Ignore the bad reviews. They're literally mad that it's an actual horror movie and very disturbing. It's one of those movies that sticks with you and nothing I've ever seen is quite like it. People seem to forget horror is supposed to scare you.
The name and the cover definitely give you the wrong impression. You think it's going to be a horror/comedy and it's absolutely not.
It's very dark and deals with issues that people have trouble with.
I'd say more but I'm already giving it away. Just watch it.
79% - Critics
46% - Audience
6.2Plot summary
Shu-Wei is a high school student who is constantly bullied by his classmates. After being framed with stealing his class money, he his forced to perform community chores along with his main persecutors. Shu-Wei begins slowly to be accepted into the group after joining them in their various misdeeds. During a bulgary they come across a flesh-eating monster which they are forced to capture in order to avoid being found by the autorities. As the others are trying to find a way to benefit from their captured creature, Shu-Wei will question the morality of society as well as his own
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NOT A COMEDY. Unforgettable and disturbing
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Another Winner on Shudder!
From the title and poster, I thought this was going to be a cute monster movie with cute boys but it was actually quite depressing (in a good way!) Proving that bullying is the REAL monster!!
Side note - I have really enjoyed a majority of the International films released on Shudder. Movies like this one are totally worth the subscription price alone!! -not a paid endorsement-
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It's probably not a good idea to either capture a monster...or make one.
I love to go into a movie as cold as I can, and the barely little I saw of this led me to believe this would be a kiddie monster movie for fun, like The Monster Squad. Oh, hell no. I'm guessing this is "supposed" to contain "humor," but this gets dark, fast and gruesome, just for adults.
This is NOT for kids. Even if it mainly stars them.
Bullied student - and not just by his peers, gets to join his closes adversaries for the day and while he wants to be accepted, he realizes, slowly how dark, disturbed and horrific they can be. And then a monster shows up.
They capture said monster, or at least, one half of a pair that doesn't like to be separated from each other. NOT a good idea.
Just like I like to go in cold into a film, I've only given you 1/100th of the movie and there's so much more you can explore. And needless to say, you'll experience more than you bargained for.
I loved the originality, the acting, film-making, but not so much the fake CGI and CGI blood - one of my biggest pet peeves as of late. It's lazy, cheap and beneath any real filmmaker. Do it practical or up your CGI budget to real filmmaking standards.
As mentioned, this gets dark and once the movie remotely starts to dim...there's no going back. So, if you like that, buckle in and enjoy the ride.
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Final thoughts: School's out. Time to start learning some lessons. Well, the audience anyways.