Bloody Reunion (2006)

This is worse than You're Next. OMG! Why do people like this? This was about a student getting revenge on a teacher and students on a reunion. Nothing about a home evasion like You're Next. Come on, you see someone in a bunny mask and assume that You're Next is a rip off. How stupid is that? You're Next was heck of a lot better than this trash. Not really the same plot and you say You're Next is a rip off of it. Dang if I seen stupid crap, but hearing that tops the dummies out there. Impeccable? Where in this movie? Your nuts.Watch some more horror movies before saying one is a rip off of another. Geez some people. I had to watch this, even when I knew these people saying it was a rip off of this one, and what a waste of time it was too. Man some should not be able to put a review on this site at all.

"Bloody Reunion" had me suckered in with the "the best Korean horror film in years" label that it brandished on the DVD cover. Well, I guess whomever is reviewing for beyondhollywood.com doesn't watch a lot of Korean horror movies, because this movie is nowhere near being in the top 10 of Korean horror movies.That being said, don't get me wrong, I am not saying that "Bloody Reunion" is a bad or boring movie far from it. It did have its moments, and there were some fairly interesting deaths along the way, plus a nice twist of events. However, the movie turned out to be rather mundane and predictable in the end.As for the horror aspect, well it just hardly wasn't there. "Bloody Reunion" is more of a slasher movie than it is a proper horror movie, especially because you don't really get thrilled or have that 'edge of your seat' sensation at any point throughout the movie.The people cast for most of the roles were actually doing good jobs with their given roles. And the characters in the movie were really nicely fleshed out and detailed, that was one of the better aspects to this movie.There are some really interesting horror movies coming out of Asia quite often, "Bloody Reunion" however, is just a bit too average and doesn't really stand out. There are far better horror movies, even Korean ones, out there, if you enjoy Asian horror films. If you are new to the Asian horror scene, then "Bloody Reunion" is a good starting point, but for us veterans to the Asian horror scene, it just doesn't really make the cut - pardon the pun!Class dismissed...

We all know that Korean's do absolutely amazing horror films. I could bore you all by listing a load, so I'll only mention Oldboy and I Saw The Devil as being two of the genres finest. But slasher films? I've never heard of a Korean slasher, but luckily for me I love Korean horror and I love slashers. Perfect match? Absolutely! Bloody Reunion managed to create a fantastic slasher that is way more than your bog-standard Friday the 13th. Instead of annoying kids, we get well-drawn out adult characters who we can care for and actually get to like. It's refreshing to see a slasher film with actual characters, instead of the usual cardboard cut outs, as seen in The Cabin in the Woods.The film opens with intrigue, giving a very quick flash-back to the young teacher giving birth to a deformed child. It's quite sad, if not stereotypical, but don't worry because what unfolds is something that's quite unconventional for the slasher genre. There's a great, if not a little too long, 30 minute sequence with all the ex-pupils coming to see their sweet old teacher. It gives us opportunity to bond with the characters and also to unveil a little more depth to the back-story, as we find out that the teacher isn't quite as rosy as she appears. It just adds to the brilliant character development.Things do get especially interesting once the killing starts! The whole jovial atmosphere changes as soon as it reaches night-time and you start to feel sympathy for everyone, especially Mrs. Park, and it's where the killer starts to make his move. The kills are brilliantly brutal with a little torture even added in for extra cringe! I found myself curling up into a ball in some parts. Bloody Reunion is certainly true to its name, and it is massively entertaining because of it. However, unlike most slasher films it's not all about the killing, there's a great deep story put in there as well, making the film even more gripping.The film would be just fine as a detailed slasher film but then it goes one step further and unveils a huge twist that had me scratching my head. You could say that it's unnecessarily confusing and it does make the film seem like a bit of a waste of time, depending on how you look at it. Nevertheless, I did find it incredibly emotional and impactive, and it added yet another intricate web to the story and the characters so I'm unsure as to whether I liked it or not.My only complaint would be, that I wish the slasher element ran for a little longer. I think the film needed a small dose of fun and I would've enjoyed more thrilling action. It also seemed a little repetitive at times with a character going to the beach and then being taken by the killer, but apart from that Bloody Reunion is a bloody good slasher film! It offers much more than your average American slasher (of course apart from The Cabin in the Woods) and is a film that I'm sure many few people in the horror community know about, which is a shame because Bloody Reunion is, in the words of SuBo, bloody fantastic!

A group of school-friends gathering at a former teacher's house to boost her spirits following a row of ill-health, but find that the weekend resurfaces a series of murderous tendencies and feelings towards her capped off by a masked maniac killing them off one by one.A pretty decent slasher effort, though this one turned out less than it could've. It's really, really easy to potentially like this one since it's got a fantastic premise that just screams old-school slasher, the setting is perfect for this and the building tension when it's revealed all of them hated the main guest started off a wild series of potential killers and the kills are just merciless and bloody, some of the most brutal in this type of film, yet there's just a lot to dislike here. From the myriad of plot-twists that seem to serve more as an example of audience-tricking rather than actually meaning anything to the story, too many loose threads and unresolved points and some scenes just not plain making sense really, really hurt this one more than they should've considering how much this had going for it. Watchable, but highly disappointing.Rated R: Extreme Graphic Violence, some language and Brief Nudity