
REVIEW — Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre
At times a little strange and silly, Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre is a deep dive into the subconscious and salacious.
At times a little strange and silly, Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre is a deep dive into the subconscious and salacious.
I logged onto Shudder and was looking for some background spooks while I was working. The Mummy? Perfect. Unfortunately for my deadlines, Boris Karloff and crew took my attention and I was now on a Universal adventure.
A while back, I featured this film on a list of awesome shorts; today, I’m still thinking about Venefica and how it deserves its own review. Venefica actually had a big impact on me.
What better way to break the cycle of tired remakes and money-grabs than to feature a cursed being on the big screen… because as they say in the movie, “Only monsters can kill monsters.”
Season 2 of these Japanese horror shorts features a haunted kitchen, a demented ventriloquist dummy, and a mysterious school locker.
When the dead don’t stay dead, what do we do with them? Well, it turns out anything you’d do with a normal person. They work jobs, they fight for equal rights, and they are subject to corporate greed, trafficking, and even plots for total annihilation.
Backstreet’s Back… ALRIGHT!!!
C’mon, admit you sung that in your head as soon as you read the title. I’m doing it as we speak.
It seems that no matter how terrible our monsters are, we cannot escape them. We are meant to be.