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The last 10 minutes hit me like a ton of bricks
While the “scary”-looking ghosts are kept to a minimum, the series still has so many elements of classic Thai horror. I’m an occasional horror fan, but if you are someone who absolutely cannot deal with horror setups, you might want to give this show a miss.
Now, whether to watch the uncut version or not: The shorter versions on YouTube should still give you the details you absolutely need to know, but you may miss out on the background info surrounding the side characters. Personally, I think it’s fine if you just want to watch the cut version, but I couldn’t because I’m just that fomo.
With 70-minute episodes, I expected a well-developed, nuanced story that explored various character arcs. Unfortunately, the narrative surrounding Phob and his family lost steam towards the end. I somewhat appreciated Nuan and Da (Phob’s mother) as complex characters, but found some characters and their motivations to be poorly developed and executed.
Maybe it was a case of trying to do too much and diluting what mattered most.
To me, the real meat of the show was this: What’s going to happen after Phob leaves this world? How can there be a future for both of them?
Unlike He's Coming To Me, which turned out somewhat sappy and light-hearted, SIMR’s final 5 to 10 minutes left me with nothing but sorrow. The lingering dread from living yet not being alive without the person you love. And getting through each day despite it all.
Maybe only in death will there finally be relief. And perhaps that's where the horror truly lies.
Read my full review here: https://asianblreviews.wordpress.com/2022/03/27/something-in-my-room-2022-review-bl-with-thai-horror-vibes/
Now, whether to watch the uncut version or not: The shorter versions on YouTube should still give you the details you absolutely need to know, but you may miss out on the background info surrounding the side characters. Personally, I think it’s fine if you just want to watch the cut version, but I couldn’t because I’m just that fomo.
With 70-minute episodes, I expected a well-developed, nuanced story that explored various character arcs. Unfortunately, the narrative surrounding Phob and his family lost steam towards the end. I somewhat appreciated Nuan and Da (Phob’s mother) as complex characters, but found some characters and their motivations to be poorly developed and executed.
Maybe it was a case of trying to do too much and diluting what mattered most.
To me, the real meat of the show was this: What’s going to happen after Phob leaves this world? How can there be a future for both of them?
Unlike He's Coming To Me, which turned out somewhat sappy and light-hearted, SIMR’s final 5 to 10 minutes left me with nothing but sorrow. The lingering dread from living yet not being alive without the person you love. And getting through each day despite it all.
Maybe only in death will there finally be relief. And perhaps that's where the horror truly lies.
Read my full review here: https://asianblreviews.wordpress.com/2022/03/27/something-in-my-room-2022-review-bl-with-thai-horror-vibes/
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