I don't usually watch horror movies but I gave this one a ty and I don't regret watching it, though I wouldn't say it's like, cutting edge horror. There's everything you need in a ghost story: lore, deaths, ectoplasm, the cyclical nature of time...

There are some twists that I guessed somewhat early on, and some questions asked sooner than they pop up in the movie itself, but I was still really surprised by the truth in the end. I spent the whole movie second guessing my guesses, so even when sometimes the scary scenes weren't terrifying me, I was still hooked onto the story.

I want to point out the cinematography and lighting -- this movie utilizes both in really interesting ways! Scenes shot on an angle, or following the character's face rather than the "action" so to speak, the lighting differences to show different time periods, all of the flashlights giving cool shadows, etc. The scene where Wen-yao is alone and it was like the lights went out in the world was especially cool.

Also, the acting! The characters really felt like annoying college students at first, and then like young people filled with primal fear (well, maybe not Sung as much lol). They all did a really great job, though I gotta point out Yu-ching especially. Her scenes hit really hard.

It was cool to see pieces of dialogue kind of foreshadow things, too. Def want to rewatch knowing the ending and see how that changes things!