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Movie: Phobia 2 (2009)

Have you watched Phobia 1 or 4bia? It's among one of the finest horror movies from Thai filmmakers. 4bia or See Praeng is a 4-part movie directed by 4 different directors, thus the name 4bia and the plots are not related to one another. That was in 2008.

In 2009, kudos to Thai filmmakers once again for making Phobia 2 (Haa Praeng), touted as one of the highest grossing Thai horror movies in 2009 following 4bia's success.

Now, instead of 4 mini movies, Phobia 2 has FIVE excellently-shot horror plots of different genres of fear! Phobia 2 still makes for a thrilling, scary, and comedic horror film outing, with enough bandwidth for a franchised, crowd-pleasing series. (Quoting A Nutshell Review - Phobia 2)

Okay, let's see what are the stories about.

Novice

Pey, a 14-year old teenager was sent to a monastery for committing a nasty crime. Watch how he was punished for what he has done. Those who believe in karma will most likely enjoy this "show".

It's kinda gross to watch how karma shows its fangs when it comes to punishment and judgment.


Ward

This is indeed a one-man show from the lead character, Arthit, a cheeky teenager who broke his legs and has to be hospitalized for one night.

What happened next was something that he'dregret for the rest of his life. Watch how he was "punished" for sharing a room with a patient.

The plot's pretty straightforward and it's ending is predictable but you'll enjoy watching it.

Backpackers

I pity the young Japanese couple whose hitchhiking trip cost their life as they were embroiled unknowingly in drug trafficking and zombies! ZOMG!

This is one of the 5 parts that I don't like the most because I don't really like zombies, mummies, mutants or stuff like that.

You'll know what I mean if you've seen its trailer. It's kinda predictable as well, you know, the ending.

Salvage

This is one of my favorites! Simple yet intense!

Nuch, a car dealer made her living by rebuilding severely damaged cars and reselling them as brand new cars to unsuspecting customers.

One fateful night, she learned a terrible lesson for earning her living through such dirty business.

Seriously, this is a very good one although it's plot is kinda exaggerated.

In The End

Good thing that Phobia 2 ends with this super hilarious plot!

Quoting movieXclusive, after getting spooked for 4 segments, "In the End" was a comedic effort that made us laugh as hard as it was spooky.

"In the End" was a comedy riot when this segment self-depreciates the director's movies such as Shutter and Alone. It even went on to poke fun of overacting in horror films and how bad decisions were made on set while filming. Who's dead and who's not? It all ended in a big barrel of laughs and unexpected twist that's worth re-watching.

Without a doubt, "In the End" sets a precedence and standard for good 'homedy' (horror comedy).

Read full review & trailer by movieXclusive.

In short, go watch this movie. I promise you won't be having nightmares. :)

Lunch @ Sarpino's Pizzeria, Plaza Mont Kiara

With colleagues, as usual. :)

Sarpino's Pizzeria can be found at Plaza Mont Kiara, beside Subway.

Check out the photos below.

The five of us rooted for BONANZA meal.

We picked New York Deli for our selection of Gourmet Special Pizza.

New York Deli

Garlic Bread

Caesar Salad

BBQ Whole Chicken Wings

Lasagna

Nice!

I have a "7" T-shirt

I was at IKANO during lunch hour for @win7malaysia's Windows 7 Roadshow 2 and was luckily chosen to participate in a game session. It's called the "take-turn-to-recite-1-2-3-but-change-all-number-7-related-numbers-to-Windows 7" contest. There were 3 participants. :)

And I got the Windows 7 Limited Edition T-shirt! The RED one!

Photos courtesy of @win7malaysia.

Actually, you just need to pay a visit to Windows 7 Malaysia's Consumer Launch Roadshows at different locations.

Then, make sure:

1. You "stalk" any of the lengzai & lenglui clad with Windows 7 T-shirt and get a Windows 7 sticker from them.

2. You participate in the on-ground games and contests and you'll be lucky enough to get your hands on one of those T-shirts. :)

3. You check out Live Twitterboard.

4. You check out booths of participating partners.

More photos, click here.

Check out Windows 7 Malaysia's What's Happening - Launch events & roadshows page on win7.com.my for more details.

Have fun!

Don't forget this Saturday, 7 Nov 2009, at Low Yat Plaza, Kuala Lumpur. See you there!

Movie: The Messengers (2007)

There is evidence to suggest that children are highly susceptible to paranormal phenomena. They see what adults cannot. They believe what adults deny. And they are trying to warn us.

The statement above is the tagline for "The Messengers", a 2007 horror movie directed by the Pang Brothers and produced by Sam Raimi. Pretty convincing, huh?

The Pang Brothers are the directors of the evilly scary yet brilliant Asian horror movie, The Eye (2002), and subsequent The Eye 2 (2004) and The Eye 10 (2005). From my archive: Movies about eyes.

Sam Raimi is famous for Spiderman's movie franchise, The Grudge, and Drag Me to Hell.

I've watched a lot of horror movies. Some are lousy, some are good. I'd say "The Messengers" is a rather good one despite how it reminds me about The Eye. Maybe it's related to my preconception about the Pang Brothers and The Eye. :)

Here's what the movie is about: The troubled Solomons (Roy and Denise) moved from Chicago to North Dakota with hopes to rebuild their lives following their son, Ben's hospitalization, which was caused by their daughter, Jessica. As they started to settle down, odd supernatural events began to unfold. The parents' choice to disregard their kids' claims about seeing ghosts in the house cost them tremendous suffering. What actually happened?

If you've watched The Eye, remember the scene in the lift whereby an old man's ghost appeared oh-so-painstakingly-slow beside the lead actress? Remember the building tension as the whole scene was rolling with the lead actress' face crumpled in fear and we watched with our heart at our mouth? There's a scene in The Messenger with exactly the same method. The uncanny resemblance caused some uneasiness but fair enough. That's why we watch horror movies.

In short, this is a pretty decent horror movie with a straightforward plot - easy to follow and with a decent ending. Pace between plots are just nice although I still can't relate the crows to the ghosts.

Note: Watched on DVD.