Spider Lilies (Taiwanese) 2007, Plot / Synopsis and Trailer

Synopsis / Plot

Takeko keeps a framed design of the spider lily flower on the wall of her tattoo parlor. The design was literally cut from the flesh of her father, after he was crushed to death in an earthquake.

The image of the spider lily tattoo is the last cohesive memory of Takeko’s traumatized brother, Ching, who is no longer able to recognize anyone, including his sister.

Takeko has the same tattoo of the poisonous flower on her body in the hope of helping Ching remember and bridging the gap between them. Webcam girl Jade visits Takeko’s tattoo parlor, looking for sexy decoration to excite her clientele.

Entranced by the tattoo of the spider lily on the wall, Jade gives Takeko her business card and invites her to visit her on her website where she professes her love for the tattoo artist.

Finally, jade asks takeko to give her the same spider lily tattoo to bring her closer to the object of her desire.

Aka: Ci qing
Year: 2007
Directed: Zero Chou
Genre: Drama/Romance
Runtime: 94 mins
Country: Taiwan Read more …

The Bat Whispers (1930), Poster, Plot, Cast y Trailer

Trailer for the feature film staring Josh Holloway, Sarah Wayne Callies, Dule Hill, and Joel Edgerton directed by Stewart Hendler

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Director: Roland West
Writers: Avery Hopwood (play)
Mary Roberts Rinehart (play)
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Release Date: 13 November 1930 (USA) more
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Horror, Drama, Mystery, Comedy.
Tagline: Look out! The arch criminal is here!
Plot: Despite advance warning to the police, who seal off the area, The Bat, a master criminal, steals a necklace… more | full synopsis

Cast (Cast overview, first billed only)
Chester Morris … Detective Anderson
Chance Ward … Police lieutenant
Una Merkel … Dale Van Gorder
Richard Tucker … Mr. Bell
Wilson Benge … The Butler
Maude Eburne … Lizzie Allen
William Bakewell … Brook Read more …

Sorum (2001) (Korean), Poster Big, Synopsis and Plot

A 29 year old Taxi driver named Yong-hyun moves into a new apartment. But his new home is very dilapidated and even worst; the whole building is about to be torn down because of its poor condition. Only four other people remain on the same floor as Yong-hyun. Mr. Lee an old writer who never got any real success in his life, Eun-su a young piano teacher and Sun-young an abused wife who can’t escape her drunken husband. But soon after that Yong-hyun moved into his apartment, he learned that a man died in a fire in the same apartment not too long ago. H Also 30 years ago, a husband, who ran away with the woman living next door, killed his wife and abandoned a newborn baby who almost died in a fire.
With the time passing, these fives tenants will begin to know each other a little more. Yong-hyun is developing a very close relationship with Sun-young the abused wife and he will also befriend the writer Mr. Lee. But it seems that all these characters hide a very dark past. Yong-hyun is suspect in the disappearance of his ex-wife, Sun-young lost her child a couple of year ago and Mr. Lee was apparently a very close friend to the guy who died in the apartment no so long ago. Were these fires really accidents and is there any connection between all these mysterious and strange events

Review: At first glance it looked like a horror movie, well I was expecting to see some ghost and dark chilling fantasy elements, but Sorum is not exactly your typical horror ghost story movie.

In fact, there’s no ghost at all and there’s also almost no fright factor either, so calling Sorum a horror movie would not be exactly right. It is more of a dark drama driven by a very claustrophobic and tense atmosphere than anything else. Unlike the current wave of Asian horror movies, Sorum doesn’t have any fantasy or ghost element but instead try to hook the spectator by using a very impressive cinematography. In addition the movie uses a lot of environmental sound effects to make the spectator feel like they are really in the movie. Read more …