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Monday, December 28, 2009

ALL NIGHT LONG R


All Night Long R (a.k.a. All Night Long 4) is a 2002 Japanese horror film co-written and directed by Katsuya Matsumura, and starring Yuuki Fukuzono, Kazumi Hiraishi, and Kiyori Miyamae. The film is the fourth installment in the All Night Long movie series released six years after the original trilogy had been finished.

As with the previous films in the series, All Night Long R tells about a very lonely and emotionally unstable young man with too much free time and lots of crazy ideas. The man, obsessed with a girl named Reika, decides to kidnap her and perform some weird experiments on her that include implanting a third breast and a set of lateral ears.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

ALL NIGHT LONG 3: THE FINAL CHAPTER


All Night Long 3: The Final Chapter is a 1996 Japanese horror/exploitation film written and directed by Katsuya Matsumura, and starring Yuujin Kitagawa, Ryôka Yuzuki, Tomorowo Taguchi, Meika Seri, Mitsuzô Ishii, and Herachonpe. The film is the third and final installment in the All Night Long movie series original trilogy.

As with its predecessors, All Night Long 3 tells the story of a nerdy teenager that due to his alienation from society decides to bring to reality his darkest thoughts. The young man develops a sick obsession for the beautiful clerk of a small supermarket near his house. As the young man's obsession becomes more and more sick, he starts to collect objects from the girl's garbage that he keeps in a museum-like old apartment he lives in, and even eats her leftovers as if it was fresh food. But his craziness doesn't end there and as he learns about his city's lowlife, he learns new forms to feed his obsession. However, for the girl's misfortune, the boy's ideas don't end in collecting garbage as he has a complete plan set for her; a nightmare that she could have never imagined she could experience.

Friday, November 20, 2009

ALL NIGHT LONG 2: ATROCITY


All Night Long 2: Atrocity is a 1992 Japanese exploitation film written and directed by Katsuya Matsumura, and starring Masashi Endô, Takamitsu Okubo, Masahito Takahashi, Ryôka Yuzuki, and Ayaka Hizubaki. The film is the second in the original All Night Long movie trilogy.

A lonely computer nerd tries to live a peaceful life. However, all of a sudden, he finds himself being stalked and bullied by a gang under the command of a deviant homosexual. The leader of the gang wants to use the nerd for their brutal S&M activities. Soon, the nerd will meet new friends and will try to stay away from the gang and pay whatever debt he has with them. But one night, while sharing with his new friends, the nerd receives a visit from the gang, and it seems that they have gruesome plans for him and his friends. However, it won't be too long until the tables start to turn.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

ALL NIGHT LONG


All Night Long is a 1992 Japanese exploitation film directed by Katsuya Matsumura; and starring Eisuke Tsunoda, Ryôsuke Suzuki, and Yôji Ietomi. The film is the first installment in the original All Night Long movie trilogy.

Right after witnessing the brutal murder of a high school girl, three young men find themselves united by this event and become friends. Just after the events, they decide to make a party to celebrate their success in getting rid of the assassin. But later on, their joy becomes a thirst for blood and vengeance, as a local gang of thugs rape and kill one of the friend's newly-found girlfriend. The three friends decide to take justice in their own hands for which they plan to use extreme violence.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

PRAYER BEADS

Prayer Beads is a 2004 Japanese horror TV series directed by Masahiro Okano. The complete series comprises a total of 9 stories ranging from horror to fantasy and drama.

