[Asian Horror Weekend] R-Point

Watched: September 29, 2013
Rating: 3.9
Duration: 1:47:23
Genre: Horror

“don’t be afraid of living people, be afraid of those that are dead”

When it comes to giving a scare, the Koreans are the obvious expert. With R-Point, they turn a simple war movie into a gripping, puzzling, and terrifying ghost story. The suspense is perpetual, and we keep on guessing who’s the killer or what has happened to the troops. It’s an ultimate ride to one of the scariest movies we’ve seen

The CONS

The ending seems to be a bit off and weird. Don’t wanna give out any spoiler, but we felt that the ending scene was a bit odd. The pacing feels slow. We feel there are redundant moments, or it could be that we just don’t think that the subtitle was concise enough to give us full understanding of the content of the dialog exchange. Other than this, there wasn’t any much con that we can point out

The PROS

The scary part is not the ghosts or the ghostly images, but the creepy and mysterious things that are happening in R-Point. We know that they are doomed and are bound to die. We don’t have any hope that these soldiers would ever survive, but the big question is, how? And what’s going on? The movie is able to contain the mystery, and keeps the viewers glued on the screen, anticipating for the worse, expecting for the most horrifying to happen. When we finally learned what’s going on, we are still driven to madness, puzzled on what will happen next. And even with the weird ending, we just sit there, speechless, trying to recall the previous scenes, trying to connect the dots. There isn’t any big twist, but this movie will sure keep you at the edge of your seats

VERDICT: 3.9 rating. Highly recommended for horror fans