Reviews from Japan

Superlative - everyone should see this
Great, a must-see if you like the genre
Good, a decent example of the genre
Watchable, but only for serious genre fans
Unwatchable
Half stars could have gone either way depending on mood.
Movie Name / Release Year Rating Summary Date Reviewer
Ichi The Killer (2001) Raised the bar for on-screen depravity 2024-09-15 Simon
Mad Cats (2023) A tonal jumble that didn't work for me 2024-08-14 Simon
Lesson of the Evil: Prologue (2012) Not clear what purpose this serves 2022-07-27 Simon
Nuigulumar Z (2014) Love is a teddy bear! 2022-02-12 Simon
Dancing Mary (2019) Another Sabu masterpiece 2022-01-09 Simon
Samurai Reincarnation (1981) Sounds more fun than it actually is 2021-09-25 Simon
Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead 4 & 5 (2014) I do not like where this series ended 2021-08-30 Simon
Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead 2 & 3 (2013) Harder to defend than the first film 2021-08-28 Simon
Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead (2012) A better film than it probably needed to be 2021-08-28 Simon
Yokai Girl Kirin (2020) Low budget and offers little to compensate 2021-08-22 Simon
Happiness (2016) Happiness is just sadness you haven't reached yet 2021-08-22 Simon
Undo (1994) Love unravelling 2021-08-05 Simon
Gemini (1999) A surreal and sumptuous period horror from Shinya Tsukamoto 2021-07-07 Simon
Ninja Scroll (1993) Peak ninja 2021-04-24 Simon
Miss Zombie (2013) The PARASITE of zombie films 2021-04-10 Simon
Vampire Clay (2017) What if some clay was a vampire? 2021-04-02 Simon
Cold Fish (2011) Life is Pain 2021-02-01 Simon
Exte: Hair Extensions (2007) A Sion Sono film 2021-01-03 Simon
Strange Circus (2005) Flowers are scars 2020-10-27 Simon
Noriko's Dinner Table (2006) We All Just Wanna Avoid Pain 2020-10-26 Simon
Guilty of Romance (2011) With women nothing is impossible 2020-09-22 Simon
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009) Trashy but demented fun 2020-09-19 Simon
The Forest of Love (2019) Cinema is life, you know 2020-08-16 Simon
Helter Skelter (2012) It's certainly convenient to be pretty 2020-08-15 Simon
Hausu (1977) Off the wall 2020-07-19 Simon
Raivu (2014) Something went horribly wrong here 2020-05-10 Simon
Meatball Machine (2005) Budget constrained but imaginative 2020-05-10 Simon
Meatball Machine: Kodoku (2017) One of the great works of cinema 2020-05-10 Simon
Lesson of the Evil (2012) Another high school nightmare from Japan 2014-03-09 Simon
Red Tears (2011) Rather tepid action/horror/splatter film 2013-11-16 Simon

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