Uzumaki
Directed by:
HiguchinskyCinematography:
小林元Composer:
Keiichi SuzukiCast:
Eriko Hatsune, Fhi Fan, Eun-kyeong Shin, Ren Ōsugi, Tarō Suwa, Keiko Takahashi, Denden, Sadao Abe, 手塚とおる, 堀内正美, 佐伯日菜子, Kyoko Hikami, Anri Katsu, Yuni TakimotoPlots(1)
Kirie, a young schoolgirl, first notices this phenomena when she encounters her boyfriend's father, maniacally videotaping a snail crawling up a wall. Later, her brooding beau, Shuichi, reveals that the odd behavior goes further - his father has filled an entire room with various spiral objects. Before long, this growing madness leads to a series of gruesome and unbelievably bizarre deaths. (Discotek Media)
(more)Reviews (2)
I’m sorry, but I can’t be bothered with this. Once again, I let myself be drawn into Asian weirdness, I looked forward again, I got bored again, and I again told myself that I won’t do it again. It’s so tedious and slow, and pointlessly bleak in the second half. The story is weirdly curious (which is good), but it goes from nowhere to nowhere (which is bad). This time there wasn’t even a good climax; massive disappointment overall. I’m giving it two stars in appreciation for at least the diversity and the good cinematography.
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"Uzumaki" is a slightly different horror movie that sometimes tries too hard to scare the audience in a rather simplistic way - it uses tools that are too typical for Japanese horror. However, when it remains within its own absurdity, it cannot be denied that it has an interesting concept and an effort to make the spiral a truly terrifying symbol. This is partially successful, but the film still remains rather weak because the impact it will have on you is probably not long-lasting.
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