Why This Movie Has An Artificially Low Score

Yes, I'm sure he did having watched the movie unlike all the people who gave it "1" on here just because it's got Boll's name on it on the list of producers. It's a pretty good little film and it was in the Toronto International Film Festival, the so-called "most important" film festival in the world (Roger Ebert claims it is, who knows? big claim...), and the Vancouver International Film Festival. Absolutely no Uwe Boll movie would ever make it into any of those festivals.

I have no way of knowing, but he had to have slipped in during post production and bought his way in. This thing is so far over his head film-making wise that he couldn't have been involved otherwise. And that's not saying it's a masterpiece, but it's a good solid entertaining movie from rising director Ernie Barbarash.

I guessing that it was funded thur the german tax loop when it was still around. Boll is an amazing producer just his directing skill are a little hit and miss. By the way Boll film his career DIDNT start with House of the Dead. He has made a few amazing, personal, non video game films.

Agree with you about an IQ test for commenters!
this was a well-craft horror story.
Very often all we get is gore in place of a plot and little reason for various things that happen.
this told a story and it was poignant and well-done in my opinion.
Liked your comment.

Agree with you about an IQ test for commenters!
this was a well-crafted horror story.
Very often all we get is gore in place of a plot and little reason for various things that happen.
this told a story and it was poignant and well-done in my opinion.
Liked your comment.

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I would like to answer some of the questions and rants posted about this movie based on my understanding of the Chinese customs.

Every year, we have a ghost month which falls on the 7th month of the Lunar Calender. During this month, you will see people praying with josssticks, oranges, bowls of rice on the roadside. They will burn paper offerings to the dead. It is believed that the doors of Hell open during this period and ghosts wander on earth.

You may not believe it but many of us have seen spirits "eating" the offerings.

In this month, if you have a low luck score, you may encounter ghosts or be possessed by them.

The family speak English well because the guys mother ( Pei Pei) immigrated to the states properly 50 years ago and ran the sweat shop in her youth. English is not a difficult language to learn for asians. The guy probably went to school and university in the States and married Jaime. Then they went to work in Shanghai as expats. As the child went to international school in Shanghai, it is not strange that he can't speak chinese. His parents would have spoken English to him all the time too.

It is an ancient belief that one must return home upon death or his spirt would not rest.

Why did the ghost wait so long before manifesting? Probably because the rest of the family have had some protection against spirts in the past and the spells have lost their potency.

I am an immigrant to Canada. I speak 3 languages well. My son, who is born and bred in Canada can only speak English...

acouplequestions wrote: "...there was no reason as to why there was a giant ghost."

There is NO "giant ghost" in any way, shape, or form in this movie, nor one alluded to. You are lying and have not seen this movie, Boll hater.

Checking back here after a month, I see nothing has changed. Trolls win on imdb.

I think Boll is a mess of a director, but I'd never vote on a movie I hadn't seen or vote unfairly just to *beep* with someone's score. If he made a movie I liked, I'd give it what it deserved.



The gene pool could use a little chlorine......