Well I curled up good and cozy and watched several recent DVD arrivals last night and so naturally it’s review time! We start off with another recent Indonesian Horror film, “Lantai 13″……
The synopsis I founds reads as follows: “Lantai 13 (Thirteenth Floor) is an Indonesian horror movie starring Widi Mulia, member of the singing trio “AB Three”. The story is about a girl named Luna (Widi) who got a job in an office at thirteenth floor. But Luna experiencing a lot of strange things when she works at the office. She often heard someone whisper in her ears, crying in the toilet and smells something weird in the lift. Later she knows those strange things happened because one year ago, 6 June 2006, the owner of the building killed 12 women to become a sacrifice so that his business can grow. He tricked the women to become secretary of his company, but then he killed it. It’s supposed to be 13 women, but one year ago a woman didn’t respond to the invitation letter he sent. The thirteenth woman is Luna. And after one year, Albert, the building owner is still going to complete his sacrificing ceremony.”
Haunted Office Buildings? Hasn’t Neko gone this route before? Will the Indonesians have anything new to say? Lets find out!!
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posted by Nekoneko at 4:46 am
Well, another pile of stuff has arrived in my mailbox, among these a whole new bunch of Thai horror films, including 2006’s “Scared”….Will director Pakpoom Wongjinda follow through on it’s title? Let’s find out…..
First the bad news. The Thai DVD has no English subtitles. There are extras, a trailer and a brief behind-the-scenes segment but that’s all. The image is 16:9 anamorphic, the audio is a clear 5.1 dolby mix, and, as always, official Thai DVDs are very reasonably priced. The film has also made it to DVD in Germany and Malaysia as well, but again with no English subtitles. Thank goodness your lil’ Catgirl had some subs I could work with and do a bit o’ translation on and a desire to take a stab at it.
Was all that worth my limited time and effort? Or is this goofy Catgirl just certifiably crazy? There’s really only one sure way to find out…. You’ll just have to “Read On”… silly.
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posted by Nekoneko at 1:24 pm
Well this time out it’s off to Indonesia for “Hantu”, a sorta ghost/ monster/ spirit movie….
Yep… it’s another goofy horror movie from Indonesia… this time the story of a group of 20 something hikers versus one of those nasty forest spirit thingees that seem to infest Indonesia like some kinda mystical cockroaches.
The synopsis I found for it reads as follows: “Gali (Oka Antara) decides to go camping in an uncharted forest to find a lake called Setra Wingit. He brings along his girlfriend, Rinjani, and his three other friends: Ray ,Maya and Indra. Trouble ensues when Gali cannot find the lake, and a weird encounter with an old man leads to Rinjani’s disappearance. Can she be found? What mysterious secret does the forest actually possess?”
Well… if this lil’ Catgirl is any judge, that secret is that the jungles of Indonesia are the last place you’d wanna go for some rest or recreation….
Let’s “Read On” shall we?
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posted by Nekoneko at 12:29 pm