Three (obviously) short horrors from Malaysia are combined into an anthology for your viewing pleasure. I Miss You Two starts things off. A pleasant young man in his thirties shoots a video and explains that he’s looking for two girls he knew in his youth. He’s dropped off extra early at his high school by his father… like, well before anyone outside of the security guard is on the premises. He groggily wanders into his classroom and tries to get a little more sleep before school begins. This is when he meets the two girls who seemingly appear out of nowhere but he’s smitten almost immediately as they ask him to accompany them to their dark classroom due to being frightened. Upon seeing the creepy-ass top floor where their classroom is, it’s quite understandable. Still, there are girls to impress so he braves on with the gals following close behind. It’s a foolish move because something ain’t right in this school. The flashback ends and the man explains he’s not sure what happened that night but he would like some answers. We get them even if he doesn’t. Next up is Floating Sun and it opens with a security guard coming across a drowned girl in a lake. It’s a quiet and strong introduction to a more subtle bit which strives to be more poetic than scary. A young woman narrates and encounters the dead girl (her school friend) at her home well after she’s shuffled forth this mortal coil. The experience weighs on her and she begins writing about it, using it as inspiration for her next novel. Then… uh... stuff happens and it really wants to be something more than it is, but as much as it leans into its mental illness mingling with the supernatural mission statement, it feels like it doesn’t have a proper grasp on what it’s going for. The final entry is Horror Mission and if you didn’t fall asleep during the ambling Floating Sun, you’ll finally get to a bit that has something like a pulse. A small crew shoots a horror film in the suburbs and the actress playing the creepy ghost gets possessed by the real deal. This leads to a long and terrifying night for two crew members in way over their heads. It’s the best of the three stories but that’s not really saying all that much. The first one is short and fun but feels like an afterthought and the second one is way too far up its own ass. It’s a shaky experience but stick around for a few other shorts in the Tubi presentation of this flick. They’re better than anything here.
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