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Originally Posted by Giganticface
I haven't seen Alone but it's on my watchlist based on one of your previous recommendations. I didn't know it was done by the makers of Shutter. Bumping it up the list now, thanks! :)
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I really didn't like Alone it took me three attempts to get through it. I only presevered though as it has it's moments but I just didn't connect or engage with them when on screen. Felt there was no real reward for my perseverance too. It left me with absolutely no affection for it.
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Originally Posted by Giganticface
Ab-normal Beauty (2004)
I gotta say, I didn't like it as much as many reviewers did, lauding Oxide Pang Chun for his style. It did have some interesting concepts, and the characters were likable enough, but it lost me with some overly-dramatic melodrama in the middle, and the switch in tone to torture for the last half hour might have helped the fizzling story move forward, but felt a bit tacked on. I also didn't quite understand how the ending actually happened, which, at least for me, counteracted the suspense.
Definitely a significant step above a lot of films that lack creativity and skill in execution, but not good enough to be placed in the top echelon of Asian horror.
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I would have given it a 5 but I agree with everything you say. It felt very average to me but I agree it was well delivered, presented and created but not enough to truly captivate me. I've seen much better and much worse.