Pop toast.

So this weekend, I finally got to see Alone from Montreal’s Fantasia Film fest. Another flick by the duo masters of horror (Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom) who also did Shutter. I didn’t expect that night to be a full house! It was impossible to find seats for the four of us. First thing I have mention is that I am possibly the biggest scaredy cat out there. I don’t know what in my right mind made me even want to see this movie but somehow the trailer convinced me. I was insane when I rushed out to the admission counter and bought tickets. Yup, that must be it.

Siamese twins with romance tearing them apart… how epic.

Pet peeves for the film audience that night, I know that even though the directors and co-writers of the film were to host that night, IT DOES NOT MEAN TO CLAP EACH TIME YOU’RE TERRIFIED OUT OF YOUR MIND. Uggh, the guy behind me was indescribably rude. He was cheering loudly each time there was a brutal accident involving an animal’s death. I AM TRYING TO WATCH THE FILM YOU SADISTS. Why oh why… I would’ve slapped them all but I only have two hands. And don’t bring sushi to a horror film. You may choke and die a stupid preventable death. Plus, the vinegar rice smell is irritating on my nose. No wait, I’d prefer the girl who sat next to me choking over her sushi.

Geez, I’m totally aggravated right now.

Alone tells the story of two conjoined twins, Pim and Ploy, who separated themselves over a guy named Wee whom they met at a hospital. That’s really it. Except the directors really took the myth to heart that if one twin dies, the other one follows. Your usual scare cliches were there…. the bath tub scene, the closet, the running scene, random noise over ceiling scene, the scene scene scene but hell, there were scenes I did not expect! Gah, I couldn’t get my mind over her legs gently floating over Pim’s sleeping body. I’m shivering as I type this. And her dead skin cells rejoining with her sister… whjohaekfjkajqkas. Insert here more incoherent blabbery.

It turns out that the current alive ‘Pim’ isn’t ‘Pim’ at all but Ploy disguised as Pim in order to get Wee’s affections. She kills her own mother who knows her secret and then goes on a killing spree and tries to kill Wee.

Being the wuss cat I am, I did not like how the film refused to create ‘tension’ and delved straight into the scare pit. It was one scare after another… It was like riding on a roller coaster, really. A gruesome two hour roller coaster. It’s hard to keep my poor eyes close for that long.

Then the Q&A for the makers followed up. Questions in the audiences were great… despite their immaturity. I learned about how the directors now are making a political drama movie. I wish them well in their future endeavors.

Sissel – Lær Meg Å Kjenne

The directors were right. Fear is universal.