REVIEW:
From the moment I laid my eyes on the posters for this new Thai horror flick, I just knew that this was going to be something out of the ordinary - but I could never have anticipated what I was about to see. Sick Nurses isn't your ordinary ghost story, on the contrary, this is in fact a very original and extremely bizarre - AND gory horror flick with clever twists and an extremely talented director behind the camera. The movie didn't do very well at the Thai box-office and I think it's simply because the mainstream audience isn't ready for this kind of movie.

Sick Nurses takes place from ten to midnight and then ten minutes forward and shows us how every nurse gets killed in a brutal and horrifying way. Meanwhile, we get to see flashbacks of who the ghost is and why the ghost is so vengeful. Having a movie take place in the lapse of only ten minutes may seem dull but believe me, it's not. There's not a single moment of boredom to be found in here. As I said before, this is no ordinary ghost story. So let's look at what makes this stand out, shall we?

First of all we have the extremely bizarre plot where a ghost kills her victims based on their soft spots (bulimia, beauty obsession, materialism etc). I mean, how many movies have you seen where people eat donuts while brushing their teeth? Or where glitter flies out of a ghost instead of blood? Or where a body is shoved down on the floor to make room for some lovin on the morgue table. That's what I thought. Speaking of the ghost. This ghost may have the long black hair and everything but she moves smoothly and looks like a supermodel in every scene. Her eyes are blank and she really seems to enjoy every kill.

Then we have the method with which she kills her victims. Now this was probably the best thing about the movie. She doesn't scare her victims to death, she takes over their arms and forces them to do brutal things to others and themselves. There are even a few comic relieves (that were indeed needed) and my favourite is when a girl is holding a needle and tries to shake it away from her hand (her hands have been possessed by the spirit) and her hand comes back up with a giant saw instead. Now that's just genius.

This movie clearly wins the price for the most innovative ghost story of the year. It's clever, it's beautifully bizarre and you just can't help but to love every second of it. This is not something you've seen before and definitely the goriest Thai film since the awesome slasher flick "Scared". Too bad this didn't fare very well at the box-office as I would have loved to see a "Sicker Nurses" movie get made. Don't miss it! This is an instant cult classic in my eyes.

GORE:
Oh man, I didn't know Thai films were allowed to be this gory. We get severed limbs and body parts, decapitations, a jaw ripped right open and a whole lot more.

SOUNDTRACK:
I was too busy enjoying this film to be able to concentrate on the soundtrack - which is a good thing.

BOTTOM LINE:
Hostel meets The Grudge in this innovative and bizarre horror flick which went way beyond my expectations. This is the kind of film that you can watch over and over again without ever growing sick of it - simply because it's so original and so wonderfully bizarre. I loved every second of it!