Cast: Lee Sung-min, Nam Da-reum, Kim Yoo-jung
Director: Kim Tae-hyoung
The 8th Night ( 제8일의 밤 ) is a 2021 South Korean horror thriller released on Netflix and made available for streaming in 190 countries in July.
Many years ago, a monster roamed free that had planned to create eternal suffering on earth. Unable to kill it, the Buddha was able to stop the monster by ripping out its eyes, one black, one red. The red eye wasn’t captured without a fight. It followed seven stepping stones, which are seven different humans that it used as a bridge to reach humanity.
The last one is the Virgin Shaman. When the Buddha was able to stop the red eye, he placed both the eyes in different box never to be opened. He buried one eye in the mountains of the Far East, and for the other eye he created a desert of the Far West and buried the eye in it, so they would never reunite and the monster never comes again to life.
But after a few centuries a professor obsessed with the Buddha’s story finally finds the red eye and becomes successful in awakening that. The red eye will jump each stone in 1 night which makes the 8th night the final to reach out the black one.
A banished monk is destined to stop the evil comes in picture soon the red eye is released. Will he be able to stop that evil eye…? Or how…..?
To know all that you need to watch the film.
The background story is very interesting, wish the main story was even such. The film plot is kinda lousy and you may feel some of the unnecessary things in the movie as well. The plot had a lot of potential but they were unable to make it thrilling or even interesting. The movie has lot of potholes and even becomes boring at lot of times.
The Monk in action was what we all were waiting but that never happened. No horror factor in the film as well, only the girl which red eye possessed was creepy.
All over the film is a slow and boring and was a disappointment after watching. People would have liked it if it was just a story drama.
Rating: 3.5/10
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