Calenture The infuriating thing about this movie is that it could have been so good if they hadn't tried to be so clever with the plot. 90% of this film, we're told, didn't actually happen. So why film it? If two of the characters are actually the same character (one in disguise) then how do we - and the other characters, apparently - see both these characters at the same time?At one point a detective explains how the victims were 'initially killed'. Huh? It doesn't matter what language you use, once someone's been killed there's no second time you can kill them.Even one of the alternate titles is misleading: 'To Sir With Love.' There's no 'Sir'. The teacher's a woman!So far (despite my subject line) I've somehow avoided giving any real spoilers. The reason is, if you're prepared to sit through a better- than-average slasher movie, even prepared to accept the appalling ending which informs you that almost everything you've seen was bogus, that's fine. I love Asian cinema and some of its best has come from South Korea, but this is a total cop-out. Blood and gore thrown in apparently to please a mass market, then a 'clever' ending trying unsuccessfully to tie things up, possibly in the hope of pleasing any highbrows in the audience. It just doesn't work. I'd like to think that maybe the director was coerced into adding those nonsensical later films by studio bosses and maybe one day a much shorter director's cut will be released, with all the illogical bits taken out. If that happens the result will be a still-complex film that transcends the average slasher picture. At the moment it's just a mess.

SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain The film begins with a number of bodies being found. The lone survivor then explains the previous days' events. We see a story of a dying teacher meeting some of her old students. It all seems to be going well, until we realize each ex-student holds a grudge against their teacher for an event/comment she made. It's great to see how such small moments can stay with a child for a lifetime, and how they can shape the person that child will become. It also emphasizes the need to forgive. The teacher doesn't always recall these memories, as they were just fleeting moments to her. It's about responsibility and how we should treat others, as well as empathy. Soon the crap hits the fan. Did I forget to mention the teacher had a disfigured son that was always locked in the basement? The film does well at mixing character drama with slasher horror, but is also a bit dramatic at times. A man hangs himself to Moonlight Sonata for example. There is also some questionable camera work, during dialog scenes it just zooms in and out from the speakers face, no reason for this, just very distracting. The final twist is obvious but does well to fit into the themes being discussed.

Dan Grant Bloody Reunion is a mess. It doesn't really tell us what happens or who the killer is or who the killer might be or even if there is a killer. Well, I'm fairly certain that there is a killer, because people die, but why the killer does what he or she does, is still a little confusing.I love a lot of Asian horror because they are either A) incredibly scary like Ringu and Ju-on, or they are disgustingly violent and gory like Men Behind the Sun or Audition. Bloody Reunion falls into the latter as the best part of the film is some of the killings. There is plenty of blood and several gut wrenching scenes as one unfortunate soul gets his mouth kept open by what looks to be protractors, then has tiny razor blades dropped into his mouth and boiling water dropped into his mouth. I shuddered watching this part as the pain he must have went through would be excruciating.But beyond the gore, the movie cannot be recommended. The ending is just too strange and really doesn't make any sense. Is there a deformed kid running around killing people? Did he ever exist? ***SPOILER ALERT*** What really takes away from the film is that you think one thing and then it just confuses the hell out of you by making you believe one thing and then another. We find out that the story told to police by the surviving student is all a lie, ala The Usual Suspects. We are then told that these students all meet with their teacher once a year, are all successful and are all poisoned by her. We then find out that one of the students never really exists and (this is the most confusing part) all the nasty things described as being done to the students was really done to her. Then she has a menstruation problem in class that people made fun of her about and then her mom is on the way to the school to confront the teacher and she gets hit by a car.It doesn't make a lot of sense. Stylistically the film is fine. The gore effects are wonderful and some of the women in the film are very easy on the eyes. But the script is much too confusing.I'll continue watching Asian cinema. This film isn't terrible, it just could have been much better.6/10

kosmasp For one I'm talking about the old teacher, who plays one of the main roles here. But I'm also referring to the movie itself! It's very sick and it might not be to everyone taste! That's also referring to the blood but also to the conclusion of the movie. But let's not jump to far ahead just now ...It all begins with a crime scene and then the story of how this happened unfolds. The crime scene or the making of it, as it is told, is I have to emphasis that, not for the faint hearted! You have been warned! Some people come visit the old lady and we soon find out, that there were old pupils of her. They're coming to visit the old lady and wish her well ... but not everything is as it seems to be ... I'll leave you with that ... :o)