SICK NURSES: 2007: Horror: If you're in the mood for a little "tongue in cheek" horror, Thailand style, Sick Nurses will satisfy your hunger. Not only is it filmed with panache, but it also had enough gore to make this one of my favorite Eastern filmed horror movies.
The directors Piraphan Laoyant and Thodpol Sirsiant did a great job injecting some diversity in a genre filled with ax murders and other psycho nut jobs. They also captured many of the elements of the culture with amazing scenery shots and wide camera scenes depicting city and rural backdrops during the beginning. Above all else though, they demonstrated a keen sense for setting up scares and although some weren't entirely original in their material, the delivery was. Focusing on shock value, the directors often took wide camera shots from above to "frame" the killing scenes as if they were works of art.
Many of the scenes were framed after the killing is done.
Did this movie steal an exact scene from Ju On? Yes it did. Did it steal most of the scares from Ju On? Well, that remains to be interpreted but I didn't mind. It had enough of it's own element that I forgot about it. Maybe it was a homage to Ju On. I Will give this the benefit of the doubt.
Even the ghosts looked similar to Ju On.
Speaking of Ju On, there are some similarities to The Ring, especially with the scene where the young lady is in her room and the television starts to blur and distort. This was one of the main elements in The Ring that caused the paranormal killings in the first place. The Ring was conceived in 1998 while Ju On's first movie was made in 2002, as a direct to film project.
Ju On isn't in the clear either, having "borrowed" some elements of The Ring.
The more and more I've watched horror movies, I've noticed that it's very hard to come across a truly original concept. Some exceptions are The Conjuring, The Possession, and Sinister.
These were 2 great horror movies that had original concepts or changed a concept.
On my 24th day of nonstop horror movies, Sick Nurses was a welcome surprise because it had enough humor, sex appeal, gore, and style to keep me interested. The killing scenes were very original and showed just enough of the ghosts to be effective, while being elusive. The special effects and makeup were all done very well.
Sick Nurses had some very stylish and creative killing scenes.
Stand out scenes are the first possession scene when the annoying girl's purse attacks her. Also, the scene where the "pretty girl" gets it and of course, the Ju On copy scene in the shower. Hell, they stole THAT from Hitchcock anyway, so let's not be picky here.
Sick Nurses killing scene
This is on Netflix right now, watch it::80%
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