'Hair-raising' with Valentine's Day movies

In previous years, theater owners often released romantic movies in February - the month of Valentine's Day, but this year's Valentine's season, horror movies dominated.

Horror movie "The Sixth Sense". Photo: IMDB

Of the more than 17 movies released this month, only four romance movies were shown: My Girlfriend is the Boss, Fifty Shades Darker, The Space Between Us, and The Village of No Return.

Vietnamese film 49 Days Part 2 is a continuation of the success of Part 1 released in 2014 by director Nhat Trung. Still keeping the idea of ​​"people who see ghosts", 49 Days Part 2 will reveal a humorous love story with a ghostly feel. The film will be shown from February 17, with the participation of Ngo Kien Huy, Hari Won, Thu Trang, Tien Luat, Truong Giang, Nha Phuong.

A scene from the movie 49 Days

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (Vietnamese title: Evil Land - The Last Chapter) by director Paul WSAnderson, released in theaters from February 10, will bring back the old cast including Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Iain Glen and Shawn Roberts. In the final part, the hero Alice (Milla Jovovich) returns to Racoon City to find a way to stop and destroy the Umbrella Corporation, before the zombie pandemic wipes out the few remaining humans.

Rings is shown from February 10, directed by F.Javier Gutierrez. Julia (Matilda Lutz) is worried when her boyfriend Holt (Alex Roe) is cursed to die after seven days by a tape of the witch Samara Morgan (Bonnie Morgan). Julia discovers the secrets behind the deadly spiritual phenomenon.

Meanwhile, Split, which opens on February 17, is written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan (director of The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and The Village), and stars James McAvoy, Anya Taylor and Haley Lu Richardson. The film tells the story of a mystery in the mind of a person suffering from multiple personality disorder. After kidnapping three young girls, Kevin must struggle with the dark side hidden deep within himself...

At the end of February, audiences will be "hair-raising" with two films released on February 24. The Bye Bye Man revolves around the story of friends living in the same town and being haunted by an extremely scary invisible supernatural force. Personal Shopper (The Sixth Sense) will be shown in theaters from February 24, a spiritual genre directed by Olivier Assayas. Maureen Cartwright (played by Kristen Stewart) is a girl with psychic abilities. At night, Maureen goes to the villa where her brother Lewis died 90 days ago, with the purpose of trying to contact the deceased...

According to TNO