The Bridge Curse Ritual – Movie Review
Director: Lester Hsi (Gourmet Affairs)
Writer: Keng-Ming Chang, Po-Hsiang Hao, Shih-yuan Lu (Screenplay)
Cast
- Ning Chang (Dear Loneliness)
- J.C. Lin (Plurality)
- Summer Meng (Single Day)
- Yu-Xuan Wang (Little Blue)
- Vera Yen (I Missed You)
Plot: An architect disrupted the school during construction and turned it into supernatural entities. Years later, an augmented game involving dark rituals happens when a group of students unleash a swarm of evil spirits into the world.
Runtime: 1 Hour 41 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: The Bridge Curse Ritual starts when a group of students look to investigate the creepy goings-on inside an abandoned building. Years before an architect went missing and nobody ever returned fearing the location to be haunted.
Ting (Chang) leads the investigation, which sees them taking part in a virtual reality game, with the clues coming through her phone. Meanwhile, the rest of the class helps keep things maintained in safety. However, as the journey continues, the haunting becomes more apparent, and it becomes a race against time to escape as things step outside of the game world.
Verdict on The Bridge Curse Ritual
The Bridge Curse Ritual is a horror thriller following a group of students who get caught up in a mystery. It starts with them dealing with a virtual reality game, but soon the horrors come to life and they must solve the mystery behind them.
This is a horror that uses interesting ideas. By taking a virtual horror game and unleashing it with a connection to a real haunting. The creations are frightening and the build-up to the jump scares effective. However, when it comes to the story, things can become over-reliant on twists and turns. With not many landing the way, they could have. Overall, the scares are the highlight of the movie and they come at you thick and fast.
Where to Watch
The movie is available on Netflix now.
Final Thoughts – The Bridge Curse Ritual is filled with great scares from start to finish.
