Long knong (Art of the Devil II)
First off I have to give a big FUCK YOU to Netflix for
only having this movie available on Instant in its DUBBED form. The dubbing was AWFUL and completely pulls you out of the movie.
But regardless of that, I thoroughly enjoyed this flick and plan on getting the subtitled version to show to my boyfriend. I haven't seen a lot of Thai horror films and, to tell you the truth, in reading about them was never very interested in them as a lot of their subject matter seems to be drawn from voodoo curses (which to me, just seemed "silly" and "lame"). Well, I'll stop being closed-minded about it because I thought that
Art of the Devil combined its voodoo curse with some brilliant bloody tortured scenes and created a pretty creepy atmosphere. While some of the special effects are definitely cheap, I was able to look beyond them and just enjoy the suffering of our protagonists. And, again, I'm surprised how easily I was able to suspend my disbelief, even with a voodoo curse being the main evil force in the film.
The only other issue that I had with the film is something that seems to occur in a lot of Asian horror films: A non-linear storyline cut with awkward editing of flashback scenes. They were obnoxious at first (of course, the poor cheesy dubbing didn't help at all), but eventually I got used to it.
Overall, a decent flick. Looking forward to seeing the non-dubbed version.
3.75/5