Working in a morgue sounds fascinating. Not only is the morbid landscape of the dead keeping their secrets so quietly, there’s also the prospect that one day they might threaten to reveal them. Then again, it’s likely they won’t. At least they’d be the easiest subjects in the world to protect as they won’t complain about food, sleep or treatment. The perfect client!
Security guard and student Bells finds that his job isn’t so simple however, and becomes wound up in suspicion and deceit in this mediocre supernatural crime mystery. Though roughly entertaining and generally watchable, it’s way short of anything fantastic or memorable and hardly anything to remember, perhaps apart from the stupid wigs.
Wide-eyed Bells seems like he has a good rap at first. Friends, college, and a sweet gig at a medical facility. Things take a tumble when the murders begin, and though innocent, the evidence puts himself straight in the spotlight, facing off detectives and also dealing with his stupid friend who seems to be nothing but trouble.
The best thing to me was the technically dark setup. There’s barely a scene where a room isn’t drenched in darkness, where cigarette smoke isn’t bouncing off forbidden files. The efficiently structural cinematography makes for good viewing too, capturing atmosphere, actions and emotions with clarity and efficiency.
It’s a really corny watch though. It’s so cheesy, and the over-theatrical soundtrack doesn’t help either, helping to remove the mood of any real horror. Apart from being general thriller fodder, none of the characters seem to hold much purpose or live in any kind of respective reality. Somehow the original translation became lost in an appeal for fashionable cinematics, and the result is a fairly drab thriller.
5/10
Possession Media 