Cambodia's entry for the upcoming Oscar's is a supernatural horror film that mixes traditional Asian ghost stories awith J-Horror sensibilities.
The film has a Cambodian manga artist returning to Cambodia from Japan after the death of her mother. She is looking to find some connection to her mom and the life in the building where she grew up.
Following a narrative thread that is very close to the J-horror tales that horror fans are familiar with, the film has our heroine trying to deal with the weird things that are happening around her while also dealing with the various people in the building.
I can't really say much more than that without giving anything away. It's not that the film is bad, it is not, it actually has several truly frighterning sequences, rather it is simply that if you have seen a good amount of Asian horror you are going to piece this out well before the people on screen do.
Again- it isn't bad- its just not traveling down any new roads.
A solid film on its own terms TENAMENT is worth a look especially in this spooky season.
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