Ichi the Killer | 殺し屋 1 (2001) Ichi the Killer, the Japanese title translates to “murder dealer Ichi” is a seriously messed up bit of movie from a seriously messed up individual, Takashi Miike. I mean, I know I’ve said it before, but damn, what is the deal?! A psychologist’s dream, this guy. Look, I’m [...]
US Title: The Machine Girl Japanese Title: 片腕マシンガール (One armed Mashin Gaaru) Continuing on with the Halloween/J-Horror theme, I bring you… well, I’m not quite sure what to make of this. The Machine Girl is a twisted film spanning a few genre’s really, typical Tokyo “splatter” horror, comedy, and action. Although it really doesn’t pull [...]
US Title: Suicide Club Japanese Title: 自殺サークル (Suicide Circle) First off, you know any movie with a tagline of ”それではみなさん、さようなら！” (“Well then, goodbye everybody”) is going to be involving a lot of death and carnage. And “Suicide Club”, or “Suicide Circle” does not disappoint. Sure enough, from the get-go, as a group of high school [...]
