Occupant (2011)

This guy decides to stay in an apartment for a month because somehow if he does he become the legal owner of it because his Grandma willed it to him and its awesome, huge and best of all rent-controlled so he'll be able to live there forever for a super cheap price.The only catch is that he can't leave the apartment for an entire month because if he does somehow the landlord will be able to rent it to someone else because technically nobody would be living there (?).Get it? I don't. But I like it because it is a perfect example how stupid and illogical real laws are in real life when it comes to real estate and what people have to do just to have a place to live at a decent price. I found this realistic. I could totally see this hateful stupid conundrum forced upon some poor sucker just looking for a good place to live happening in real life so I found the premise rather compelling. Just think if you won the lottery but you were only allowed to keep the money as long as someone else told you how to spend it. Huh? Yea? Exactly. Well, not really but you still get what I'm talking about.So the guy moves in.Of course that is when the horror and madness starts. "Occupant" builds tensions and dread nicely while never becoming boring or repetitive which is quite an accomplishment for a tale that takes place almost entirely in an apartment. Murder, madness and even maybe supernatural stuff ensue. The story builds in a way just enough to keep us intrigued while never fully answering what is happening.Good stuff. Check it out.

At the start of this movie my hopes were high - an original plot with the scope for scary ghosty stuff. Unfortunately, when you're stuck in an apartment which you 'can't' leave it doesn't take long for the boredom to set in. There was an opportunity for chills and thrills but for some reason the execution is dull and listless. For some reason I started getting a hankering for The Shining - the definitive descent into madness. If you watch The Apartment then you'll get similar pangs after about 20 minutes.If you delve into Korean horror then you can discover interesting themes fully realised and not just imagined by the director.Nili has put together a classy list - http://www.imdb.com/list/8txFAcBLcUo/

I liked this, except for the fact that he painted like half his wall, then stopped. Like, who does that?? If you are looking for a scary movie in a hurry, this probably wouldn't be it. This movie wasn't really all the scary, and actually quite confusing. Many parts were left open with no explanation. This movie is quite random too. Different scenes just happen, without being led up to. I didn't like it too much. I wish it had more depth to it, like they didn't put much effort into making it detailed. There were also no on screen killings, people would just be found dead. The acting was okay, actually, for such a B movie. The main character sometimes over acted, but that's fine. Overall, I give this a 6/10 for creepiness

If you enjoy slow films you will find that part of the film intriguing, but if you dislike slow films then you might as well as not waste your time. You look at it and assume that it is predictable but it's really not. It's about a guy whose Grandmother passes away and he sublets her apartment but without the proper permission from the owners of the building therefore his lawyer enforces a strong encouragement for him to stay in his apartment until they have the proper lease. It shows the slow journey of him losing his mind without the viewers knowing that he is losing his mind until the end, of course. The ending is really what will make up your opinion of loving or hating it. Personally I adored it and found it to have the perfect amount of intrinsic as well as suspenseful scenes. I highly suggest it.