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  Pulse 2001

  ★★★★★ Watched 30 Oct 2021 3

  pretty impressive how Kurosawa and his team manage to immerse this film in a general feeling of dejection. the hopelessness is oppressive and overwhelming. Kurosawa, Hayashi and composer Takefumi Haketa work a lot with dissonant images and sounds to achieve this effect. absolutely loved the use of shot-reverse-shot in this, really increases the feeling of isolation between the individual characters. Pulse is definitely one of the greats of J-horror produced at the turn of the millennium. watching this really fucked me up emotionally, but in a cleansing kind of way so yeah can't wait to revisit this.

  31 days of fright (2021) [30/31]

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  Noroi: The Curse 2005

  ★★★★½ Watched 11 Oct 2021

  umm i feel like i've been cursed, i feel like Kagutaba is coming for my ass tonight or at least some time later this week. not even kidding.
  a quite ambitious, terrifying slow burn found footage/ documentary hybrid that manages to tie its multiple seemingly unrelated narrative threads into one hell of a gratifying climax. there's a lot of tension and creepiness right from the beginning, it's a real pleasure to watch the plot unfold and the final act is…

Popular reviews

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  Let's Scare Jessica to Death 1971

  ★★★★½ Watched 05 Oct 2021

  watched this gem for the first time last night and really loved the mood it created, very calming almost dreamy, chilling and heartbreaking. this is a nuanced psychological drama with some horror elements; an absolutely mesmerising watch perfect for viewing late on a rainy night when you're all alone. i can't put into words with how impressed i am with the score and sound design, thinking about the soundscapes' effectiveness makes me go bonkers. really looking forward to revisit this film.

  31 days of fright (2021) [5/31]

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  Horror Express 1972

  ★★★★ Watched 09 Oct 2021

  me 15 seconds into the opening credits : this is gonna be right up my lane. and it was.
  pretty cheesy & campy low budget sci-fi horror film that sees the dynamic duo, Lee and Cushing team up in order to chase an alien parasite that's been trapped in ice for centuries and is now loose feasting on brains aboard the Trans-Siberian Express. you get the classic evolution/religion dichotomy, a mad melodramatic Rasputin-esque Monk who abandons his god all too willingly,…