Alessandro M
Pure unintentional comedy
Rated 1/5 Stars •
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
07/16/24
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Joseph P
It tries so hard to be smart and shocking, but just ends up being confusing. Not to mention the pace is a little too slow instead of thrilling and tense. But no doubt the horror imagery is stunning.
Rated 3/5 Stars •
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
03/15/17
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lovro h
This was the #1 on one of the "Most disturbing movies you've (probably) never heard of" lists so I had to check it out. It was worth it. The movie follows a hospital staff after a seemingly ordinary day of work. First we see a couple of normal examinations and basically just the daily routine of each one of them, but then the hospital closes as the hospital is running out of supplies to heal their patients with. Soon after closing an ambulance vehicle arrives with a patient that apparentely has an infection and he needs immediate treatment. The main doctor doesn't want to take him for the reason already said above, so he leaves. After a few minutes, one of the patients in the hospital starts dying and he needs a surgery. The nurse messes up and the patient dies. All of the staff is scared and tries to find ways to dispose of the body so that nobody else finds out. Unfortunately, the patient with the infection is still in the hospital, the ambulance left him inside. And his disease is like nothing they've ever seen before. His body is liquifying and one of the doctors wants to have all sorts of tests on him, but his disease is highly contagious and before you know it, one by one each of the staff gets infected. That's the story. It's very interesting and intriguing. I also love how the movie is shot. It's very eerie and the overall tone of the movie is very disturbing and uneasy. Though there isn't much violence/gore in the movie, it still managed to disgust me. One of the doctors is very creepy. He constantly has this expresionless expression and the way he talks is just scary. The atmosphere of the movie is also horrifying. I don't think there's a single scene when this movie isn't disturbing! Anyways, it's one of those movies with a big plot twist at the end that's supposed to mess with your mind. I thought I understood the movie until the ending came on. It was very confusing and I had to check online for an explanation. That's the only low point of the movie that I can think of. All in all, an amazing J-horror movie with excellent acting, terrifying atmosphere and a disturbing tone that will most certainly make you feel uneasy. I would highly recommend checking this movie out!
Rated 4.5/5 Stars •
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
03/31/23
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Audience Member
An ambulance drops a contagious patient off at a critically understaffed, isolated hospital. Is the hospital haunted? It's a scary movie from Japan, of course it's haunted! There are some good scenes, it's eerie, and there is a keen sense of dread. However, the effects are like Fulci incubated inside Nickelodeon Splat City. The direction leaves much to be desired.
Rated 2.5/5 Stars •
Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
01/21/23
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????? Watch it for the hospital politics, health workforce hierarchy and abuse, and medical ethics issues.
Good points: Accurate albeit stereotype health workforce hierarchy embodied in 6 doctors and 4 nurses. Each character's introduction though just two to three scenes have clearly presented their own hospital role and principles they uphold to. In addition, all the actors adequately performed for their characters. Hospital politics. The ER situation. Medical ethics. The general story flow with varying, uncertain horror elements of monster, 'gore', supernatural and psychological. though with varying effectivity. I never got goosebumps nor did I panic even just for a bit. Still, the interesting story and desire to solve the mystery kept me to the end
Meh points: The hospital atmosphere. We've got a 'general' hospital in a rural Japanese area manned with 10 health workers for the night shift. They have 2 intubated patients (a burn case and an NSS case), one with dementia, a kid, a post-op ortho patient and an onco patient ideally for hospice care.
Bad points: The wrap-up. Though your typical Japanese film that becomes complex on the third act, it really doesn't justify parts or even most of the film. It just placed more loose ends. Kudos for the atypical justification of all the horrors in the second act but it really doesn't add up. Some shots were too long, dragging the suspense. Most of the time, they did not fulfill the expected creepy shot they were planning. Plot points that were not adequately addressed or justified to be added given that we had major themes and elements going on already. Two nurses looked so similar I never knew they were different characters until the last ten minutes or so. For some, it might be a downer to see the interesting set-up of the first act downgrade to a mystery search where one by one the players become victims, and the big reveal which was a bit unexpected but unsatisfactory.
Rated 2/5 Stars •
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
02/26/23
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One of my all time favorite horror movies. Genuinely well crafted, and doesn't show too much, instead allowing the viewer to imagine the gore. A lesson that Western horror could take to heart.
Rated 5/5 Stars •
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
01/28/23
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