Pasha's Film Reviews Etc.

9/10 Jong Joo is a small town policeman, who lives a simple life with his wife, mother and a little daughter. One morning he is awaken by a phone - there's been a murder. When he arrives at the scene he finds the family slaughtered and the culprit, the family member, out of his mind and covered in blood and furuncles, sitting on the front porch. This is just the beginning of the series of misfortunes of the little town. When Jong Joo’s daughter starts to behave strangely,  t sets off  a race against time to find the real culprit. Is it a strange Japanese man who lives alone in the forest and practices satanic rituals? Or is it something more sinister the words can describe? South Korean director Hong Jin Nah has made only two feature films and both of them are among my favorites. His third feature THE WAILING had been 6 years in making. His unique way to structure the story is straightforward, but also dreamlike, is nothing you had ever seen. A modern viewer has c...

7/10 Paranormal investigators Lorrain and Ed Warren are facing the most horrifying case in their career - Amityville Horror - when Lorrain has a premonition of something horrible to happen to Ed. Refusing to pursue any more cases she cannot avoid facing her fears when the Warrens are commissioned to investigate a new demonic possession in London – the terror of Enfiled, where a young girl is being terrorized by a restless spirit. But as Lorrain enters the house she cannot feel any supernatural presence. Is there really something otherworldly happening here? Or is it just someone’s foul play? James Wan makes me proud to be a fellow Australian. He loves genre movies and he does them well. His Furious 7 in my opinion is the best entry into the franchise, but it is horror films that he does best. THE CONJURING 2 is a sequel that does not upstage the original, but works perfectly in its own merit. It is longer than your average horror film, but is perfectly structured. Fo...