The movie does have its faults, but not being creepy scary is not one of them. A military group is sent to investigate a missing company that mysteriously vanished and now is sending radio signals. They go there and nasty stuff begins to happen.
The reason the film is so effective is because it doesn't skimp away on the character development. Each person has a name, a way they react to one another and are plausible characters. It adds to the viewer's compassion that everyone except the lieutenant are poor uneducated saps trying to get home to their families and villages. Then they die.
The feeling of hopelessness is both a strong and weak part of the movie. On one hand, if you are in the middle of things you can hardly just give up, but on the other hand, if you see there is nothing you can do, why bother? And if the characters are obviously ill equipped to deal with the situation, the details are irrelevant for some viewers.
As usual in the latest Asian horror, the ghosts are hardly interested in the logic of things. There is no right or wrong, they just need to separate people from their lives and they do it in the most creepy way. I believe R-Point is pretty scary and would have a maximum effect while watched at night with no lights on.
The reason the film is so effective is because it doesn't skimp away on the character development. Each person has a name, a way they react to one another and are plausible characters. It adds to the viewer's compassion that everyone except the lieutenant are poor uneducated saps trying to get home to their families and villages. Then they die.
The feeling of hopelessness is both a strong and weak part of the movie. On one hand, if you are in the middle of things you can hardly just give up, but on the other hand, if you see there is nothing you can do, why bother? And if the characters are obviously ill equipped to deal with the situation, the details are irrelevant for some viewers.
As usual in the latest Asian horror, the ghosts are hardly interested in the logic of things. There is no right or wrong, they just need to separate people from their lives and they do it in the most creepy way. I believe R-Point is pretty scary and would have a maximum effect while watched at night with no lights on.