General Summary (Spoiler alert. If you don't want details, skip to the second section below): Okay, this is a remake of the 2004 Thai film. The story follows a photographer, Ben, and his new wife, Jane, and the haunting of a angry spirit (Asia is apparently rife with these things). Ben gets a job in Tokyo, and they venture out one day into the woods and think they run over a girl running barefoot in the snow, but cannot find a body. After this, both start to see apparitions and Ben's photos all are ruined at every shoot by a blurred image. Assumptions fly. Jane finds out that Ben knows the spirit because he dated her in real life. She was a pain in the neck so he tried to dump her. She was clingy and all stalker-esque and he and his American buddies hatch a plan to get rid of her. They drug her, take pictures of her being fondled, and embarrass her into leaving Ben alone. However, the buddies go to far, get drunk, and rape her. She eventually kills herself and is very pissed off about the whole sorted affair. All during this, Ben has been having mysterious back issues, which he assumes are from the wreck. After it is revealed to Jane what he and his buddies did, Jane leaves and Ben discovers that the spirit of the girl has been hanging on his back. The last scene makes this all the more clear.
Okay, its a pretty nice, taunt film. Creepy effects and though I have spoiled it somewhat for you, there is much to be discovered here. I won't say it will rock your world, or that it is the most horrifying film, but it is pretty good. Acting is decent, shots are well established, and dialogue relatively believable. The very last image is disturbing. Well, it was to me, anyway. Jackson is very underrated as an actor and does a good job as a guy who doesn't want to face up to what he's done or what is happening. Rachel Taylor is decent, more eye candy than actress, but she does scared, tormented, and insightful pretty well. Overall, the biggest problem is that the buddies suffer, but not enough for what they did. And Jackson, who was a gutless coward but did little, suffers the most. Oh well, to each (writer) his own. Again, the effects are very well executed and the film is good for a late night creep out, if only on a minor scale.
Overall, I would give it a 4 because I love Asian horror, even if its just a remake. Asians have a grip on horror for the most part. American directors should take note.
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