If you’re looking for an entertaining Asian horror film, this is a good place to start. To Catch a Virgin Ghost begins very promisingly. The film is so energetic that you tend not to notice some clumsy set-ups and hurried executions. With a successful mix of different genres and homage to such films like Evil Dead, this is yet another solid piece of South Korean cinema…
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Grotesque – Review
January 11th, 2010
cello85 This is it guys. If you follow my blog and and have a yearning for a true 18+ viewing experience, here you go. I can safely say that Grotesque certainly raises the bar as far as cinematic violence and sexual sadism is concerned. In the finest tradition of Japanese gore cinema, the plot is minimal, [...]
Nightmare Detective – Review
December 29th, 2009
cello85 I like this director’s style, this film may have the largest budget given to him, but this director stands by his art, never for a moment does he give in to the pressure of making a studio-approved/influenced film. Nightmare Detective follows a detective named Keiko who is summoned to investigate supposedly two separate suicide cases. [...]
Death Bell – Review
December 7th, 2009
cello85 The story of Death Bell is a mix of various movies, with Saw being the more prominent for me, just without all the excess gore and lengthy torture. The film is set at Chang Ahn High School, where a special class of the top twenty students has been put together for the coming exams. A [...]
13: Game of Death – Review
October 22nd, 2009
cello85 13: Game of Death is a must-see for the uncommon people who have strong stomachs and great appreciation for worldly cinema. The film revolves around a down on his luck guy names Phuchit who has problems with work, money, love, and just life in general. One day after losing his job, he receives a mysterious [...]
Onibaba – Review
October 13th, 2009
cello85 Onibaba opened up in theaters in a time where people didn’t rely on special effects to get their point across. It is categorized as a a psychodrama with some mild horror elements. Onibaba (which means Demon Woman in Japanese) is set in Medieval Japan and focuses on two women protagonists. These two women survive in [...]
Cinderella – Review
September 17th, 2009
cello85 A young woman in a society where beauty is very important has a mother who is insistent on her beauty regimen. Her mother is a plastic surgeon. The young woman get’s plastic surgery and is then haunted. Hmmm, wait, no it does get better. The plot of Cinderella is for the first half pretty standard [...]

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