The Night Shift

GHOST MANSION, as a title, is something of a misnomer; this film is instead set in one of those run-down and haunted apartment complexes so beloved of Asian ghost stories. There are shades of DARK WATER in the location and this is a far cry from the quality of that, but it does offer something else in the shape of an anthology with the wraparound segment featuring a young writer researching some stories. As ever, the stories are a mixed bag, the first about ghost kids being quite poor, but it does improve. The mould story is a ghastly delight and the one about a serial killer really zings. This isn't exactly a classic, but it'll do.

I really like Korean Horror films. And, I like stories about haunted places. But, honestly, this one never seems to quite get off the ground. I felt the pacing was a bit amateurish and therefore just not that involving. The characters don't really seem to act in a realistic manner, which also kind of takes you out of the film.

The movie isn't horrible, but in my lowly and wretched opinion, I got the impression that perhaps this first time director just didn't quite know how to present the story in a compelling fashion. Personally, I would ignore the '9' & '10' reviews since all they say is how 'Great' the movie is without really giving a very believable review as to why... I would pay more attention to the lesser reviews the ones who gave this film ratings more along the line of about '6' or so, because at least they struck me as more genuine, and they elaborated as to why they felt this way.

I gave it a '5' because I honestly did not find the movie very interesting or engaging at all. I don't think the 'scares' were staged that well. And, like others have stated, the film seemed to become somewhat repetitive as time went on. And, like I said at the beginning above, I usually really like Korean Horror films, especially about haunted places. But, truthfully, this one just did not do very much for me, so I just wanted to leave a simple review stating my impressions because I feel that the current '6.x' rating is not really indicative of the quality of this film. It's 'Okay' as some here have said, but personally I really wouldn't bother...

A horror story writer did some research into an obsolete apartment building to get a story idea. The apartment building holds a mystery and horror story that has become the fruit of people's lips.

Korean films never give a different and interesting touch in each genre of film. Including horror films that never fail and always give a scary and terrible horror feel. Ghost Mansion provides a unique story in it in one story that is interrelated in it. With the story of a cartoonist who is looking for horror story ideas, Ghost Mansion provides a scary horror story in it as many as five horror stories as a story plot. Each story is able to provide a good horror atmosphere. Although it doesn't bring up many ghosts, the scary impression is still felt. The scary impression refers to the jump scare scene that fits snugly into the storyline. As well as the supportive music of the horror scene. Coupled with the ending of the movie which becomes an unexpected plot twist.

The Korean/Chinese/Japanese horror films really have a certain feel to them, this one did not disappoint. There were some jump scares here and there, but most were predictable. Still a pretty decent watch but the run time could have been cut down a little.

Spooky but not too scary South Korean horror anthology. Jo Ba Reun tried to draw a line between seemingly disjointed stories that happened in Gwanglim. Sadly his bag of tricks became quite predictable and repetitive. Character build-ups weren't solid either.