GenK1981
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First off i love Asian cinema. Originality pours into they're story's and keeps reminding us all that there's still hope in film. Unfortunately these fantastic efforts get completely mistranslated these days when they get shipped abroad. Examples being The Ring, Dark Water and The Grudge. Now they've gone and done it with this classic horror tale.
Kairo (Pulse) creates unbearable tension all surrounding a truly amazing concept of loneliness that relates to the afterlife. Students start getting picked off one at a time in trying to uncover the goings on of a friends suicide. He leaves a disk, part of a virus uncovering a doorway that has been unlocked to the afterlife. Ghosts that once confronted, open the eyes of those that meet them into the horrible realisation that after life.....you become trapped within the pain of being alone, thus being killed by your own sorrow.
Kairo is an extremely dark and creepy film that is supported by fantastic visuals and a very downbeat music score. It has no full on gore, which is what you'd expect when watching the classic Asian horror films these days, indeed most of the torment is created by the things we don't see, so an open imagination helps aid the enjoyment of this film.
I have to admit i had to watch the film a good three times to fully follow the story. So please make sure when watching this movie that it has your full attention.
If you enjoyed Ju-On The Grudge then you will enjoy this. I haven't yet nor care to see the remake yet, tho judging by the poor reviews its getting already i don't think I'm missing out much! Great Movie
Kairo (Pulse) creates unbearable tension all surrounding a truly amazing concept of loneliness that relates to the afterlife. Students start getting picked off one at a time in trying to uncover the goings on of a friends suicide. He leaves a disk, part of a virus uncovering a doorway that has been unlocked to the afterlife. Ghosts that once confronted, open the eyes of those that meet them into the horrible realisation that after life.....you become trapped within the pain of being alone, thus being killed by your own sorrow.
Kairo is an extremely dark and creepy film that is supported by fantastic visuals and a very downbeat music score. It has no full on gore, which is what you'd expect when watching the classic Asian horror films these days, indeed most of the torment is created by the things we don't see, so an open imagination helps aid the enjoyment of this film.
I have to admit i had to watch the film a good three times to fully follow the story. So please make sure when watching this movie that it has your full attention.
If you enjoyed Ju-On The Grudge then you will enjoy this. I haven't yet nor care to see the remake yet, tho judging by the poor reviews its getting already i don't think I'm missing out much! Great Movie
Recently we have seen some truly awful work of the great man. Yes i still regard him as the great man because we should always remember the great films he did release that made an impact in the 80's and 90's. Forget Vampires and Ghost of Mars and let us remember his work such as The Thing, Haloween, The Fog, Prince of Darkness......and this little gem.
In the Mouth of Madness is one of those horror films, just like The Thing, where at the time of its release not many people really acknowledged it. But now 10 years on because horror movies are being made so badly at the moment we have to rely on the past to show us how a true horror movie is really done.
The film is about Sam Neils character John Trent who is a hired Insurance Investigator trying to track down Cult Horror writer Sutter Cane played by Jurgen Prochnow, who apparently has gone missing. Trent accompanied by Julie Carmens character Linda Styles journey to a town to find the writer only to discover they have entered a place which breaks the realms of reality.
From there on it becomes a question of where is Sutter Cane and what has happened to him.
The assembled cast is reasonably good. Sam Neil and Jurgen Prochnow do good jobs and Carmen is okay as the lead female. Add in a few star short appearances from David Warner and Charlton Heston and you've overall got a pretty decent crew.
The effects are good. Some of the creature designs remind me of 'The Things' work back in the 80's. CGI is so overrated when it comes to capturing a persons imagination based on horror i feel.
As for the music, yep its got the recognisable John Carpenter work as usual. The guys multi-talented what can i say? A good film.
8/10
In the Mouth of Madness is one of those horror films, just like The Thing, where at the time of its release not many people really acknowledged it. But now 10 years on because horror movies are being made so badly at the moment we have to rely on the past to show us how a true horror movie is really done.
The film is about Sam Neils character John Trent who is a hired Insurance Investigator trying to track down Cult Horror writer Sutter Cane played by Jurgen Prochnow, who apparently has gone missing. Trent accompanied by Julie Carmens character Linda Styles journey to a town to find the writer only to discover they have entered a place which breaks the realms of reality.
