HORROR MOVIE REVIEWS
(JULY 2006)
REAL FICTION (R) SAEROM ENTERTAINMENT (2000)
Starring: Jin-Mo Ju, Jin-Ah Kim, Min-Seok Son, Jerak Lee, Ki-Yeon Kim & more
This is an Asian film about a street artist who is being bullied by some low level thugs. They are forcing
everyone to pay them or they will beat & torture them. This street artist goes to one of his friends who
wants to kill them & convinces him to help him. The film doesn't have much dialogue to it, but was an OK
film. The thing that was cool about this movie is that it was all shot in one take, with no re shoots or
anything. You can actually see one of the females who is filming parts of the film along with some other crew
members through out the film. This was alright, but not one of the best Asian films I've seen lately.
SAMARITAN GIRL (R) TARTAN VIDEO USA (2004)
Starring: Yeo-Reum Han, Ji-Min Kwak, Eol Lee, Kwon Hyun-Min, Oh Young & more.
Two young girls want to go to Europe in the summer, but have no money to do so. They get a great idea of
sleeping with men for money. The one girl sleeps with the men, while the other manages her affairs.
Everything is going well, until they get busted by the police. The one girl jumps from the window & lands on
her head on the ground. She eventually dies & her friend goes a little wacky in the head. She wants to return
all the money to the men, but she sleeps with them first, then returns their money. Her father finds out &
goes after each of the men & beats the shit out of them. There were some slow parts in the film, but for the
most part it was interesting!
www.samaria2004.co.kr
THE ISLE (R) MYUNG FILM COMPANY (2000)
Starring: Jung Suh, Yoosuk Kim, Sung Hee Park, Jae-Heyeon Jo, Hane Seon Jeing & more.
This was a pretty odd film. A young woman run a fishing shop on the lake, where people can rent these
little huts that float on the water & go a live there for as long as they want. She provides them with food,
drink & even sex. She sleeps with all of them, but really only wants the one guy. This man is a cop & keeps
thinking of committing suicide for something he did. Some of the other men get some prostitutes to come
have fun with them. The female running the place doesn't like this & she kills the prostitutes & their pimp.
Once the cops find out, they come searching for her, but she escapes. There are some bizarre things that
happen in this film. It's kind of slow, but worth watching for the few strange parts!!!
VERSUS (R) MIRAMAX FILMS (2000)
Starring: Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki, Chieko Misaka, Kenji Matsuda, Yuichiro Arai & more.
There are 666 portals in this world that lead to the other side. The 444th portal is in Japan & is in the Forest
Of Resurrection. When an escaped prisoner winds up in these woods, he is tracked by a bunch of henchmen.
What they soon find out is that anyone killed in these woods returns in a zombie like form. There are ton of
zombies who return & fight these men. There was a ton of great fight scenes mixed with campy humor &
great gore. I loved the blood that flowed all through out the film, especially when the zombies were shredded
to pieces. Some slow spots, but plenty of action, drama & gore to keep you highly interested. I can see what
this film has become a cult favorite & there will be a sequel which i am looking forward too. This is a must
for any fan of Asian action, horror & gore flicks. This is a great film!!!
ULTRA VIOLET (PG-13) SCREEN GEMS (2006)
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund, William Fichtner, Sebastian Andrieu & more.
This film came out the same time as AEON FLUX & looked like a rip off of that film, but it's not. This film
is actually a lot better than that one was. The film takes place in the future, where scientist are experimenting
to make the perfect human. Of course things go wrong & they create a virus that gives people vampire like
powers, so they called it vampirism. The government set out to kill them all, but Violet tends to fight back.
Milla was the perfect person for this part & she does a great job in kicking ass & doing the action scenes.
Some of the stuff is a little far fetched, but it's a SCI-FI film that takes place in the future so anything is
possible. This is a much better flick than it' was made out to be & well worth watching, especially to see
Milla kicking ass in all those great outfits. Check this film out!!!
www.sonypictures.com/movies/ULTRAVIOLET