Scary and creepy and I'm hooked!
Wow! Terrorizing, creepy horror suspense thrill ride. For Luo Zheng fans, this is a must see. For others, I thought it was brilliant. GIving it a rare 9. Not sure why the low rating. It was very hard to follow for a while. But some brilliant stories are.
Plot: FL "unreliable witness type" (she is AWESOME in this!!!!) who has memory loss (or DOES she?) is plagued by hallucinations (or ARE they?) about murdered women and suspects her husband is involved. (What's in that ROOM he won't let her info?) Husband is conspiring with therapist to keep her from remembering things -- possibly because it would traumatize her (or WOULD it?) Is she psychologically damaged? Or is it the largest scale gaslighting project in history -- involving the largest group of people in the history of gaslighting? And if she's not hallucinating, is she seeing the future or is she remembering the past? And the non-verbal orphan who draws the drawings? Does he have ESP or premonitions?? Is he possibly her son (ok, taking a giant leap on this one)? And what's with the woman at the orphanage acting all weird when the FL comes to visit the kid? And MOST importantly for Luo Zheng fans (heh heh) , how is HE involved? Clearly, from the opening credits, he's the good guy and love interest, or IS he? He definitely has his own secrets.
The cast is great; the FL is brilliant as a terrorized woman trying to find the truth; the husband) is outstanding as a creeeeeeppppy dude. I think this is Luo Zheng's very best work -- outstanding and he plays the FULL range.
The music I originally rated a 5, because it was mostly background music that added to the suspense, until the last two gorgeous songs.
Don't consider rewatch value because once you find out the mystery it takes away the thrill ride.
Plot: FL "unreliable witness type" (she is AWESOME in this!!!!) who has memory loss (or DOES she?) is plagued by hallucinations (or ARE they?) about murdered women and suspects her husband is involved. (What's in that ROOM he won't let her info?) Husband is conspiring with therapist to keep her from remembering things -- possibly because it would traumatize her (or WOULD it?) Is she psychologically damaged? Or is it the largest scale gaslighting project in history -- involving the largest group of people in the history of gaslighting? And if she's not hallucinating, is she seeing the future or is she remembering the past? And the non-verbal orphan who draws the drawings? Does he have ESP or premonitions?? Is he possibly her son (ok, taking a giant leap on this one)? And what's with the woman at the orphanage acting all weird when the FL comes to visit the kid? And MOST importantly for Luo Zheng fans (heh heh) , how is HE involved? Clearly, from the opening credits, he's the good guy and love interest, or IS he? He definitely has his own secrets.
The cast is great; the FL is brilliant as a terrorized woman trying to find the truth; the husband) is outstanding as a creeeeeeppppy dude. I think this is Luo Zheng's very best work -- outstanding and he plays the FULL range.
The music I originally rated a 5, because it was mostly background music that added to the suspense, until the last two gorgeous songs.
Don't consider rewatch value because once you find out the mystery it takes away the thrill ride.
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