Xinglin yiyuan

Even if u know that u have unlimited time to leave your life dont spend it to give a watch...

As I sat down to watch "Xing Lin Yi Yuan" (aka "Hospital"), I hadn't heard about it prior to watching it. But it being a Taiwanese horror movie was essentially all that was needed to make me have an interest in watching it.

However, writer and director Chia-Lin Chu didn't really impress with this 2022 horror movie. In fact, I was rather bored as the narrative progressed in a pace that would make a snail seem like a sprinter. A slow paced narrative and uneventful storyline hardly made for an overly enjoyable movie.

I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, but it was a shame that they had so little to work with in terms of a properly entertaining storyline and script.

Visually then the movie was adequate. I mean, you're not in for a grand spectacle that will revolutionize the horror genre in any way, but the special effects and CGI were actually good enough for what they turned out to be.

Something that did work out well enough in the movie was the atmosphere and the visual presentation of the hospital itself.

For a horror movie then this movie was a swing and a miss. And it is definitely not a movie that I would recommend for fans of the Asian horror cinema.

My rating of "Xing Lin Yi Yuan" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.

Honestly too many people these days expect every movie to win a golden globe and have the top of the line special effects (hence the negative/lame reviews) If you are a serious fan of all horror genres (from slasher to B movie to ghost and found footage) then you will enjoy this movie. Personally I liked this movie. Obviously it isn't going to win any awards and after all the reviews I expected it to be garbage like Hell House 2. However, I was pleasantly surprised and actually enjoyed it. Any movie set in an abandoned hospital or psych ward is already off to a good start and the premise is not bad. Ya certain things like the time line and some acting/effects are not perfect but what do you honestly expect from a low budget horror? If you can go into this movie with a love of horror, no expectations, and an open mind you might actually enjoy it.

Poor acting + Inconsistent plot!

Wasted my 1.5 hour to watch this bad movie.

Was expecting a good story at the beginning, but turned out really bad.

Such a shame this kind of movie appears on NETFLIX in 2020 lol.

The effort at doing something different should be appreciated but the execution is not good. I just wanted to watch it because the hospital thing, even though I had read a lot of bad reviews and kind of expected the result, but did it anyway. Well, they were not wrong and I would not recommend this either, specially if you do not have too much time. It reminded me the The Grudge saga in some parts, specially during the flashback fragments, therefor it could have some room for improvement and I am looking forward to a remake that somehow fixes plot and technical shortages of this one. Move Hollywood, move!