From there on it becomes a question of where is Sutter Cane and what has happened to him.
The assembled cast is reasonably good. Sam Neil and Jurgen Prochnow do good jobs and Carmen is okay as the lead female. Add in a few star short appearances from David Warner and Charlton Heston and you've overall got a pretty decent crew.
The effects are good. Some of the creature designs remind me of 'The Things' work back in the 80's. CGI is so overrated when it comes to capturing a persons imagination based on horror i feel.
As for the music, yep its got the recognisable John Carpenter work as usual. The guys multi-talented what can i say? A good film.
8/10
Honestly the potential for this movie is huge. The London Underground is a terrifying place to be during the day let alone at night. So add Franka Potente stupidly falling asleep past the last train, a few homeless people and a dog, and surely you have the premise for a great horror film.
Oh dear....
***Contains Minor Spoilers*** First of all i'd like to say the first 45 minutes to this film is fantastic and full of suspense and eeriness that really did cause alarming edge of the seat stuff. The London Underground at its most fearsome. A place you really don't want to be in the early hours of the morning running away from some killer thats going round ripping his victims to shreds.
Going back to those 45 minutes. The movie had us asking ourselves. Is this really a human being we are seeing causing panic on the screen, or could it be something quite different? Not revealing the terror was the one thing they should of kept through the 90 minutes. Unfortunately they didn't do that...
And now comes for the 2nd 45 minutes.....
The terror is revealed and we start to laugh at the funny noises he starts to make as he runs round dark corners chasing after helpless Kate and trapped worker George (Vaz Blackwood). Revealing the killer was just too much for me to take. I stopped being scared of this film and found myself laughing at a few of the scenes that a short minority of viewers might find quite disturbing.
What the hell happened? I wont say much more because there really isn't much more to go on about in regards to the plot.
As for the acting, well i think Potente was terrible as the lead role. Her over the top emotion (and lack of it in some points) was a real let down in some vital scenes of the film. Vaz Blackwood was okay in the scenes he had, nothing special but at least there was a character that i cared about surviving. Paul Rattray provided the best acting in the film as the homeless Scotsman Jimmy. But sadly he didn't last too long.
This is a low budget film and i respect the film for trying to be different with the the small budget that it had. But unfortunately i can see people reacting to the film, especially the 2nd half, in the same manner as i accepted the film coming out of the cinema. Disappointed.
3/10 - Being generous largely due to the first 45 minutes
Oh dear....
***Contains Minor Spoilers*** First of all i'd like to say the first 45 minutes to this film is fantastic and full of suspense and eeriness that really did cause alarming edge of the seat stuff. The London Underground at its most fearsome. A place you really don't want to be in the early hours of the morning running away from some killer thats going round ripping his victims to shreds.
Going back to those 45 minutes. The movie had us asking ourselves. Is this really a human being we are seeing causing panic on the screen, or could it be something quite different? Not revealing the terror was the one thing they should of kept through the 90 minutes. Unfortunately they didn't do that...
And now comes for the 2nd 45 minutes.....
The terror is revealed and we start to laugh at the funny noises he starts to make as he runs round dark corners chasing after helpless Kate and trapped worker George (Vaz Blackwood). Revealing the killer was just too much for me to take. I stopped being scared of this film and found myself laughing at a few of the scenes that a short minority of viewers might find quite disturbing.
What the hell happened? I wont say much more because there really isn't much more to go on about in regards to the plot.
As for the acting, well i think Potente was terrible as the lead role. Her over the top emotion (and lack of it in some points) was a real let down in some vital scenes of the film. Vaz Blackwood was okay in the scenes he had, nothing special but at least there was a character that i cared about surviving. Paul Rattray provided the best acting in the film as the homeless Scotsman Jimmy. But sadly he didn't last too long.
This is a low budget film and i respect the film for trying to be different with the the small budget that it had. But unfortunately i can see people reacting to the film, especially the 2nd half, in the same manner as i accepted the film coming out of the cinema. Disappointed.
3/10 - Being generous largely due to the first 45 minutes