Xinglin yiyuan

As I sat down to watch "Xing Lin Yi Yuan" (aka "Hospital"), I hadn't heard about it prior to watching it. But it being a Taiwanese horror movie was essentially all that was needed to make me have an interest in watching it.

However, writer and director Chia-Lin Chu didn't really impress with this 2022 horror movie. In fact, I was rather bored as the narrative progressed in a pace that would make a snail seem like a sprinter. A slow paced narrative and uneventful storyline hardly made for an overly enjoyable movie.

I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, but it was a shame that they had so little to work with in terms of a properly entertaining storyline and script.

Visually then the movie was adequate. I mean, you're not in for a grand spectacle that will revolutionize the horror genre in any way, but the special effects and CGI were actually good enough for what they turned out to be.

Something that did work out well enough in the movie was the atmosphere and the visual presentation of the hospital itself.

For a horror movie then this movie was a swing and a miss. And it is definitely not a movie that I would recommend for fans of the Asian horror cinema.

My rating of "Xing Lin Yi Yuan" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.

The only explanation you are given:"It is because it is". Everything happens because it happens. The movie is filled with inconsistencies, bad acting and illogic.

Although, some scenes are actually quite scary, don't know because I watched it at 3a.m with room door open or not.

A piece of advice, throw your brain out and just enjoy the atmosphere of the movie.

It's not worth your time. It's not even worth explaining.

The effort at doing something different should be appreciated but the execution is not good. I just wanted to watch it because the hospital thing, even though I had read a lot of bad reviews and kind of expected the result, but did it anyway. Well, they were not wrong and I would not recommend this either, specially if you do not have too much time. It reminded me the The Grudge saga in some parts, specially during the flashback fragments, therefor it could have some room for improvement and I am looking forward to a remake that somehow fixes plot and technical shortages of this one. Move Hollywood, move!

Any setting in a abandoned hospital always creeps me out so this movie caught my eye. The acting was good! Idk why people don't think it was, there was a lot of emotion in this movie, the setting creepy as hell and the story decent. Up until the very ending of the film I got lost on what the hell happened to the main characters. Would have had a higher rating just for that, this is worth a one time watch!