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The Bridge Curse is one of those horror movies that's not so clever in the story that it's telling, as in the way that it's telling that story. It relies on some basic viewer assumptions to float some of its surprises right under your nose until it's ready to surprise you.

The story is a timeline bender that follows a reporter, determined to get off the 'news of the weird' beat, who is investigating a rumored curse on a college campus. Her cameraman follows her around as she investigates various locations they were known to have visited on their last night alive, and views their live feeds that they uploaded to a social media site. The action flits between her watching the feeds and the students experiencing the feeds, moving between a Steadicam cinematic experience and a found footage experience in different time-frames and perspectives. It becomes quickly apparent that the students are deliberately misleading the viewer on their live feeds, so the found footage becomes accepted by the viewer watching the movie as *not* representing objective reality. That would mean that the cinematic footage *would* represent objective reality normally, but in this case the movie also goes out of its way to suggest that some of the characters are sneaky, and others might be crazy, so the viewer is left to wonder if what they are viewing in this format represents objective reality, either. This is how the director is able to slip some casting and costuming switcheroos right under the viewer's own nose and get away with it, leading to some genuine surprises later in the film (although I think most viewers will guess one of them rather quickly).

In the end we have a standard vengeful ghost story (don't cut it off during the end credits though, there's more right up til the last minute of runtime). However, the way in which it was told was quite cleverly done and I wouldn't mind seeing more perspective tricks like this in future films.

Attempting to investigate an urban legend, a news reporter begins looking into the mysterious disappearance of several students after they were playing a game to invoke the spirit of a ghost who haunts a nearby bridge on campus, and when she discovers that she's next in line to suffer the ghosts' wrath must find a way to stop it.

For the most part, this one offers some enjoyable aspects. One of the films' best features is the strong background work that gives off a rather fine set up that contains a nice immersion quality. As we're given a lot of information about the legacy of the stunt and how it turned into a student hazing stunt, the film carries on quite nicely. Starting in-universe as the typical urban myth about a woman who died on the spot and now haunts the area after being rejected by her boyfriend, the start of the legend is a suitable small-town ghost-story that could conceivably grow into a more prominent urban legend. The beginning of the film showing off the historical background of the as well as the recreation of the main prank committed by the students finely completes this. As well, the atmosphere created here is quite chilling at times. The fabled bridge where the action takes place is a rather creepy area, taking place in a seemingly deserted part of the campus where the cobblestone construction and prominent trees surrounding it leaves quite an impression when traveling through at night. That plays a part in the resulting atmosphere featured during the attacks which are quite chilling and creepy at times, from the ambush out at the bridge to the various encounters around the campus including the bathroom scenes and the hallways of the dorm. The intensity and ferocity of the ghostly attacks are quite fun as the being continually moves out of the darkness to attack, creating some stand-out shock scenes in the randomness around the campus where it appears or the creepy setup to it doing so. Featuring a rousing finale with some nice twists and stand-out ghost action, this one is quite enjoyable at times. This one does have some issues with it. The main problem is the films' seemingly random and arbitrary jumping back-and-forth throughout the various timelines as we switch from the original incident involving the students trying the legend for themselves and encountering the ghost and the reporter investigating the incident in the present. As this creates some severe jumping around to figure out what happened, the resulting whiplash trying to keep track of everything is a hurdle to getting into the film even though it settles down considerably as it goes along. Likewise, the film's over-reliance on standard formulaic ghost antics is a big disservice, bringing nothing new to the table as this one goes for all the expected tropes in a creaky, slimy, scuttling pale figure leaps out of nowhere to grab victims and kills them in ways as to suggest suicide upon later discovery of the body. It's all been seen before and can come off as wholly cliched for the most part to some viewers.

Rated Unrated/R: Violence and Language.

A good Taiwanese horror with quite an unexpected twist. Finally, a fresh idea in a horror genre. Even though the main theme has been explored by many others, this movie manages to stay unique, genuinely scary and dark. Just don't expect CGI demons or any special effects, the movie rely heavily on suspense, not on scary imagery. Overall, the film doesn't feel expensive. While the idea is interesting, the characters are too whiny and their actions are predictable and stupid. On the other hand, the storyline kind of relies on characters being so forgettable. Definitely not a waste of time and can be watched alone or with friends, however because of the tangled storyline, I would advise to really pay attention to the screen.

As someone who watches a lot of Taiwanese drama and movie, I can say that the acting wasn't that bad. There were a lot of incomprehensible screaming but that's it. The story was interesting, the cgi could have been better but it's still not awful (I've seen much worse). In overall, I liked it. My cup of tea with a good plot twist. I'm hoping for a second movie because of the ending tho.

