Cello (2005)
Even a second- or third-tier Korean horror film is likely to be well worth watching, if only for the technical skill the film-makers usually bring to the production. This one, though, really strained my patience… particularly when it all but revealed its “twist ending” ten minutes into the film.
#1 by Joshua on July 12, 2009 - 7:43 pm
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Perhaps I’m dense, but I haven’t figured out the twist beginning. I’ve rented the DVD, though, and should know by this evening. If I’m disappointed, it will be your fault.
#2 by Braineater on July 12, 2009 - 8:08 pm
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You mean, if you’re disappointed by not being disappointed, it’ll be my fault; but if you’re just disappointed… then, umm… then…
Oh, the heck with it. Let’s just say it’s my fault anyway!
#3 by El Santo on July 13, 2009 - 6:59 am
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Speaking of disappointment, I can’t tell you what a let-down it was to discover that the sackbutt is nothing but a weird subspecies of trombone. And the krumhorn! With a name like that, I was expecting something out of the dungeon scene in The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T!
#4 by Braineater on July 13, 2009 - 9:36 am
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Ever actually heard a krummhorn? Or even better, an ensemble of krummhorns? They are something out of Dr. Seuss.
By the way… for anybody who thinks I’m nuts, I’ve posted a Spoiler Page to explain what I meant about the Big Giveaway in this movie. I tried not to give too many details in the review, figuring other viewers might not be as disturbed by it as I was. But to me, it seemed as subtle as a poke in the eye, and every bit as irritating.
#5 by El Santo on July 13, 2009 - 11:44 am
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“Ever actually heard a krummhorn? Or even better, an ensemble of krummhorns? They are something out of Dr. Seuss.”
Okay, that is bizarre. Who would have guessed a wind instrument could sound like a 60’s-vintage Silvertone electric guitar played through a Bigmuff fuzztone pedal?
#6 by ProfessorKettlewell on July 13, 2009 - 6:20 pm
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SEMI-SPOILERS BELOW…….
So, without giving away too much, the film either copies “Carnival of Souls” or “Jacob’s Ladder”….?
#7 by Braineater on July 13, 2009 - 7:31 pm
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I was trying to avoid naming the films, but I guess I’ve already revealed so much that it really wouldn’t matter. So, yes. I’d lean more heavily toward Jacob’s Ladder, with a dash of Dead of Night for good measure.
#8 by ProfessorKettlewell on July 13, 2009 - 8:04 pm
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Cheers for that. But still and all…..a haunted ‘cello?
#9 by MatthewF on July 14, 2009 - 2:20 am
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So it’s got a big dose of Life On Mars in it (or vice-versa looking considering the date). By which I mean the British Life on Mars, where he’s in a coma rather than the American one where he’s a spaceman or some suc.