Incantation

Very refreshing horror film, I definitely recommend this to any fans of the found footage genre. Don't read anything about it, just go in and watch it blindly. Do not watch a dubbed version either, use subtitles for best experience.

Taiwanese horror which managed to get under your skin with its inherent plot structure. While found-footage concept wasn't consistently implemented, Kevin Ko had good timing to scare/shock audience. Tsai & Kao performed well to define parenting issues here.

It's done as a found footage horror film, but there's two tapes going on. The modern day, as the main character is trying to get her daughter back after loosing custody, and her past. She wants to tape her daughter coming home, and so it seems like good reason to tape things.

It's of much higher quality than a lot of found footage types, and does have some special effects going on. There's some really creepy effects going on, including some pretty horrifying Trypophobic scenes. But it does suffer some of the shaky cam downfalls of found footage, but not as bad as many out there.

I really liked the story going on, it really added to the horror, and does explain things pretty well. I also liked how it actively had the authorities involved because they worry about the welfare of the child. It seems pretty logical with everything else going on that this would actually happen. I thought it was a pretty scary/creepy watch.

As a fan of found footage films I have seen them all and I know the difference between a good one and bad one. And this is a good one. First off the lone problem. It's too long at an hour fifty. But Asian horror is often long running and that's that. This is short by those standards.

Otherwise we get a good story, superb acting (so much so that you forget you're reading subtitles) almost constant creepy scares from the start and in general just a damn good found footage environment. Also the emotionally charged story really keeps you rooting for the protagonist the whole way as it centers around a parent's love for her child and what she will face to protect her.

Just a damn good film with plenty of scares, gore and more. Give it a watch.

After watching this I had to go find more of Kevin Ko's works and I must Kevin Ko is a brilliant horror story teller. For Incantation, I loved how he involved the audience into the story, it completely changed the way I experienced horror movie . He brought horror movies to another dimension. Well done! If you are looking for the usual jump scare kinda horror movie, this is not for you.