THE BRIDGE CURSE is another cheap, digital, greyed-out slice of ghostly horror, this time hailing from Taiwan. I haven't seen many Taiwanese horror films so I was hoping for something that brought to life local culture and the like, but instead what we get is a cheaply derived copy of film series that were popular a couple of decades ago: think the female ghost from JU-ON: THE GRUDGE mixed with the general plot of the WISHING STAIRS films. This one's about a bunch of annoying students daring each other to spent the night on a haunted bridge and finding themselves pursued endlessly afterwards. Expect a lot of screaming, and precisely nothing else.

This film is set on a university campus in Taiwan where a reporter is investigating the deaths of five students. They died four years previously to the day. on the twenty ninth of February 2016. Apparently victims of a bridge that has been cursed since a student died there some years previously. Through a series of flashbacks we see the students taking part in a test of courage on the bridge and what happened subsequently.

Early on I thought I might have picked a dud here but it isn't long before things improve. As a chiller it is highly effective; more than once it gave me goose bumps and the way many characters are clearly terrified creates a great atmosphere. Inevitably there are some jumps scares; I didn't find them excessive though. We do get some decent twists, which I personally didn't see coming. The acting was solid enough as were most of the special effects. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to fans of far eastern ghost stories looking for something made somewhere other than Japan or South Korea.

These comments are based on watching the film in Chinese with English subtitles.

The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation Review

The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation bases its premise on a supposed real world Taiwanese legend, whereby ascending the 13 steps on the bridge at Tung Hu University at midnight will reveal an extra, hidden 14 th step. Turning around, the person will be faced with a ghost that will either curse or kill them. It’s typical fodder for the nearby university students to spread rumours and ‘sightings’, but also is just vague enough to make actually being there (I imagine) quite unnerving. A few jump scares from friends or pre-placed props could be enough to put the frights into someone who’s willing to believe.

This is the premise for the games set up; a group of kids at the university decide to try and create a film of the sightings, with a dose of props and movie magic. Naturally, things aren’t quite as pretend as they expect, and over roughly six hours we flit between each of the characters to experience their current perspective on things, from non-believers to those who may have been more directly affected by the ghost.

Sadly, the premise and idea is far more interesting than the execution. While it has its moments, there’s a lot of tedium involved in The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation. For the most part we’re slowly moving about the campus in search of a few key items to progress the story. While they’re not hard to find, they also can be put in locations that don’t make much sense; one example had us needing five documents that one of the characters told us she’d just printed out. However, these were nowhere near the printer, and instead were scattered about the room, obvious in its attempt to try and pad things out slightly, but coming off as more tedious than anything else.

While it’s not a technical showcase, the game can still have moments of impressive visuals and presentation

Other times items will be in a drawer or closet just because, or we’ll need to go to a whole new room or building to fetch one thing before trapsing back. Obviously The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation is far from the only game to do this, but it feels even more forced here, and often doesn’t amount to much other than pad out some game time.

Occasionally we’re thrown into some danger, and somehow these segments come off even worse. Whether it be the ghost or some other apparition, we enter a sequence where we need to run and hide in order to survive. The thing is, these are seemingly designed for repetition, often throwing unavoidable changes in scenery or pathways to block us in. I very nearly gave up before it all began at the first of these sequences – it was unclear where I needed to head, and the ghost is able to phase through scenery that we can’t get past (such as small bushes or ledges) meaning if we stop for even a moment we get caught.

The chase sequences make heavy use of these conveniently placed portaloo’s to hide in though sometimes it’s easier to just keep running past – providing we can luck our way into going the right direction

While I got there in the end, each one of these sequences we encounter throughout the game are more an exercise in (here it comes again) tedium than scares. A couple of times I got a little jump when something would pop out, but that usually meant death, at which point I’d have to repeat the whole section again before the next random death – and so on and so forth.

It would help if there were some clearly established rules around the stealth aspects, but despite being able to crouch and walk slowly, it was too hit and miss as to whether we’d get seen or not. The final stretch, where we’re avoiding a stalking predator through a series of corridors, fares better by being more transparent about its rules, and was actually enjoyably tense as a result. It’s just a shame that the prior encounters weren’t as well paced and thought out.

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Conclusion

The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation isn’t without some charm though, the retelling of this story goes some dark and strange places, and the acting is enjoyably cheesy for the most part. There are moments where it threatens to ramp things up in the gameplay department, but it’s not long before we’re into another boring chase sequence to slowly try and figure out. It’s short enough to power through if you really want to experience the story, but there are far better titles in the genre out there to play.

This game was reviewed based on Xbox S|X review code, using an Xbox S|X console. All of the opinions and insights here are subject to that version. Game provided by publisher.

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The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation

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2. Michael - ★★☆☆☆

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3. Emily - ★★☆☆☆

I was really excited to try the Byju magic workbooks as I had heard positive reviews from other parents. However, I found them to be quite overwhelming for my child. The lessons were presented in long paragraphs with little breaks or visuals to help break up the text. This made it difficult for my child to stay focused and retain the information. I also found some of the instructions to be unclear and confusing, leading to frustration and a lack of interest in completing the workbooks. Overall, I was disappointed with the format and structure of these workbooks.

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