Reviews

As a horror and gore fan, i find myself needing to watch any film that has been reviewed as "extreme" "disturbing" or anything else describing really gory films and when i came across murder set pieces i read many reviews either saying it was boring or too horrible, then after finding out that it was not passed by the BBFC and is banned in Britain, I found myself needing to watch it and searching for a copy of the uncut version. If you are anything like me and need to watch something out of curiosity; i wanted to know what was so horrific to be banned as this is not very common these days ( last film i watched that was banned recently was Grotesque; which was pretty extreme and horrible and understandable to be banned, but was actually a very well done movie); lets just say, don't bother. In my opinion if the film wasn't banned in the UK, probably no one would watch it as curiosity is the only way i believe someone would want to watch it. My boyfriend made me switch it off as it was to terrible to sit through, and not in an extreme way, in a painful terrible film way. So i had to watch it the next day with hopes of seeing realistic and nasty gore. To be fair, i enjoyed a few of the torture scenes, but you don't even see much i just enjoyed the way they made it look with so much blood, but if your a gore fan its nothing you haven't seen before, and you will have seen it done much better. There is genuinely no need to watch this film, the terrible acting, the unbelievable victims, the cheesy terrible music and montage scenes make this look like a B movie from the 80's. And the unnecessary child killing, there was seriously no need to put it in any film, also killing a mother in front of her baby made me feel sad the fact a director wanted to put that in a film. I won't go any further in describing this pointless film, I would have rated only 1 but i decided to give it 3 because some scenes are mildly enjoyable (the first 3 minutes are probably the best in the whole film), so if you find yourself NEEDING to watch it i would skip through to the killings don't waste your time with the story (THERE IS NO STORY). OH and also, don't read the cast list and assume it will be great because of the actors, anyone you've heard of from it are in the film for a maximum of two minutes. So ye, don't believe the hype.

Im a bit unsure wither or not to make this a good or bad review. I don't think it deserves to be considered one of the ju-ons, neither does Kuroi shôjo in my opinion. I think the story was well written; perhaps the let down was due to the director. It didn't have the same eerie settings, and uneasy tension that the other ju-ons captures beautifully. The acting in some scenes was also quite cringeworthy. I did like the non-linear running which is also carried out in this "ju-on" ; probably the only was it can be compared. I think this film has a good frame work for a really good horror; just not enough was put in. Also i did not understand how the granny with the basketball could be considered scary; it was more hilarious than anything. I enjoyed the fact that Toshio made an appearance, however i don't understand why, and nothing explained this. i think it is worth a watch if you are a fan of the ju-on series; just to witness it, but don't approach with great expectations.

I sadly only heard about this movie about a week ago, I downloaded it just after hearing it was a cult Japanese thriller as i knew the Japanese are genius when it comes to the film industry, and i was not disappointed. The acting was perfect, i loved how it sucked you into the story and was very slow paced, it made the ending much more of a shocker. I also loved how the underlying theme of loneliness, makes the viewer understand Asami, i did not hate her and think she was cruel i felt pain for her. She had a life of suffering and just wanted someone to love and for that person to love only her as they would be the only person in her life, but no one understood how deeply she meant this. I think this film is a must-see for any horror/thriller fans, its not scary as such just the dark ending is really a shocker and an amazing ending for the perfect storyline the rest of the film had. I'd advise you not to read the plots and such before you watch, then the film will have a better effect. But i think it is an essential film for anyone who enjoys something different without your cliché happy ending !

As a huge fan of horror films, especially J-horror and also gore i thought Nekeddo burâddo sounded pretty good. I researched the plot, read reviews, and even looked at some photos to make sure it seemed like a good gory and scary movie to watch before downloading it. So excited it had finished and ready to be scared and recoiling in horror at the amazing gore i was expecting i was terribly disappointed. The plot was ridiculous and didn't even make sense and left too much unexplained, the gore was hilarious rather then horrifying, and what was with the cartoon style sound effects ? The acting was probably the only thing mildly scary about it. I did not understand the cactus idea and the way the mothers husband disappeared in the middle of the sea after following a flashing light, they left both pretty unexplained, or perhaps i missed it as my mind couldn't understand what i was actually seeing. I appreciate the way it was supposed to be; shocking and a few scenes (the strange cannibalism and own mother kissing?)certainly were, i just think they went a little bit far and not even in a horrifying way, they made it to unconvincing which made it more believable to be a comedy rather than a horror in my opinion. However it is a very entertaining film and got a lot of laughs out of me and a couple of friends, but sadly we were expecting horror not comedy so its worth a watch for the entertainment value, but don't be expecting a dark, deeply scary and horrifying film; you'll just be disappointed. If this was a horror comedy/spoof i'd probably rate it about a nine, the climax being the weird scene when the husband climbed inside his wife's stomach and closed up her wounds, but as a horror sadly i gave it a one.