I Watch TV: Monstrous

 

Monstrous

In South Korea, a construction site discovers a buried statue. Because monks have previously closed down sites the governor of the county has them dig it up immediately and puts it on display at the county hall. It’s a Buddha head, the eyes wrapped in a cloth. Obviously they take the eye covering off.

The monks, suspecting something, contact a university professor who specialises in these. He brings in his best (or second best) student, who left after a tragedy and now writes sensational occult articles. He starts to work on translating the images of the cloth, consulting with his ex-wife (the best student) who coincidentally lives in the county.

Meanwhile the county suffers black rain, strange things by birds and odd crimes, people hallucinating and becoming violent. The son of a police officer is doing community service at the county hall, and it’s the same day a violent former friend of his gets released from prison. Obviously they are both there, in a confrontation, when the governor holds a meeting to discuss what’s going on with the black rain (farmers want compensation, everyone wants to know what it is and what they should do to stay safe). At this moment the evil spirit in the statue unleashes its power.

Everyone has someone or something they hate or fear, and that’s what the spirit latches on to. So there’s violence, but also there’s flashbacks to the worst days of people’s lives.

Watch This: For interesting horror with regret, violence and some spookiness
Don’t Watch This: Too many subtitles and it turns on yet another zombie apocalypse