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Goth – Review

Goth – Review

Goth: Love of Death” (original Japanese title “Goth”) is hard to categorize, as although utterly morbid it is not really a horror film as such, making no attempt to scare. Serial killers, severed limbs, angsty teens, another Japanese splatter-fest right? Wrong, Goth is the complete opposite, an anti-serial killer film. Click to read the full review...

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Uzumaki – Review

Uzumaki – Review

In a small town in Japan, Kirie comes upon her boyfriend's father silently videotaping a snail. He seems unaware of her presence and she thinks no more of it. Later, the mans obsession with spirals becomes more and more bizarre, ending in his suicide in a washing machine which turn his body into a spiral. Click for the full review...

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Blind Beast – Review

Blind Beast – Review

A blind sculpter kidnaps a beautiful young model and takes her back to his home. He and his mother live in a warehouse that he has turned into a surreal tribute to the senses. It is filled with huge sculptures of body parts and the female form. At first, the model only wants to escape from this bizarre scene, but eventually she succumbs to his strange vision and even surpasses his obsession. Click for the full review...

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Jigoku – Review

Jigoku – Review

A graduate-school student has a friend who is pure evil. His friend and he are out driving one night when they hit a drunkard and the friend leaves the accident victim to die. The student's life then goes downhill from there. Click to read the full movie review...

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The Cat – Review

The Cat – Review

So-Yeon works as a groomer at a pet shop. One day, a cat named Bidanyi comes into the store. The next day, the owner of Bidanyi is found dead in an elevator. So-Yeon, by request from police officer Joon-Suk, takes the cat home. Shortly after, So-Yeon starts to see a mysterious young girl. Click for the full review...

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Kuroneko – Review

Kuroneko – Review

Kaneto Shindô's 1968 horror movie Kuroneko (a.k.a. Black Cat) is a creepy mood piece that starts with shocks before settling into a far more effective mode, digging its claws in the viewer to inject a nearly imperceptible poison. Click for the full review...

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White: The Melody of the Curse – Review

White: The Melody of the Curse – Review

Girl group "Pink Dolls" is always pushed into the background by other popular idols. But, when a member becomes the lead singer that person falls victim to a horrible accident, one by one. Eun-Joo then realizes that the song "White" is cursed and she attempts to reveal the secret. Click for the full review...

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Karak – Review

Karak – Review

Four students are heading back to their college in Kuantan, after a night out in Kuala Lumpur, when they encounter massive traffic on the Karak highway. In an attempt to make it back in time for their classes in the morning, they decide to exit the highway and take an alternative route not knowing that this decision would change their lives forever. Click for the full review...

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The Matrimony – Review

The Matrimony – Review

A woman finds the key to a room in the attic that her husband forbids her from entering. When she opens the door, she is confronted with the haunting existence of the woman her husband refuses to forget. Click for the full review...

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Dream Home – Review

Dream Home – Review

Cheng Li-sheung is a young, upwardly mobile professional finally ready to invest in her first home. But when the deal falls through, she is forced to keep her dream alive - even if it means keeping her would-be neighbors dead. Miguel break down the latest film in his set of upcoming reviews. Click for the full review...