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A college student drowns in the water under a bridge near the university. Older students now use the bridge to initiate the new kids, but the consequences could be deadly. This 2020 film comes to us from Taiwan, is in Chinese, and subtitled in English, so let me go ahead and get the obligatory "if you can't sit through a subtitled movie, you should pass on this one" out of the way. Something else that may make you question if you want to stick this one out is the slow start. The movie kind of struggles to find its footing, as we switch back and forth from a traditional movie approach and a found-footage feel--a lot of this is through cell phones, resulting in live streaming, characters constantly on their cell phones, and other such stuff that reminds me why people of the 20th Century were so much more bearable.
"Did you say something?"
Once the movie gets going, however, we get everything we expect from an Asian ghost tale--lots of suspense, a solid story, and very creepy moments. Outside the almost constant use of cell phones, this movie feels very much like a throwback to older movies from the genre, and that, naturally, is a good thing; what is less awesome is to think about how movies such as Ring and Ju-On have been around long enough now to be considered "classics". What may be even worse is that horror movies in the past twenty years have not been as consistently good as the Asian films around the turn of the last century were. The Bridge Curse, however, almost fits into that class. The acting is decent, and the dialogue, if translated properly, may leave you wondering why some of the characters are behaving in the way they do, but this isn't so bad it takes anything from the film. As is often the case with similar movies, the final third of this film is what will really have you on the edge of your seat, as the fear factor is pumped up and we get some slick twists, complete with a really good ending. Also stick around for the credits, as we get a couple additional scenes. If you're in the mood for a good ghost flick, check out The Bridge Curse and thank me later.
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