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A woman is finally meeting her boyfriends mother and
everything seems fine at first. But when her boyfriend
has to leave for work for a couple of days, she finds
herself alone in the big house with his mother and
her creepy assistant. As if that wasn't enough, she
soon starts to see things in the house, it's almost
as if the house doesn't want her there. What's really
going on in the house and what mysteries is hidden in
this strange family?
While most Asian countries seem to be puking out horror
movies every day, China is, believe it or not, one of
the few Asian countries that hasn't produced many horror
flicks so far (apart from Hong Kong that is). So when
Seven Nights was released, I was eager to see the result
and what China was capable of movie-wise. Well, I have
to say that I'm a bit disappointed. Seven Nights is not
original in any way and mainly tries to be a traditional
Chinese version of The Grudge. Naturally we get all the
clichés in it with long-haired ghost girls and evil black
cats along with a mysterious story building up for a
surprise twist in the end.
What did impress me however was the look of the movie. It
doesn't try to look slick and stylish like all other
Asian flicks these days, instead it's a very dark movie
with pale colours. This might not sound like a good thing
but believe me it is. The use of pale colours actually
benefits the movie and manages to create a good and creepy
atmosphere. However, even if the atmosphere is there, it
never does get really scary. There are a couple of scenes
where the director obviously wanted to give us a scare but
they really fall flat and come out pretty ridiculous.
In the end, Seven Nights is not a good horror movie. It
has all the right elements but never becomes scary or
creepy, despite the fact that the ghost girl in this one
looks very evil. With better editing this might have been
a very good horror flick but it's hard to stay interested
when the story is weak and the scares are tame. But with
all these awful horror flicks coming out these days,
I wouldn't advice you to stay away from it because it
definitely isn't a waste of time.
Nothing.
The little music that we get works for its intents and
purposes but not much further than that.
Seven Nights is not a good movie, but not really a bad
one either. It completely lacks of originality but it's
nice to see that China is breaking into the horror
industry as well. I'm sure that we'll get to see more
horror flicks from them in the future. Far from worthless
but there are better flicks to spend your time with.
Review By: AnthroFred
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