The Maid - 2005 - Singapore

The Maid - 2005 - 6/10
AKA - 女佣

 
Rosa arrives from the Philippines to Singapore.
Auspiciously, it is the seventh month.
The Gates of Hell yawn open, spirits with a grievance emerge.
Rosa’s employers try to explain, try to warn her.
The girl is ignorant, however, makes mistakes, offending the ghosts.
Packed with jump scares (that soon grow tiresome) and wooden acting.
Script boasts a few twists, will be OK for those who sample different horror themes.
English subs = https://subscene.cam/subtitle/3351398

Late Night Ride - 2021 - Singapore

Late Night Ride - 2021 - 6/10
AKA - Kai ye Che  //  开夜车

Three of the four web-hosts and influencers, head down the deserted road.
Legend says the road was constructed over an old cemetery and is now haunted.
Can’t say the girls weren’t warned.
Three stories of death and hauntings, all on the same midnight road.
A husband whose wife perished on it, and an over-worked taxi driver.
By the conclusion, the three interlink.
Grief and ghosts.

Bait - 2012 - Australia

Bait - 2012 - 5/10

 
Bait as in the menu of the shark menu, with savory humans as appetizers and snackies.
Powerful tsunami drives great whites inland into an Australian shopping mall.
Helpless shoppers splash and shout anytime those jaws snap.
Better than recent, smirking comedies designed for “celebrity” cameos.
Premise of killer in a locked room with victims is OK.
Characters, ranging from sketches to neo-melodrama, behave mostly intelligently.
(Note: I live with two shark obsessed females, for me there is no escaping species Selachii.)

Zombiepura - 2018 - Singapore

Zombiepura - 2018 - 3/10

 
Oh, man, this is embarrassingly bad.
Within a Singapore military post, one of the soldiers catches the “zombie” virus.
Soon, almost everyone is infected, save for a handful to clueless survivors.
The humor is forced and juvenile, actiony bits play out over five to ten sluggish minutes.
Our main female is simply called “Beauty,” the soldiers are unskilled with weapons.
This film is a good 20-30 years behind the times.
I felt bad for the actors, trapped in this cinematic Titanic.
Another 1000 of my brain cells, RIP.