Watch the haunted hotel

As far as horror movies go, you’ve sầu got the classics: Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, Dracula, Friday the 13th, maybe even the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (debatable). However, when it comes to lớn foreign horror flicks, the countries pumping out the best movies in the horror genre right now might be deemed khổng lồ be Spain & Japan.

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But that may be phối lớn change. Haunted Hotel, aka Haunted Road 2, is a Malaysian/Chinese production, phối in Malaysia, & filled with an all star cast và crew from Malaysia, China, and even xứ sở của những nụ cười thân thiện Thái Lan – known as masters in special effects production. It represents a new way of doing film that is wowing audiences across the seas.

From director Ryon Lee, this film is breaking the boundaries of what can happen when countries collaborate in movie making. A three way production in terms of countries involved, is it breaking boundaries for what is achievable when we all come together. The movie itself is spoken in Chinese, but features subtitles for Malaysian audiences.

The film is the next in the Haunted Road series, coming as the sequel lớn China’s năm trước release Haunted Road, however, it is a completely new story – viewers needn’t have watched the first film to lớn enjoy the second film, with a whole new cast & storyline. Filmed in năm 2016, và released in 2017, Haunted Road 2, aka Haunted Hotel, marks an interesting entry in the annals of the horror movie genre.

Stars in the film were chosen specifically for their crossover appeal, between both Malaysia & Trung Quốc, the two countries where the film saw a major theatrical release. This is despite the fact that the biggest star of the film is Aom, who is actually an A-list Thai actress. In fact, Aom had never been in a Chinese production, and has certainly never learned Mandarin, which she speaks throughout the film. Despite this, the actress managed khổng lồ learn her lines off by heart, và pulls off her role with aplomb, mastering the sounds & being a truly believable (và scared!) character.

Amber Court, the original haunted house of Genting Highlands, Malaysia

Ryon Lee is a scriptwriter và director from Malaysia, with blockbuster hits in his trang chính country such as The Journey, and Nasay đắm Lemak 2.0. He’s well known for being the powerhouse of film in Malaysia and decided to use the movie as a vehicle to lớn extover Malaysia, as a tourist destination, to the world – specifically Amber Court, in the Genting Highlands. The Genting Highlands is a cool resort in the mountains, around an hour’s drive from the capital of Malaysia. The Genting Highlands is its own mini-đô thị, complete with rides và attractions, a smattering of casinos, và some fancy hotels where you can rest your head amongst the hubbub.

The Haunted Hotel itself, Amber Court, however, is not mix in the center of this glitzy đô thị, no. It’s around 15 minutes by car from the main area – set in the midst of many abandoned buildings. The building itself is well-known for being haunted in those parts, unbeknownst to unwitting travelers to lớn the region looking for somewhere reasonably priced lớn stay.

Ryon took this as inspiration for the film – khổng lồ make it a haunted travel destination to lớn attract tourists, after inspiration from the Hong Kong movie, “House That Never Die”, among mỏi others. And apparently it’s working – with Chinese tourists now heading to the hotel to lớn experience it for themselves.

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The plot

A harrowing và deeply creepy movie, Haunted Hotel tells the tales of Ling (Leon Li Chuan from China) và Jun (that’s the Thai actress Aom or Sushar Manaying, aka Li Haimãng cầu in China), boyfriover & girlfrikết thúc, travelers from China, who have sầu come to lớn Malaysia on a work trip. While on the trip, they decide khổng lồ blow off some steam at the casino and over up winning big. Out in the Genting Highlands, they decide to spkết thúc the night at a hotel & yup – it’s total creepsville.

After the other people in the khách sạn start acting up and going crazy – particularly a spooky woman in a White dress, it’s up khổng lồ our couple lớn try and make it out alive.

The movie, released in both Malaysia on October 19th as Haunted Hotel, và as Haunted Road 2 in Trung Quốc on October 12, has been a blockbuster hit.

While Trung Quốc doesn’t specifically allow for ghosts or superstitious elements in film, due lớn regulations, supernatural elements abound. The film was changed slightly for Chinese cinemas to lớn take this inlớn account.

Box office success in China

Haunted Road 2 has now achieved major success in China. The half day takings on first release for the movie came in at over $153,500USD & within a week it had raked in over ten times this amount (over 1.5mil USD). This indicates that Chinese audiences were quiông xã to lớn flock khổng lồ the movie as a breath of fresh air in a sometimes stagnant genre.

The combination of Đài Loan Trung Quốc, Malaysia và Thái Lan seems to be a sure winner in this case.

Is it really haunted?

It is if you ask Alvin Chong, the 26 year old actor, hailing from Penang, who takes the role of the khách sạn manager in the movie. During filming of the movie, the cast stayed in the hotel itself – something which Alvin found extremely unsettling. The howling winds through the hotel, the lights flickering on & off in the hotel lift, and strange knocking noises all added up khổng lồ make a very spooky experience for Alvin.

In fact, the experience has been enough lớn turn Alvin off horror movies for good. He promises that the Haunted Hotel will be his first và only foray into the horror genre, swearing off it for good. With a few different ghostly encounters under his belt already, the actor says he will now try và avoid them as much as possible!

What does this mean for cross-country collaboration for other movies?

This is perhaps the most interesting thing to lớn come out of the whole Haunted Hotel project. The fact that the movie has become such a runaway success in China may well open doors to lớn other cross-country collaborative projects in the movie space, no matter what the genre. It is true that with a clever và dedicated cast and crew, a great script, and a solid understanding of cross-cultural differences – particularly as it relates to movies – you can achieve sầu pretty great things: as this movie is an atthử nghiệm to lớn.

We certainly hope that Ryon continues in the horror genre as he has been proven to be a wicked storyteller, one that leaves us hanging on the edge of our seats. If you can get your hands on a copy of this excellent movie, then make sure you give it a watch – with the lights off of course! If not, why not watch an old classic like Nightmare on Elm Street, or head over to lớn the this horror fans favourite site khổng lồ play some spooky online slot games lớn while away the time. Whatever you wind up doing, we wish you a very, very creepy time…