 3D HDTV. 3D still feels like a mostly unnecessary gimmick to me, and I fail to see how this movie would have been any less effective without the 3D, but disregarding that, the 3D was mostly still quite effective.As for the movie itself, it starts out interestingly enough, and builds up a premise that could have been taken pretty much anywhere. The shock effects are predictable enough, but between the dog child and mysterious shadow woman, and all the strange on-goings with the three men in particular - making the three women the ones who have to drive the story forward - it has many elements that could make for a really good horror story overall. Unfortunately, when it comes time to tie up all the threads, it does so in a somewhat disappointing way. It's still better than most American horror movies I've seen lately.The original The Eye is a better view overall, but you can certainly do worse than this one too.

"If she's locked up there how could she show up in the restaurant." A group of friends on vacation in Thailand are ready for a relaxing time. When word gets out that rebels are attempting to over through the Prime Minister. On their way to the airport the get the news that it's closed. Being able to only find rooms in a motel that is utterly rundown they decide to wait it out. They soon realize that there is more to the hotel then thought. Having not seen a whole lot of Japanese horror movies (I have seen the re-makes) I wasn't 100% sure what to expect. While this movie did tend to drag a little, it was very creepy and did make me jump a few times. The quality of this is very good, not only is it creepy but there is also a story that keeps you intrigued the entire time. That is not something you can say about most American horror movies. Overall, a very interesting and creepy horror that will creep you out. I give it a B-.Would I watch again? - I don't think so.*Also try - Grudge & Rec 2

I found this movie to be relatively entertaining but not fantastic. This movie revolves around a really dark hotel. This movie is rather unique as it has the elements of comedy, horror and fantasy. The idea used in this movie about this dog-human hybridisation was very original and interesting. This idea was not used in other horror movies before. The dark and tense atmosphere used in this movie was great. There were a few jumpy scenes. This movie has its mystery elements and has a rather decent storyline. The acting in this movie was quite good, although the acting of the creepy girl in the movie was very poor. The fantasy land used in this movie was quite interesting and original. I love the scary scene where one of the main characters vomited white gory stuff, followed by blood, and then his tongue. He seemed to be possessed. I thought this scene was done very well and was really scary. However, there are also flaws in this movie as well. This movie does not build terror and fear very effectively. It gets less and less scary towards the end of the movie. The ending for this movie requires a whole lot of explanation as it was just so confusing.The movie was too fast paced to be scary. There were many scary scenes in this movie. Some of the scenes were very memorable. I would prefer this movie to build tension and fear around the beginning of the movie with some scary scenes, and let it get scarier and scarier towards the end of the movie.This movie did not manage to build terror and fear towards the end of the movie. This movie should have its scariest scenes towards the end ofthe movie and not end the movie with some very touching stuff. This movie tries to be touching towards the end but did not manage to do so. This movie does not have any suspenseful moments. Hence, this movie did not manage to be as well made as ringu, Ju-on or One Missed Call. Overall, I found this to be an average movie with some entertaining scenes. Recommended. Score:7.7/10