Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital

Guys, idk what gen you're from, but I grew up when found-footage/POV horror movies were became popular - like Cloverfield, Rec, Quarantine, Paranormal Activity... I also watched The Host and Gonjiam, and honestly I really enjoyed them.

This Strange Frequencies movie isn't actually that bad, tbh.. Even with a predictable plot, the scares hit hard.

It's hard to find a good found footage movie. For every Grave Encounters (2011) and Hell House LLC (2015) out there, there's a myriad of absolute trash to wade through. Strange Frequencies - Taiwan Killer Hospital (2024) isn't a bad effort, the acting is fine, the dark, long abandoned hospital setting has a definite creep factor, and it goes some way to deliver an actual bit of backstory behind the hospital's dark past.

There isn't really anything new here, and the pacing is a bit off at times during its first act, but it does a pretty good job with what it serves up, and it's an entertaining enough 90 minutes, especially for found footage horror fans. Overall, it's not bad at all.

This is a Filipino remake of the South Korean horror film Gonjiam Haunted Asylum and as a fan of the original, I didn't expect much from this remake. However, it was surprisingly good! It stayed true to the original plot, but it didn't flesh out the story as well as the original. The characters were likeable and some were a little annoying, which is part and parcel for a horror movie. It's not nearly as bad as some of the reviews make it out to be, but it's not as good as Gonjiam. It's still worth the watch if you're a fan of found footage films or haunted house type films.

I'm halfway to the end of the show and so far, I think it's super nice. I mean we all know that there will be jump scares. I feel like it's well done and I don't think it's predictable. I'm tense all the way from the beginning till where I am now. And what's interesting is the Filipinos's actors and actresses. I think they act quite well.

The best part of the movie was how confused my "Alexa" got while I was watching it. While I've seen far worse, like "Devon", this movie features paper-thin characters, which could also be said for the original GONJIAM. But something about that original film felt more engrossing than this one. We know nothing about these people, like if they have any personal struggles or unique character traits. In the first half, I felt myself suspecting that the "scared" characters were about to reveal that they were just putting on a show, then... turns out they were actually supposed to be acting scared. The movie was ultimately just okay...