siff: epitaph

Tonight I saw my first film of the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) over at the Egyptian Theatre, which was a midnight showing of Epitaph, a South Korean horror film.

Yes, another horror film from Asia. Yes, it had a scary dark-long-haired girl. It also had a slew of weak Pscyho-esque sound effects which elicited a fair amount of inappropriate giggles from some already-plastered members of the audience. Aside from the cheese and clichés, it was very well done. Three separate stories interweave to form a cohesive and thoroughly creepy / disturbing vision.

Definitely worth seeing, and I am going to say no more in hopes of not ruining it. It’s only a matter of time before Jennifer Love Hewitt is cast in a horrific American remake of it.

I rate Epitaph 4 out of 5 terrified squeals.