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Ghost Month

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This is a really good movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat. A slow start but only to build the roles to properly tell the story. The Director did a great job in making the story flow. I don't normally write reviews but just had to say how much I enjoyed this movie. It was well written, directed and casted. WELL DONE!!!

The story is of a girl named Alyssa who takes on a job as a housekeeper out in the middle of nowhere for a woman named Miss Wu and her Aunt Chen. At first she thinks the job will be a nice peaceful relaxing job being so far out of reach of others, all except for the neighbor Blake who owns the horse farm next door.

Alyssa soon finds herself being educated on traditional Chinese beliefs, like feng shui and things like that, but one particular event is the Ghost Month. Apparently the belief is that for a certain month every year, the ghosts are freed from hell and will come looking for you.

It kind of reminded me of Gremlins when Miss Wu explains the rules that for the month, if you hear voices behind you calling your name, ignore them, and don't turn around and they will leave you alone. Don't whistle as it invites ghosts to come into the house. And these salts or ashes or something they lay on the porch must not be disturbed, in which Alyssa does disturb and the ghosts seem to stalk her from there on.

To add more twists to the plot, it seems the ghosts are really trying to tell Alyssa something, something about events that have taken place in the house. Along the way you discover a plot that leaves you wondering what exactly is going on, and who is involved with it. And by the end, the confusing little sequences that happen all start to make sense.

However, there are parts of this movie I felt they did not need - The side story of Alyssa's ex boyfriend Blake really was not needed, it just added a stupid and unneeded few scenes to the film. It really slowed things down. If I had have been the editor, i;d have completely cut that story out of the whole movie. If you see the movie, you will probably agree it was not needed, it was just there.

I would not say this is a horror movie, as there is pretty much no blood. It's more just a thriller of a haunting and a few smokey effects on a ghost that has been seen before, so don't expect the FX to blow you away or show you something original and new.

I guess this movie is for people who liked movies along the lines of "The Grudge" where someone haunted is trying to unlock a mystery. Overall, it's not a bad movie. I would not pay too much for it, the cost of a rental at least would surplice.

P.S: The first reviewer said this movie is based on a real event that happened. I hope you mean it's really a Chinese belief, not the story itself was supposed to be true.

This supernatural movie is a good one. Its across between the Singaporean horror movie "the maid" and the Korean horror movie "the phone". It starts out as nice and the audience gets to know characters. Then she slowly starts seeing ghost and unwraps a mystery.

the pros about this movie- ghost where creepy esp. towards the end, character development was well thought out, actors where for the most part believable, the atmosphere was creepy, a variety of character personality.

cons- needed to have more scares and a longer back story for the ghosts.

over all it was a good movie but i would recommend the Singaporean movie "the maid" if you want scares.

I liked the scary images of this movie, and the cast was fresh faces whom I have never seen before. But the movie is odd in the sense of the weird neighbor of the asian lady and the dejected boyfriend. I enjoyed watching the movie to a certain extent.

I really liked the premise of this movie: Young woman takes housekeeping job with mysterious Chinese woman & her aunt in their strange desert home (at least I think it was the desert, I like to think it was at any rate.) I noticed that when the young woman got out of her cab, the last numbers on the cab phone painted on the door were 666. Later on I think I saw another subtle allusion to HP Lovecraft, but I need to do a little more occult investigating on that one. Anyway, the girl settles in (for about 5 minutes) before she realizes that odd things are happening, including the religious rites of the occupants, that are just a little disturbing.

The plot develops from there, with fairly obvious GRUDGE horror images, but there is originality in the script as well.

I agree with the reviewer who stated that the sub-theme of the violent boyfriend ought to have been cut altogether. The problem with that is that it leaves a very thin script. This wouldn't be so bad if the actors & action were intense enough to pull it off. Unfortunately, the actors were lukewarm & the script still needs work. The ending is unsatisfactory & the final image totally lame, even ridiculous.

Despite these reservations, I readily recommend the film for renting.

This is a pretty impressive effort if it was made by students of cinema for their first film. If you have a choice watch something else. I really can't believe they rented me this at family video, and on blue ray too. The two good reviews on here were probably by friends of the producers.

Don't waste your time watching this B-movie. The acting is the worst that I have ever seen. The script really sucks!!! Even renting this one is a no-no.

AWSOME!! A must see tale of a real event, Ghost Month! Can't wait to see this movie. This stuff really happens in China. I saw the trailer [...], and it looks like a upcoming WINNER!!