I found this movie to be...*SPOILERS*

...a drama disguised as a horror movie. What I enjoyed about the end was there was no horror movie. This is an excellent example of how fiction can manipulate our perception of reality. I've watched a literal ton of international horror films, spent years only watching them. I can't think of another movie that tells you what's going on long before the reveal in such a manner. What was scaring me, was how every character seemed to be the same person. I haven't read about anyone else picking up on this. Having seen so many horror movies it made me wonder why all these different characters thought the same things. Also, the killings started to make less and less sense for a movie that wasn't coming off as supernatural. The more the movie went on the less it made sense that the story was real. I was expecting a twist, for sure, but not the one given. Any possible plot hole isn't one once the reveal happens. The son was real but he plays on the assumptions and pprejudices of the audience. You could remake this film as a straight 90s style drama and no one would think it's a horror movie. This gets compared to The Usual Suspects, that is horror movie. The end of that movie is probably the scariest thing I've ever seen. It's what makes the manga/anime series Monster so unsettling. That nice unassuming person you encounter or know could be so evil that the worst of humanity fears and worships them. Also, the fact they may go to such great lengths to ensure they remain at the top. In Bloody Reunion imagine you're one of the characters that got poisoned, you would have no idea what's going on. The teacher in all her cruelity, which we have no proof of given the movie, never saw any of that coming. The son is a classic red herring, you only learn enough about him to keep him a constant in your mind. What causes an existential crisis in some viewers is the actual movie is maybe a 10 minute short film. I say existential because it brings up a fact of life, and fiction is a derivative of life itself. It was hilariously used as a point in Deadpool. Only a handful of moments are important, the rest is stuff that happens. Even then, it really only matters to you. That is why this movie is a drama first. The main girl saw that all her classmates were able to move on in their lives and be successful. The killer had no moments she could remember that made her happy. She was a victim, of what is never made completely clear. The poisoning scene raises some unanswerable questions, more than any other scene in the movie. I want to go over them all but I'll do one. Why poison everyone and tell the police a story that obviously won't match what happened? She wanted her story known but she didn't want to live with the consequences of her making it known. At the same time she only wanted her teacher to know the full story. This is amovie that could and should be studied more. This and The Usual Suspects should be studied concurrently, highlighting cultural differences and similarities. Monster, the manga/anime is a better comparison, but it spans a decade in real time and is so dense that most may not know how to begin the comparisons without a guide. In conclusion, this is a sadly underrated and underappreciated movie. It makes me wonder what is considered worthy of export. This was on Netflix for a second years ago, and there is still no version with a complete translation. It does make one wonder why some parts were not translated and the parts that were, are they accurate? Is the story a mystery because dialoge was altered? What was being said during the bottle scene?

After throwing a machete through a guys chest, "Stick around!"- Dutch (Predator)