“Otsuichi hits all the right notes of the J-horror formula, succeeding in turning his narrative into a truly creepy and unsettling horror narrative.”
Category: horror
Sadako (2019) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2019]
“The narrative works surprisingly well as an atmospheric piece of tension.”
Smoking Aliens (2018) review
“When all is said and done, these flaws are not detrimental to the fun to be found in this crazy narrative.”
Cure (1997) Review
“The pulsating revelation that every subject hides a destructive drive and violent desire is the true scandal of the narrative.”
Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017) review
“Sion Sono’s poetry questions enjoyment and its function within contemporary Japanese society with ultra-violent precision. This is, in other words, Sion Sono at its finest.”
I am a Hero (2016) review
“Sometimes disturbing and confronting, sometimes fun, but ever engaging, the narrative underlines the influence society, (…) has on the subject, and how the collapse of a symbolic structure opens up the possibility to rewrite one’s coming into being.”
