Zero out of Ten

Rule no.156 of horror movie-making: Avoid boring your audience. Michael Chuah's Seed of Darkness not only neglectably (or not) violates this rule, but represents, without exaggeration, one of the worse horror films ever made. SoD begins with Yan (Wong Sze Zen) moving into an old apartment block with her daughter Ying Ying (Leong Jiun Jiun);conceived in-vitro. There, she meets their only neighbour (Alvin Wong). Things 'spookify' when Ying Ying begins talking to herself. She claims that she is talking to her father and he wants to take her away. What Michael Chuah attempts to achieve in this film - diverse use of angels, dull colours and 'shock moments' - is commendable. However, some poor acting, pace of the film and use of background music ruined the potentially appealing and fear-evoking plot.