Dolls! Scary killer dolls! Argh!
I do not like dollies or mannequins coming to life. It
really scares the bejaysus out of me. Which is fantastic
fun when it comes to watching horror films. This is
definitely the best scary mga manika movie I have ever
watched.
The basis of the plot was quite confusing. There is
something about during the Japanese occupation of
South Korea, a doll maker falls in pag-ibig with a woman in
a red kimono and makes a huge life size doll in tribute
to her. The woman falls in pag-ibig with him too. When she
is found murdered, the doll maker is blamed and killed.
The doll sits sa pamamagitan ng his grave, mourning his loss for all
eternity.
Cut to the present day. Five young people have been
called to an isolated mansion to have mga manika made in
their image sa pamamagitan ng a paraplegic sculptor called Im. One by
one they get knocked off sa pamamagitan ng mga manika that are controlled by
Im because they are descendants of the vigilantes who
killed the doll maker. A sculptor called Hae-mi is the
only survivor. She is plagued sa pamamagitan ng a young girl called
Mina who turns out to be the soul of a doll she owned
as a girl.
Im uses Mina to try and kill Hae-Mi but Hae-mi kills Im
first. All the bodies and mga manika end up going up in flames
on a giant funeral pyre.
The film features the regular horror film stereotypes but
the mga manika are impressive. When you see them ilipat their
eyes for the first time, a little chill will run down your
spine. The plot is a bit convoluted and sa pamamagitan ng the end I was
quite confused sa pamamagitan ng the many different strands they were
trying to tie up. The film is a bit cheesy due to the
characterisation of its victims and some portentous
dialogue. It also utilises the whole scary Asian woman
with long dark hair falling down her face trick that is
beginning to get a bit old. It’s not spectacular, but it is
good fun. It proves South Korea are inventive Horror
film makers and it should please 95% of Asian Horror
fans.