Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment (2005)

This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

When I started watching this, at first I thought it was too low-budget and too amateurish to be worth watching. As so many Asian movies, because one cannot help comparing them with big Hollywood productions. Especially, I think it was a mistake of the movie-makers to put that scene with the family with the small children so early in the movie. Because then one got the impression, that this should be another of those hackneyed poltergeist-and-exorcist movies - but with much worse technical effects than the American ones.But I am glad I hang on, because it turned out to be really exciting - with a rich story, a very intricate mystery, and some good scares.I realized as much from the beginning, that the body of the ghost girl must be hidden somewhere in the building. But I could not see the end coming anyway - I mean the explanation in the crime that we all know exist, but which is taboo. I think it is a good thing, that a movie that very many young girls will watch dares to touch upon that subject, so that they who are themselves victims realize that they are not alone. Then, maybe it becomes easier for them to talk about it and apply for help.All in all, this movie was well worth watching!

Im a huge fan of horror movies, and coming across this movie really delighted me. The summary was interesting enough to pull me in, but about halfway or 3/4 into the movie I was struggling to stay awake, forcing myself to finish the movie to see whatever horrible trash ending was awaiting me. The movie starts off very interesting. Its a father and daughter moving into these new apartments, and you notice that the tenants are extremely friendly and eager to help them move in...pretty fishy right? The story starts unraveling slowly and you find out more about the tenants in the apartment. Each tenant has their own history with the "haunted apartments." Some of their experiences with the ghosts are kinda lame or just really weird and ummm...what?, and some actually have some frightening experiences. What can I say, little Asian kids are usually the scariest part of these Asian horror movies :P. All the tenants have to follow a golden rule though; they must be home before midnight (I believe) or they die. As the movie progresses, you find out the history of the apartments and so on. Im pretty disappointed in the way the movie ended. It had such a great build up only to be brought down by a completely random and far fetched twist that not even M. Night can rival. The twist was so incredibly stupid, and it just came out of no where! If you watch the movie, you will whole heartedly agree with me that they just stuck it in there so they can have that kind of stupid ending. Well overall, this movie wasn't -that- terrible. It had some pretty good suspenseful parts, but the terrible ending screwed it all up. >_< What a let down! If you're bored and have nothing better to do, give this movie a try. If you're looking for a good thriller, on the other hand, its best to stay away from this movie.

first of all i would like to say this is the first film I've seen since REC that had me wishing i was'nt watching alone in the dark. just finished this and wow! very well done, i was glued to the screen. typical kind of set up girl and father move because the mother has just passed away, but apart from that i found everything to be quite original. The apartment block is quite creepy as are the other residents. There are no real special effects or blood but i think thats a good thing because the script is excellent and the atmosphere and surrounding's are so dark and depressing it's not needed, and the ending wow, wow, and wow! totally unexpected. overall not quite as good as ringu but not far off i would recommend to anyone who likes Japanese horror and people who don't. p.s first comment and just getting used to new computer so sorry about spelling and grammar.

Not many movies i see today actually make me scared, this movie though that I accidentally happened upon actually made me very frightened. I was looking for a good scary movie to watch, I found this movie. This movie had one of the most original plots i had ever seen, even though it sounds like something you might see commonly in Japanese folk lore it was quiet a new concept to me.This girl and her alcoholic father move into a new apartment complex not to long after her mother dies. As soon as they move in they can tell things aren't normal. The tenants seem to act in a very strange manner. They later learn what is going on with the complex. It is haunted and they aren't allowed to move out, or stay out past 12. The only way they can move out is if they are the oldest renting tenant. If they move out too early, or stay out past 12 they are killed mysteriously. I don't wanna tell the whole story but it is extremely well made and very well written with a great plot twist at the end which will turn your whole outlook around completely. I would definitely recommend this movie to anyone craving either a good plot, or a nice scare. I would not recommend it to anyone who hates subtitles, wants to see a lot of character development, or action.Make sure you have all your movie supplies ready and close while watching , it will paralyze you with fear.