Seed of Darkness

Stumbling upon the 2006 Malaysian horror movie "Seed of Darkness", of course I opted to sit down and watch it, given my fascination with the Asian cinema and horror movies in general. Now, I had never actually heard about "Seed of Darkness" before watching it, so I didn't know what I was in for.

Writer Oliver Jeyrald Lee and director Michael Chuah collectively managed to deliver one of the most boring and painful to sit through movies I have seen in a long, long time. The storyline in "Seed of Darkness" was unfathomably slow paced and uneventful, and some amazingly wooden acting performances didn't exactly enhance the movie experience.

I wasn't familiar with a single actor or actress on the cast list in this movie, but I can't claim to be impressed with what I saw on the screen.

I am sure that the concept idea for "Seed of Darkness" was interesting on paper, but the transition to screen really made for a monotonous, slow paced, and boring movie. For a horror movie, this was a swing and a miss, and a massive one at that.

The most scary part about "Seed of Darkness" was perhaps the wooden acting performances.

If you enjoy Asian horror cinema, as I do, then do yourself a favor and skip on this one, because it just simply isn't worth the effort.

My rating of "Seed of Darkness" lands on a two out of ten stars.