Well made

Rating: 8/10 (26 June 2007)

I think I was expecting something really cheesy and bad. That's why I took this long seeing it. But it was actually really good. It reminded me of a few movies like American Werewolf in Paris (which isn't as bad as it's supposed to be either) and Suspiria and Oldboy in spots. It wasn't nearly as gory as I expected and except one scene toward the very end I wasn't really freaked out. But mind you during that scene I had my hands out in front of me going "stop, STOP!".
As far as the story goes, I thought it was great. The only thing I would have changed was something that Kana did. I didn't want her to do that but in reality it totally makes sense that she did. Jay Hernandez was great. There's something really likable about him, besides being cute, that I think you need in someone who's in peril. I also liked the main villain. The more normal they look the creepier they are. And speaking of looks I thought the movie was actually very beautiful to look at. Which is something you used to get with horror movies all the time. Now, not so much.
I can't imagine why it has such a low rating (5.8 as I'm writing). Unless lots of people who just don't go for that sort of thing voted on it. But I don't understand what they would be doing watching it anyway. I don't really consider myself a horror fan but I do appreciate the good ones. I definitely think this fits into that category.