Evil Returns in The Rope Curse 3 – Movie Review
Director: Liao Shih-han
Writer: Keng-Ming Chang, Tzu-Ming Ma (Screenplay)
Cast
- Zhang Ting-hu (Boys Can Fly)
- Lee Hsing-wen
- Wu Yi-Jung
- Jason Tsou
- Wilson Hsu
Plot: Aspiring to become a parkour influencer, a gifted young man from an exorcist family gets caught up in a swirl of spooky events at an eerie hotel.
Runtime: 1 Hour 50 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: The Rope Curse 3 starts as the locals prepare for the annual ghost gate opening, where traditions must be followed to stay safe. An aspiring young parkour influencer Kuan Yu has taken the lead in the performance about the traditions, but his spin on the character unlocks an evil in the town.
Elsewhere, a hotel finds one of their guests the latest victim of the spirits haunting the walls. The hotel has a history of large amounts of suicides, which draws Kuan Yu and his team to the hotel for work. However, nothing will prepare them for what they will face, and he must use his family’s legacy to protect himself.
Verdict on The Rope Curse 3
The Rope Curse 3 is a horror thriller that follows a parkour influencer facing his haunting past. It follows him working in a haunted hotel, that has a high suicide rate, with the spirits targeting him now. His family must use their knowledge of evil spirits to save him from the same fate.
This horror movie dives into the traditional beliefs that the next generation starts ignoring. It uses that to drive the story forward creating unsettling encounters with the spirits. Some moments rely on an influencer’s shaky cam that adds a few scares, while it relies more on shock value. This could easily fit into the selection with many Asian horror movies. Its use in beliefs to create the horror elevates it to the next factor in horror. While the themes of evil diving people to suicide could become difficult to watch, a great horror addition.
Where to Watch
JustWatch
Final Thoughts – The Rope Curse 3 is filled with unsettling horror sequences.
