Young soldier Yak returns home to his tight-knit family just as a malicious entity sets its sights on his sisters. The opening bloody end of another young girl lets us know that the endgame is a messy one. A horrific ghost and a ghastly hag begin to reveal themselves to the sisters and Yam gets chosen as a host for the evil thing. Yak’s homecoming is already a bit shaky outside of the supernatural forces slowly growing in power. His strict father seems to be a bit unhappy with his attitude, which comes off like a sheltered kid experiencing the freedom of adulthood for the first time, and his brother is resentful that he left for the army and forced the remaining men in the family to pick up more of the hard farm work. Still, the sisters are happy their brother is home and mom is pleased as punch that her baby boy is back. So, family dramatics are prevalent but easier to handle than the preternatural terror that’s about to turn everything on its head. Yam grows sicker and develops a real shitty attitude towards her family. Dad’s farm help quits but refuses to say what has caused the trepidation with staying on for the well-payed work and the youngest sibling, Yee, grows terrified of her older sister. Oldest sister, Yad, lets her brother’s know that she’s been hearing the voice of a woman whispering in the night and believes it ties into Yam’s current state and Yak is pretty sure something awful is in the works. Yak brings his friend, Sergeant Paphan, into the fold and he immediately recognizes the fact that a local crazy woman who practices black magic has taken hold of the young girl. It’s a solid spook show that veers into delightful corniness with its “family strength” message. But there’s also some horrific violence and more than few bodily fluids to bring ya right back down to the disgusting earth you’d expect. Part ABC Family movie and part Evil Dead with a hefty helping of Hong Kong insanity and a dash of Indonesian chills… I dig it.
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