White Lady

during my trip in malaysia. i saw so many posters for the white lady movie. everywhere i go, main streets, malls, all the cinemas.. so as an Asian horror movies fan, i decided to enter this movie(if i can call it so).. from the first 5 minutes..i knew i was betrayed!! the camera work and the acting is very very poor, i mean poor to a degree less than what an amateur college movie is.. camera moving and shaking,cant get a clear interesting view of any object. actors(when all actors revealed later on the movie) act worse than porno people in a porno story movie.. even the sound effects ( if there is any) are so so annoying, music is not more than the same lullaby that they sing every 5 minutes!!! i wasted my 10$ on this movie, wasted my time, and the worst, i lost my faith in malaysian cinemas for showing this crap!!!

...but it tries too hard to join the rest of the viruses that caused the Asian horror fever. I liked this movie as a mystery movie, riddled with the culture of the Philippines. Sadly, it has also been affected by the usual under-budgeting and much unoriginality. First of all, the "White Lady" (it means lady ghost clad in white in Filipino lore) look like Sadako, or the Grudge. The main difference is her dress is clean.

The really good thing about this are the unexpected twists. It may not be jumpy or anything, but White Lady is surely a great mystery movie.

The special effects were exceptional (Despite the fact that they were rushed)! Nothing I've ever seen from a Filipino horror movie. Now that's further proof that the Philippines is also turning into an Animation and IT powerhouse.

Young artists! I traditionally hate young artists, but the casting was great. They put new faces alongside grown-up child actors.

Finally, there is also a hinted social commentary incorporated. There isn't much development to this aspect, but it's obvious.