More “Scary Movie” than “The Amityville Horror”, the Pang Brothers’ “The Eye 10″, the latest entry into their highly successful “The Eye” series, is a surprisingly funny comedy with some decent frights thrown in for good measure. The fact that “The Eye 10″ is not an all-out horror film, or that much of its ghost elements are played for laughs (we are told that the most surefire way to see a ghost is to bend over and stick your head between your legs and look behind you), makes it all the easier to swallow. When you think about it, it actually makes sense for the Pangs to go the parody route, what with the series having lost much of its steam with the very pedestrian “The Eye 2″.

The “10″ in the title refers to the film’s conceit that there are 10 ways you can see a ghost. One such way involves the already mentioned head between the legs method, while another is banging on bowls at a busy crosswalk at night. (And apparently if your bowl happens to break while you’re drumming for ghosts, you can use your teeth in its place.) There are eight more, each more absurd than the next. To be honest, I’m not sure if the Pangs made these 10 “encounters” up themselves, or if the ideas were derived from Thai folklore, urban legends, or old wives tale. Either/or, seeing characters playing hide and seek in the woods at night with a black cat in order to attract ghosts is worth a chuckle or two.

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