Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Make Me Shudder 3


Ratings: 5.5/10
Film Class: C
Genre: Horror Comedy (Thai)
Scare Factor: 0.5/5

A group of schoolboys decided to take a grad trip to Phuket. They ended up stranded in a deserted hotel that was previously hit by a tsunami, which claimed many lives. It was there that their nightmares came to life. 

First off, there was too many pretty boys and a tragic lack of female leads. There were many hints of homosexuality but other than a few kissing and holding-of-hands scenes, everything else was PG. I'm not one for subtlety, unless the plot calls for it. The director should have gone all out instead of holding it back... 

The scare factor was disappointing. The lameness skyrocketed to 15 floors high, crashing any horror bent on creeping up on its audiences. So it turned out to be more brainless than breathless. Entertaining but shallow, with a lack of good CG and draggily obsessive wave-swirling scenes, Make Me Shudder 3 is one messy flop. The extended endings, x3 added no additional value to the plot nor entertainment. 

This Thai horror comedy is a zombie movie disguised as a supernatural movie, even the cast felt the weight of the identity-crisis, unable to differentiate whether those "things" moving were ghosts, zombies or vampires (the classic no-breathing scene is reminiscence of Chinese vampires films). 

However, there were indeed a couple of hilarious moments, but is it worth watching? Unless you're a zombie wanting to waste your life (or death) away, No.

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