Great black and white photography highlight a truly bizarre and enjoyable film.
Daiei, the same studio that brought us the Gamera films really hit the mark here. A young girl is adopted back into her birth family. During her first few days she can tell there is something bizarre going on.
She sees a monstrous demon in her room one night and the very next day she is introduced to her sister. The mother explains that the sister is slow mentally and not fit for school.
It soon becomes apparent that the bizarre sister is trying to kill the other. She is part snake and very, very insane. She is aided by a mysterious silver haired hag that appears and tries to kill the other sister as well.
The plot thickens and the viewer gets wrapped up in a great little story involving curses, black magic and science gone wrong. The movie starts quickly and never lets up. As I have said before, nobody makes horror like the Japanese, and this is again proof.
The black and white photography adds to this very moody film. The print is widescreen and subtitled and of excellent quality. I commend Sinister for bringing this title to the masses, and if you haven't seen this yet, I recommend you do so as soon as possible.
I know I haven't told you much about the film here, but I just don't want to spoil it for anyone. SEE IT!!
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