Will Afterimages leave you with with positive or negative afterthoughts??? Read our review to find out!!!
Maximum Extreme was invited
to the gala premiere of Afterimages, a Singapore made horror flick featuring 5
short stories based on various local folktales and superstitions. Five of our lucky readers were also able to attend the premiere thanks to our awesome ticket giveaway.
The premise is that a bunch
of friends burn paper effigies as offerings to the dead during the local Hungry
Ghost festival. You can send the
deceased pretty much anything by burning a paper version of the item, iPhone,
house, TV, car.
The friends burn a
paper camera but in a strange twist of fate, they get something back from the
other side.
Each day after the students
burn their offerings, they find a movie reel in the ashes. Invariably these curious cats decide to go
ahead and watch whatever is on these movie reels. What they discover is 5 spooky tales that intertwine
with their own fate.
Do they make it out alive or
does curiosity kill these cats?? You’ll have to watch to find out. This of course leads to the burning question,
is this movie worth your money and time?
Well, it’s a decent
effort. The tales are pretty creepy and
the movie plods along at a good pace leaving little time to get bored.
I quite liked the premise
behind the various tales but while they may be creepy, they never actually
become scary.
What I didn’t like about the
movie was the sub-standard special effects and more importantly, the poor
acting that was frequently on display.
To be honest, some of the acting really is terrible which makes me
wonder how those actors ever got past the audition stages??
These poor performances
really push the movie into comedy territory at times.
The best performance comes
from veteran actor Vincent Tee whose chicken rice tale is probably one of the
better short stories on offer. We were
fortunate to have had the chance to chat with Vincent after the screening and
he’s clearly a really decent bloke.
Bottom line is that this
movie will pass a couple of hours, you will be entertained, but it’s ultimately
very forgettable and if you’re looking for a pre-Halloween scare then this is
definitely not gonna do the job.
Rating 2.5 out of 5
Bobby
Agree! Haha... I did an individual rating for the tales and some pull down the total score! I like the contrast between Vincent tee and his pal Gim Goh.
ReplyDeleteSounds good Tiff! I didn't wanna talk much about the individual tales for fear of ruining what little surprise there is in the movie. Agreed Vincent and Gim were probably the best things in this thing =)
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