Movie : The Child's Eye (Chinese)

Well, I won't say this is a "Movie of the Year" Nominee but it's not too bad. I certainly didn't regret watching it at the cinema, though it did at first scare some crap out of me. The good thing about this Pang Brothers' movie is that they don't leave you hanging in confusion by the end. Well, there were some unnecessary never ending scenes at the end parts but oh well, at least the main plot was solved.

What was kind of messed up is the title. It almost has nothing to do with the movie. At first, the title gave me an impression that someone had inherited a child's gift of seeing ghosts, or something like The Sixth Sense. But it turned out to have nothing to do with any child's eye. I would recommend the title to be "The Curse" or "The Deformed Child" or "A Mother's Sin"... That way it wouldn't give you the wrong idea about the movie, but might give away the ending xD

The moral value of the movie is to NEVER harm animals which I truly support 100%. Kill a dog and the baby in your baby will come out as one. It's a belief not only in Chinese tradition but probably around SE Asia that there are things you are just banned to do during pregnancy, in which most revolve around harming poor critters. This movie shows how a woman was cursed into giving birth to a half-dog half-human child and happened to die and haunt the hotel room, kidnapping residents because she was "lonely".

As for scary scenes, there were a few screaming-worth moments. The first one would be the 3D effect of a ghost hand about to grab the camera. And another is when one of the dudes chewed off his tongue. Yep. It came off like candy... Grosss...

However, after the storyline was revealed, the scary scenario somehow changed into sadness and sympathy. You'd understand why this haunting happened and how. And as i was watching it, the whole audience muttered an "owwwwww...." and the scariness just dissolved.

3 Stars for The Pang Brothers!