Memento Mori (2000)

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• Daniel P

  
  <i>Remember the dead...</i><p>Flixster ate my review of this but I recently found a copy on a flash drive, yay! Released on DVD on the "Tartan Asia Extreme" label, <i>Memento Mori</i> is actually more of a tender romance-slash-ghost story than… More
  <i>Remember the dead...</i><p>Flixster ate my review of this but I recently found a copy on a flash drive, yay! Released on DVD on the "Tartan Asia Extreme" label, <i>Memento Mori</i> is actually more of a tender romance-slash-ghost story than it is a horror story (it has for instance, little in common with fellow Tartan releases <i>Ringu</i> or <i>The Eye</i>). Set in an all girls' school, the film instead builds suspense (though not scares) on the story of a girl who discovers a diary, containing the details of a secret relationship between two fellow pupils. When one of the girls is discovered dead, rumours begin and before long it appears as if a spirit is out for revenge. <p>I'll readily admit to being thoroughly confused in the first 15 or so minutes, where there's a flood of information and apparent flashbacks and jumping periods in time are shown with little signing to show what is happening and what has happened. I soon caught up though, and was definitely rewarded with my investment in time. <p>Both sensitive and emotionally complex, <i>Memento Mori</i> is a haunting but beautiful film; very restrained up until the last section, before concluding with not the usual supernatural twist but a nicely low-key and moving ending.

• Anthony V

  
  A ghost story with some deep metaphors about acceptance and sexual identity.