It's not a horror movie although the concepts of having a demon that requires a steady diet of human hearts in order to keep it's fake skin looking fresh could be horrific if filmed the right way.
It could be a love triangle story as it shows the internal conflict of a man who loves his wife dearly but is intrigued by the new young lady who's entered into his life.
There's some interesting characters - Donnie Yen who's unrequited love comes back to request his assistance in solving the murder mysteries to which she has a prime suspect.
There's the wife who's torn between fear of the demon, jealousy of her husband's attraction to the new lady in the house, and her complicated respect but not quite love for Donnie's character.
In the end, it's not about the mystery of the killings as it is all readily shown on screen who is the demon, who is not. It's more an interesting play between characters and how they interact with each other and what the real meaning of love and sacrifice is. And yet, with the horror elements in play, you cannot really take the 'love-story' part of it all that seriously and in the end you're left confused over just what it is you watched.
Undeniably the costumes, settings, and direction are all very well done. And at the end of it I was entertained, albeit a little confused.
7/10
It could be a love triangle story as it shows the internal conflict of a man who loves his wife dearly but is intrigued by the new young lady who's entered into his life.
There's some interesting characters - Donnie Yen who's unrequited love comes back to request his assistance in solving the murder mysteries to which she has a prime suspect.
There's the wife who's torn between fear of the demon, jealousy of her husband's attraction to the new lady in the house, and her complicated respect but not quite love for Donnie's character.
In the end, it's not about the mystery of the killings as it is all readily shown on screen who is the demon, who is not. It's more an interesting play between characters and how they interact with each other and what the real meaning of love and sacrifice is. And yet, with the horror elements in play, you cannot really take the 'love-story' part of it all that seriously and in the end you're left confused over just what it is you watched.
Undeniably the costumes, settings, and direction are all very well done. And at the end of it I was entertained, albeit a little confused.
7/10