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May 08, 2013
A classic haunted house horror from the hands of Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It's a typical 80s product, released in tag with an old video game. It's standard genre fare, with some slightly more interesting scenes popping up toward the finale. It's a fun curiosity if you're into 80s horror (or you're a Kurosawa completist), but a great film this is not.
A film crew wants to make a documentary on Mamiya Ichiro, a famed painter. They set out to the house where he used to live, but when they get there they discover the house is haunted by Ichiro's late wife. While searching the place, they bump into some disturbing paintings, which will lead them to discover the gruesome past of the house.
If you've seen a few of these haunted house films you should have a good idea of what to expect. The second half is a tiny bit crazier, but Kurosawa doesn't stray too much from the usual genre cliches. Horror would change tremendously in the years after that, so it's interesting to see Kurosawa make an oldskool genre effort, but there's little appeal beyond that.