Most horror doesn’t shock me. Every now and then though I come across one that weedles its way under my skin and sticks with me for awhile. Audition was one, and Imprint is another. Imprint was considered so shocking that Showtime banned it from being shown with its “Masters of Horror” series (but then, they…
Tag: Japanese Horror
The Machine Girl
There are good movies. There are bad movies. Then there are movies that are so bad, they somehow flip around and become good in their own special way. The Machine Girl lay in the third category, although I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s so bad that it’s awesome. The movie follows a…
Kairo (The Pulse)
Kairo or the Pulse as it is known in America follows a group of college students who investigate a mysterious webcam feed that invites people to talk to ghosts. American moviegoers may remember a movie called the Pulse that came out in 2006, featuring a bunch of CGI antics and a lot of action and…
Onibaba
Onibaba is a classic Japanese horror movie. It’s set in the 14th century, during the time of the warring states when Japan was torn apart by civil war. It follows two women, a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law who eke out a living by waylaying wounded samurai and selling their equipment to a corrupt merchant. ]…
Blind Beast
“Blind Beast” has to be one of the most bizarre movies I’ve ever seen. It follows the story of Aki, a successful if controversial model, who is abducted by the blind sculptor Michio and his mother. The pair take Aki to Michio’s warehouse studio, where things really start to get weird. See the walls are…
Highschool of the Dead
Highschool of the Dead ( H.O.T.D.) follows a zombie apocalypse, anime style. It all starts during a typical day at high school. Takashi Komuro was skipping class as usual when he noticed a strange man at the school gate. The PhysEd teachers confront the man…well being a zombie series, the stranger turns out to be…