*First Bead: Prayer Beads (director: Masahiro Okano).
Miki, a very depressive woman, whose two miscarriages and the mysterious disappearance of her husband keep her very stressed out., receives the visit of friend Hiroko, who herself has become pregnant. Later is revealed that the women are experiencing bizarre hallucinations and there is a mysterious connection among them.
*Second Bead: Vending Machine Woman  (director: Shigehito Kawata).
A couple of youngsters decide to take a field trip on a remote mountain cabin. But since the very first moment they arrive, they learn it is a bad idea to leave the house after dark due to a local superstition. In need of water and refreshment, they head out into the night looking for a store. Soon, they find an old and seemingly abandoned vending machine with a few remaining cans of a certain beverage. Later, the couple realize that the energy drink is more addictive than any other, and it's due to really gruesome reasons.
*Third Bead: It's Me  (director: Naoki Kusumoto)
Yuki and his friend, a couple of yakuza wannabes,  decide to embark on a phone scam in which they target the elderly. The fraud consist on calling and saying "It's me", to which the victim suggests a name. With such name, they make up an emergency that requires the victim to receive money. The finish by stating that someone will collect the cash. However, things go awfully wrong when one of the victims seems to know one of the crooks.
*Fourth Bead: Real (director: Masahiro Okano).
After the strange, self-destructive behavior of one of his co-workers, and his increasing migraines, an otherwise aspiring surgeon finds his career on the edge of breakdown. Following the only way that seems clear to him, he decides to subject himself to back-alley psychedelics whose horrific visions he will soon understand.
*Fifth Bead: Mushroom Hunting (director: Masahiro Okano)Some friends at a chat-room decide to meet for the first time and go on a field-trip into the wild to collect edible mushrooms. After a long drive, they meet an mysterious man who warns them into going to a certain shack apparently inhabited by a witch. To their bad luck, the friends stumble upon the house where they decide to spend the night. Soon, they discover the severity of the mysterious warning.
*Sixth Bead: Eddie (director: Toshikatsu Kubo).When all of a sudden, a cute seal-like creature appears in the Edo River, the locals and the media decide to dub it Eddie. Soon after, people in the surroundings start to go missing to later appear headless. It looks as though little Ikuo, a local kid, is destined to be the only one suspecting there is something wrong about Eddie. 
*Seventh Bead: Echoes (director: Naoki Kusumoto).
After realizing that Yumika, a beautiful young girl, was violently murdered at the hands of a gangster, her grandparents decide to track the thug down an plot revenge. It looks like a rather difficult task, however these old folks have a weapon of uncanny and formidable skills.
*Eighth Bead: Cat's Paw (director: Masahiro Okano).
Young Shota's life is dismal indeed. His father is abusive, his parents fight endlessly, he's bullied at school; but one day, he stumbles upon a children's cartoon that promises special results. The cartoon's main character, a humorous cat-like samurai that goes by the name Nyan-chan, promises a cartoon character boy, also named Shota, to grant three wishes. It is not long until real-life Shota discovers that the cartoon overlaps his own life and that having his wishes granted can have strange results. 
*Ninth Bead: Apartment (director: Masahiro Okano)
In the final Bead, an abusive father and husband brings his family to a breaking point. This final story tries to tie up together all the prior tales as pieces in a puzzle.

Monday, August 10, 2009

FOUR ROADS TO HELL


Four Roads To Hell (a.k.a. Tales of Terror From Japan: Four Roads to Hell) is a 2007 Japanese horror film. It consists of a series of 5 minute long short stories, each of them directed by a different director. The film is part of the series Tales Of Terror From Japan.

Another One: directed by Keisuke Toyoshima. A solitary man checks into a hotel, only to discover that he is not alone in the room.

The Men in Black: directed by Keisuke Toyoshima. Two young kids decide to go out and take pictures of what seems to be UFOs; as one of them goes missing, the other one, who took the film from the camera, begins to be harassed by strange-looking all dressed in black men.

Purification Doesn’t Work (or The Bloodied Armor): directed by Hirohisa Sasaki. While working at a prop storehouse, a young girl comes across an old helmet. It appears that it once was worn by an actor who died while wearing it.

Overtime, part 1 & 2: directed by Shunichi Hirano. At a Tokyo office, there is an urban legend among employees, whoever gets to work overtime on a certain day of the month faces a terrible destiny.

Second Round: directed by Wataru Furuta. While working at night, a cab driver finds out that there's something weird going on around the city. First, he is stop by an old lady, his second customer is a young woman and his third customer is middle-aged crazy-looking guy.

A Woman Next Door: directed by Kenji Murakami. A young man is developing a strange obsession about his neighbor who seems to have a weird secret.

Mai’s Voice: directed by Hirono Yamada. After the death of their young daughter, a man and his wife start listening to her voice in strange circumstances.

The Promise: directed by Keisuke Toyoshima. During an afternoon with his grandmother, a young man decides to ask her to return after her death so that he could meet a real ghost. Years later his grandma will fulfill her promise.

He’s Home: directed by Kenji Murakami. Even though it has passed a year since he first moved in with his girlfriend, a man still doesn’t dare to sleep in the same bedroom with her as she is keeping a picture of her deceased husband in the room.

Breath of Mononoke: A woman has to go across a parking lot at night only to witness the mystery behind the place.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

ART OF THE DEVIL II


Long Khong (a.k.a. Art Of The Devil 2) is a sequel (though in name only) to the 2004 Thai horror film Art Of The Devil. This sequel was released in 2005 and was directed by Kongkiat Khomsiri, and starring Napakpapha Nakprasitte.

Two years after their high school graduation, a group of friends meet again as the father of one of them committed suicide. They decide to sleep over at their friend's place but when night falls, weird things start to happen to each one of them. It seems that all the strange events are related to some black magic spell that this group of friends cast on someone when they were still in high school, and it seems that is coming back to them.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

RAHTREE REBORN


Rahtree Reborn is a 2009 Thai horror|comedy film directed by Yuthlert Sippapak, and starring Laila Boonyasak, Mario Maurer, and Chantana Kittiyapan. The film is the third installment in the Rahtree movie series that started in 2003 with Rahtree: Flower of the Night.

An evil spirit has reincarnated in a young girl's body. It seems that the only purpose of the spirit is to get rid of all men around Bangkok. Meanwhile, a young man Rang is in search of his childhood love. However, Rang's ability to see ghosts takes him to meet the killer young girl. Later on, it appears that there is a strange connection between the little girl and Rang's beloved and long since missed Buppha.