Genre : Horror Duration : 1h 25m Streamed : AMC+ Director : Ten Shimoyama Screenwriter : Goro Nakajima Starring : Megumi Okina / Yoichiro Saito

Summary : The film opens with some ominous footage involving dolls , bondage , streets , a little girl , and a mad man . Then we follow 3 young people making a video game . A new girl named Nami is helping with the art . Nami convinces her ex to join her in checking out this old mansion she recently inherited so they can use it for inspiration in the video game . Turns out it belonged to her long lost father . She doesn’t remember her father or this house but she does have bits of dreams she thinks could possibly be connected . One of the first things she discovers is the fact that her father was a famous painter and also there is a corpse in his studio … and that’s just the start of the mysteries of the house . Come watch this story of macabre twists and turns involving the darkest of family secrets .

Review : This is a good movie . At first I wasn’t sure if I would because it had a funky look to it but as the film goes on the odd look works in its favor . Some parts are shown like a video game , others show things from a handicam perspective , then CCTV , some “Saw” style rapid cuts , and then back to traditional film perspective . The story is filled with suspense and intrigue , acting is pretty good , and it feels like a really good haunted house tale . On a side note , I learned this was based off a video game afterwards but since I’ve never played it I can’t judge how faithful it is . Overall , I’d suggest checking it out if you want a good mystery story with haunted house elements .

Recommendations : Movies

1. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
2. Signs (2002)
3. The Ring (2002)
4. Pulse (2001)
5. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
6. Saw (2004)
7. The Gudge (2004)
8. The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
9. The People Under the Stairs (1991)
10. The Matrix (1999)

Songs

1. Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell
2. Ghost – Michael Jackson
3. Janie’s Got a Gun – Aerosmith
4. Master of Puppets – Metallica
5. Run On – Elvis Presley
6. Armata Strigoi – Powerwolf
7. Hells Bells – AC/DC
8. Slow Chemical – Finger Eleven
9. Exhale – Vanilla Ice
10. 3 AM – Eminem

Books

1. Audition by Ryu Murakami
2. Birthday by Koji Suzuki
3. Hell House by Richard Matheson
4. Neuromancer by William Gibson
5. Halloween Party by R.L. Stine
6. Demon Seed by Dean Koontz
7. Elsewhere by William Peter Blatty
8. Another Volume 1-2 by Yukito Ayatsuji
9. The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
10. Coldheart Canyon by Clive Barker