Ghost Bride

There are supernatural thrillers that are action based, others that are psychological. Where does this one fit in? "Ghost Bride" is primarily psychological, with a mostly Chinese cast speaking in fluent English; Jason is living a Kiwi lifestyle but understandably his traditionalist widowed mother doesn't want him to marry a guilo. Unfortunately, Jason has a white girlfriend, and hasn't told his mother, who has called in a matchmaker. Jason is not having an arranged marriage, and his mother wouldn't be too happy if she realised who is the matchmaker's choice, her dead daughter.

This is quite atmospheric in places but what do you do with a ghost that is capable of materialising anywhere and at any time? Jason strangles her, or it, and they bury the very terrestrial body. At least it was when they buried it. You'll have to make up your mind about this one, but by and large this low budget film doesn't succeed.

David Blyth, the director behind the cult classic DEATH WARMED UP and the high controversial WOUND is back with a new flick. This time he picks up a ghost story in the vein of Asian horror cinema. The movies starts slow but get's faster and faster till the hear beating final. The acting is great, the shock moment are intense and Blyth managed to get the story interesting and suspenseful. With GHOST BRIDE David Blyth gives us a unique masterpiece of a movie. Sure, not everybody will love the movie, but GHOST BRIDE is one of these kinds of movies how are worth to be discovered. GHOST BRIDE is with not doubt a future to be cult movie.

If there is a zero rating, I would have given it to this movie. It was so bad that I had to see how it was going to end..

When I was watching this, I couldn't help but think, "This must have been written by a Westerner who only know about all the clichés and stereotypes of the Chinese culture and tradition!!" and I was right. Even a HK B-grade movie felt more realistic!! There are so many irrational and nonsensical holes within the entire plot. Think a REAL Chinese or someone actually did his/her homework would have known and steer away from all those misconceptions.. Please google 'ghost bride' and read the Wiki entry. No one kills and people do get themselves a ghost bride/bridegroom and move on to get a REAL wife/husband in real life..

I had to post this to warn people how ridiculous the entire plot is and don't waste their time on such a piece of c**p..

I do enjoy Asian cinema quite a lot, but of course not everything Asian is top notch and super great. "Ghost Bride" can be somewhat of a challenge to get through if you are unfamiliar with Asian traditions and superstitions, especially because the movie was very slow paced and detail-minded. And for those in the audience unfamiliar with Asian superstitions, then "Ghost Bride" will be unfathomably boring to sit through.

Luckily I am fairly familiar with Asian culture, superstitions and traditions, but even so, I found this movie to be slow and fairly uneventful.

That being said, I am not saying that the movie is all bad. It is actually nicely directed and filmed, and there is a good coherency throughout the movie, despite it lacking pace and captivation. And for a thriller, then "Ghost Bride" was fairly devoid of thrills and scares.

The acting in the movie was adequate, and oddly enough the one carrying the movie was Fiona Feng who played May-Ling, who was the only one with almost no speaking parts in the entire movie.

Whereas Asian horrors tend to be more spooky and eerie in their usage of the traditional ghost in a white gown with long black hair covering the face, "Ghost Bride" makes use of a more colorful and 'cheerful'-looking ghost, which was a nice pace of change.

The movie is very predictable, and doesn't once throw the audience off the track, which is a shame, because you see things coming a mile away.

There are nice things to the movie, but if you are looking for a proper Asian scary movie, then your money is better spent elsewhere.

Total crap! If there were negative ratings this would be the worst. Waste of time.