Welcome back to day eight of my horror film recommendations. This is a film that I have heard mixed reviews about; some say it’s terrifying but others weren’t particularly convinced, as they think it is nothing more than a contrived example of typical Asian horror cinema. Personally, I was incredibly creeped out when I watched today’s recommendation; The Wig.
Okay, so the title doesn’t exactly strike fear into your heart from the outset, and considering this film revolves around a possessed wig some of you might scoff at the premise of this movie. But The Wig also presents the viewer with some pretty upsetting concepts, such as living with Cancer, Chemotherapy and distressed relationships to name a few, which give this film a truly morbid overtone. Plus, this film was gorier than I had originally thought when I decided to watch it.
The Wig mainly follows the lives of two sisters; Su Hyun who is battling Leukaemia and her older sister Ji Hyun who is mute due to throat impalement as a result of a car accident. Ji Hyun has made the decision to bring her ill sister to live with her, rather than staying in the hospital, and decides to buy Su Hyun a wig as the Chemotherapy has left her bald.
While wearing the wig, Su Hyun starts to make a miraculous recovery and begins to feel more confident, and even looks much prettier than before. Slowly but surely her personality begins to change too, and she starts to become much more aggressive and even hits on her sisters (recently) ex-boyfriend.
Tensions are heightened and relationships become more strained than ever as it becomes apparent that they all got more than they bargained for when Ji Hyun bought the wig, including Ji Hyun’s ex-boyfriend.
This dark and chilling film contains true element s of what made Asian horror something to fear, and is definitely a notable title in this genre. I would recommend this film if you like your supernatural horror mixed in with completely human misfortune, but if you find vengeful ghosts and disturbing gore too much, then perhaps give this one a miss.
Feeling brave enough to watch this film? Let me know what you think of it! And don’t forget to check back tomorrow for another horror recommendation.
