While the 2009 Hong Kong movie here is listed as horror, it felt more like watching a documentary. So in a way I suppose this was nicely achieved by director Tat-Nin Chan.
It should be said that if you sit down to watch "The Unbelievable" with the intention of watching an actual horror movie, then this movie might not be the best of choices. As I mentioned earlier, it feels more like a documentary than an actual movie.
They use a lot of stock footage of accidents and dead people in the beginning, so there might be some viewers that may be offended or otherwise upset by what is on the screen. Definitely not the most squeamish of viewers.
One thing that I don't understand is if this was supposed to pass as a TV show that had been running for 12 years, why would they have two ladies in the lead that were so squeamish and jumpy, screaming at the slightest figment of their imagination, passing out, puking, etc. at the smallest of things? It was just making no sense at all.
I actually enjoyed watching "The Unbelievable", especially since you get to see some Thai ceremonies in the more occult end of the aspect. So that was definitely interesting.
But of course, as with all such traditional ceremonies and religions, it is all hoax and con artists. But it was interesting to see the length some people would stoop to in order to make a buck. And yeah, some were indeed very convincing, but when it comes to it, religious ceremonies are just a hoax. And I do love the Ouija board concept, but it is unbelievable that people are dumb enough to believe in it; if there were such a thing as ghosts and spirits, why would there be a need for people to physically touch the object that has to move. So a spirit cannot move it by itself? Of course it is one of the participants, if not all, that moves the object around. And if a spirit needed people to move it, wouldn't it require a possession in order to make it move around? It just baffles me that people seriously buy into these scams.
"The Unbelievable" is a movie for people with an interest in the occult, first and foremost. And for me it was an interesting enough delve into the Asian concepts of shamanism, spirits, ghosts, possessions and what have you. But it is all just staged.
My rating of "The Unbelievable" lands on a mediocre five out of ten stars, as there wasn't anything particularly outstanding to be witnessed here.
