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- "The Making of The Maid" featurette
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Legend has it that the gates of hell open and the dead walk the earth during the chinese calendar seventh month. Rosa a non-believer innocently breaks the rules of how to survive the 30 days and will soon understand that the spiritual world should never be disturbed Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 09/12/2006 Run time: 89 minutes
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Solid Asian horror flick,
By hollygolightly (New York, New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Maid (DVD)
Like a lot of the other reviewers, I'm a big fan of Asian horror of all kinds--I had overlooked this modest little film until now, but it was reasonably entertaining and, despite the occasional silliness, has a cohesive plot and some good effects. (There's a very brief moment when the shadow of a passing coffin falls over a young woman's face, which then contorts into the most terrifying expression I've ever seen. I don't know if it was CGI or not, but it's *really* creepy.)
It's not exactly non-stop terror and the young heroine's cluelessness occasionally gets irritating, but I still found it preferable to some of the earlier j- and k-horror movies that suffer from disjointed plots and ridiculous inconsistencies. Stylistically, it's much closer to the Pang brothers' Eye movies.
19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Maid to Scare.... vIDEO PROBELM With the dvd... STAY AWAY from this release!!!!,
By DA MAN "DA MAN..." (SINGAPORE) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Maid (DVD)
This is a film that was produced in Singapore, where my inital thought, that this film just wanted to capitalise on the current unstoppable flow of horror films that seem to follow from the asian countries. Add to that a title that seems even more tacky... I wasn't expecting much... But i was indeed in for a shock.....
The Maid; like it's title, is a tale that is centered around a domestic helper, aged 18, who has travelled to the Philippines to Singapore, in hope to earn money so as to provide a better life for her family back home. Situation is such that money is urgently required to save her ill brother back home. She is employed by an elderly couple, Mr and Mrs Teo who have a mentally-handicapped son Ah Soon. The relationship between all of them is good, and all seems to go well. In chinese mythology, the 7th month of the Lunar Calendar is widely considered the Hungry Ghost festival - when the gates of hell swing open and for 30 days, the dead walk among the living. There are some rules during these months that are praticsed during these months amoung most... of which include - not to turn your head when some1 taps or calls your name over the shoulder... Lot of other rules are also mentioned, and most of these have been brushed off as Old wives tale... The maid (Alessandra De Rossi) brushes them off, and unfortuantely, she gets entangled into the ghostly world.... The acting is decent, with my hat going out to Alessandra De Rossi who makes her performance very believable. But what makes this movie a regular scarefest is the fact that the director is trying too hard to scare us that the scares all seem too rehearshed. This film has a very decent premise, and the acting an't too bad... But i would suggest a rental for all those interested, before committing a purchase, as this is a film for only the acquired taste. Dvd wise, Tartan issues the regular stuff-along with Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 Surround tracks with a few trailers of it's upcoming movie selections - English subtitles will be available.... ******** I have just recieved word that the dvd presentation has a very serious problem with it. For some reason Tartan has tried to stretch what appears to be a 1.85:1 ratio into about a 2.35:1. Also the image is non-anamorphic. For this alone.... i suggest you skip the release!!!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Genuinely Creepy,
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This review is from: The Maid (DVD)
Kelvin Tong's The Maid is an interesting little film. It is not really scary but it is genuinely creepy in a way that not many films are today.
Starring Alessandra de Rossi as Rosa Dimaano, a Phillipine maid who goes to work for a family in Singapore in order to earn money for her family, the film gets heavily involved in Chinese superstition and tradition. Rosa arrives in Singapore during the Chinese Seventh Month. This is the time when according to tradition the gates of Hell open and the spirits or hungary ghosts walk among the humans. Rosa unknowingly breaks tradition and begins to be haunted by these ghosts. She is especially followed by the ghost of a former maid seeking revenge on her host family. The film is unique in that it presents custom and traditions that few Westerners know about in addition to telling its traditional ghost story. This is a worthy entry into the Asian horror genre that should have received a wider American audience upon its release. The Tartan disc offers an interesting making of feature in addition to some trailers of their most current releases.
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