Akambo Shojo
This movie takes place in 1960 and is about an orphan girl that was discovered by her father after 15 years of living in an orphanage. She lives in a house that everyone is afraid of with a mysterious maid, a mentally understandable woman that is her mother and a loving father.
This movie is the type of movie that defines what is fantasia. Great horror movies that although have an obvious villain, still manage to get a rise out of everyone in the theatre.
The villain in this movie is a 15 y/o monstrosity of a baby named Timmen (horribly malformed, with one giant hand literally rips the face off a dog in this movie) . she wants so either play hide and seek with the newly reunited daughter (Yoko) or kill her because she took her room.
From the music to the camera work to the settings, everything works in this movie. Although it might not be at the level of the Ringu franchise, it is definitely a must see movie. It has very nice visuals that remind us of many American horror movie such as The shinning, chucky, rosemary's baby to name a few. And takes great elements from each to make this movie a success.
The movie shows traditional Japanese attitude, combined with great music, camera work and innocence provided by yoko to give us a great suspense movie. A must watch for sure.
Daniel Moscivici
Rating: 8/10
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