Bunshinsaba (2004)

GHOST: HYPNOTIZE n BURN EVERYTHING! & Ghosts - One or Two?

GHOST: An Eye for an Eye! So, If U burn me, I'll burn U !! 🤭

Good n a Very Interesting Horror.
Skeptical to watch, since it's a 2000s movie, expecting it to be one more usual boring High school horror but I am wrong! :)
(BTW, I watched this during my college days n had a positive impression all these years n so re-watched now to write a review )

BE AWARE, it contains Content of Bullying, Rape, Mass Murder of Many by Many (Violent & gruesome Deaths by Fire n their Heart-wrenching Wailing)

****
The movie started mediocre n plain, like routine horror movies but as the story progresses, it got Very Interesting n Gripping.

Also, It's not just Horror, there are Reincarnation n Supernatural themes too.

The Ghost murdering people by Hypnosis, is something New :)

Does not contain Scary Jump Scares or Special Horror effects, instead it's a Serious Psychological horror that keeps the Viewer interested with the Suspense n Well Written Plot of present & past stories and keeps curious about what happens next.

***** STORY:
The setting is a All Girls High School in a village, where the local people don't welcome outsiders.

It starts with a transfer girl (Yoo Jin) n two of her friends, being bullied by her classmates. Unable to tolerate the harassment, they use the Ouija board to summon the spirits to create the Bunshinsaba curse to kill the bullying people whose names are written down.

Yoo Jin starts experiencing Haunting from then and around her, deaths of the bullies, happen one by one, by fire, mysteriously as though hypnotized by someone.

The female teacher, the male teacher and his spiritual friend try to help her.
Here it is shown as only one ghost haunting.

After first half of the story, it takes a turn, when the female teacher too, experiences Haunting simultaneously.

So, the Suspense of whether it's one or two ghosts n who possessed whom, is Well Maintained, till the actual n full Past story that had happened 30 years is revealed.
(Can be predicted to some extent that who, out of Yoo Jin n the female teacher, is possessed by whom).

The Past Story of Mom n her blind daughter, 30 years ago, is Terrible and Sad.

The Reincarnation & the Supernatural powers of Mom, to let her blind daughter see, are a Good Surprise in the plot (I didn't expect :) )

Depicts unacceptable levels of Bullying in the past n present stories too.

*****
Direction, Story Writing, Story Narration, Screenplay, Editing n Pacing are Good and Right.

The Narration & the transition of the scenes from the past to present n vice-versa and that of the haunting scenes of two ghosts, back n forth, are smooth.

(Watched a bad print, so cannot really comment on Cinematography or Production, haha).

BGM is right to the haunting scenes.

In the end, Everyone in the village got what they deserved and the ghosts got their revenge.

***** SPOILER *****
The climax scene is little confusing:
Is it a scene from the past when mom n blind daughter are happy in her childhood? (Probably No)

Or The teacher (in present day) has a little kid already (Probably No)

Or The reincarnated mom (as teacher) brought back her blind daughter to life as some random kid? (Maybe Yes. If so, what happened to Yoo Jin in the end, did the blind daughter's spirit leave her or no, is not clear).

*****
My RATING is 8.5 / 10.

Horror Genre Lovers, especially who love to watch every type n a variety of Horror concepts, Watch this, U'll not be bored! :)

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