An Indian comedy-horror can’t be shown in India, 2 more horrors open in Indonesia, Thailand gets its first “full-scale” horror film fest and Vietnamese executives are angry with their horror film.
The downturn in Korean cinema was long overdue. Far too glitzy and over-produced movies have resulted in an end products that have no soul, no redeeming features and are just plain boring. I look at movies like #Alive (boring), The Divine Fury (not good) and Peninsula (strange sequel that never really moved the franchise forward)
Koreans trying to partner with both Thais and Indonesians for horror co-productions show (to me anyway) that they know their blockbuster horror market has peaked (just like J-horror did two decades prior) and they are looking for the next sugar fix.
Personally, there should be more exposure to the lower level streaming stuff - Oksu Station was fun, Ghost Mansion was also good (even though I hate anthologies) - but they were still a little too slick for my tastes
The downturn in Korean cinema was long overdue. Far too glitzy and over-produced movies have resulted in an end products that have no soul, no redeeming features and are just plain boring. I look at movies like #Alive (boring), The Divine Fury (not good) and Peninsula (strange sequel that never really moved the franchise forward)
Koreans trying to partner with both Thais and Indonesians for horror co-productions show (to me anyway) that they know their blockbuster horror market has peaked (just like J-horror did two decades prior) and they are looking for the next sugar fix.
Personally, there should be more exposure to the lower level streaming stuff - Oksu Station was fun, Ghost Mansion was also good (even though I hate anthologies) - but they were still a little too slick for my tastes