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The Child's Eye (2010)

October. 13,2010
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A group of friends finds themselves stranded in an old hotel. As they uncover the history beneath the walls, they're slowly drawn into its sinister past, making it harder to get out alive.

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Exoticalot
2010/10/13

People are voting emotionally.

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Rijndri
2010/10/14

Load of rubbish!!

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CommentsXp
2010/10/15

Best movie ever!

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Haven Kaycee
2010/10/16

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

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revbighig
2010/10/17

Watching a movie (reading a book, attending a concert)in order to review it, is to chose not to be entertained. Surrendering to art, allowing it to sweep you along as it may, is always my plan. But when the down-river flow is so full of rocks as to keep bumping my head, I fell out of this movie and back into my living room going "huh"? I love Asian horror. It has a creepiness unseen elsewhere. This movie did too, but only in atmospherics -- the hotel was a fright! The acting, however, did not add much. It mainly consisted of long, silent pauses where the actors stared at each other, at nothing, at ghosts. And considering the ugliness and horror all about them, the three girls were remarkably unfazed, wandering over and over again back into dark and dreadful places. I might have accepted some of this, if the plot made any sense. Even the amazingly knowledgeable narrative of the Doggy girl, wasn't much help.(It seemed to fall apart in the b/w flashback.) Who was the mother? The wife? The half girl/half dog? How did she get this way What was that crazy hellish world on the other side of the goo? Why did we need so much time dedicated to the riot scene -- it felt like a separate movie. 4 for atmosphere, 10 minus 6 for everything else.

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BARZAN
2010/10/18

In the beginning i thought what a boring movie i'm watching, but after a while as I expected, I found that was wonderful movie ! Actually after Grudge series directed by Takashi Shimizu , this film can be known as one of the best Horror movies that recently released. Sometimes people make me shocked by giving low rating to some movies, i think this one is one of them and mean rating could be between 6-7 ! Any way Asian Horror movies have their own fans who waiting hardly for new movies .I believe Far Eastern's myths, cultures and beliefs is a big support for making wonderful scenarios .

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Paul Magne Haakonsen
2010/10/19

I was excited to watch this movie for two reasons: 1 - it is a Pang Brother's movie. 2 - it is an Asian horror movie.However, having seen it I set here with a sense of disappointment and that I was somehow cheated out of something.For a Pang Brothers horror movie, "Child's Eye" is fairly disappointing and uneventful. It doesn't quite live up to previous movies such as "Ab-normal Beauty", "Re-Cycle", "The Eye (trilogy)", etc. It has that certain Pang Brothers feeling to it, but it doesn't quite deliver like some of their previous works did. I surely hope that their next project will be more wholeheartedly.The story in "Child's Eye" revolves around an old, run-down hotel in Thailand, where a group of young people from Hong Kong get stranded and are drawn into the dark, sinister story that is tied to the place. Sounds great, yes, but the story turned out to be rather jumpy, confusing and didn't fully have a red line throughout the feature length. Which made the movie somewhat of a pain to sit through.As for the sets and props, well here it is the usual Pang Brother's standard. Lots of really nice sets and decorations. They sure have a good touch for details, and manages to get everything working well together. Despite it being shot in relative dark surroundings, the use of lighting in the movie is really phenomenal. It adds a great sense of dread and mystique to the movie.The cast in "Child's Eye" were good as well. I have watched a lot of Hong Kong movies, and I am fairly unfamiliar with these people. But still, they did a good job with their roles. Most noticeable was Rainie Yang, as she sort of had the lead role, so to speak.Now, one thing puzzles me in the movie, why did everyone speak Cantonese? They were in Thailand. Still the doctor in the hospital was speaking Cantonese. That was just a bit too cheesy. And the scene where they went through the "portal" and came out somewhere else, where you see buildings crumble and such, that was just too much. It looked like something that should have been in an entirely other movie. That was so misplaced in "Child's Eye". Seemed like a chance to just show off some CGI skills."Child's Eye" was a disappointing experience for me. It was a step backwards for the Pang Brothers in my opinion. The story was not well put together and it was too messy. But hey, you can't expect all Asian horror movies to be great, and even great film makers can deliver top quality with every single movie. It is good in a way that they moved away from their usual niche of movies, artistically speaking, but a bold move in a way as well, because the audience might not like the turn of events.This is not a movie that I will be returning to for a second viewing. But hey, if you like Pang Brothers, you should check out "Child's Eye", you might just like it.

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Tokyo-1997
2010/10/20

I found this movie to be relatively entertaining but not fantastic. This movie revolves around a really dark hotel. This movie is rather unique as it has the elements of comedy, horror and fantasy. The idea used in this movie about this dog-human hybridisation was very original and interesting. This idea was not used in other horror movies before. The dark and tense atmosphere used in this movie was great. There were a few jumpy scenes. This movie has its mystery elements and has a rather decent storyline. The acting in this movie was quite good, although the acting of the creepy girl in the movie was very poor. The fantasy land used in this movie was quite interesting and original. I love the scary scene where one of the main characters vomited white gory stuff, followed by blood, and then his tongue. He seemed to be possessed. I thought this scene was done very well and was really scary. However, there are also flaws in this movie as well. This movie does not build terror and fear very effectively. It gets less and less scary towards the end of the movie. The ending for this movie requires a whole lot of explanation as it was just so confusing.The movie was too fast paced to be scary. There were many scary scenes in this movie. Some of the scenes were very memorable. I would prefer this movie to build tension and fear around the beginning of the movie with some scary scenes, and let it get scarier and scarier towards the end of the movie.This movie did not manage to build terror and fear towards the end of the movie. This movie should have its scariest scenes towards the end ofthe movie and not end the movie with some very touching stuff. This movie tries to be touching towards the end but did not manage to do so. This movie does not have any suspenseful moments. Hence, this movie did not manage to be as well made as ringu, Ju-on or One Missed Call. Overall, I found this to be an average movie with some entertaining scenes. Recommended. Score:7.7/10

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