from tnp
HOUSE (1977)
Written by a seven-year-old girl, it's no wonder this film screams juvenile. Seven girls spend their summer vacation in a countryside mansion and get attacked, one by one. Enough said. (NC16)
MANJI (1964)
A dissatisfied housewife seduces a beautiful young girl. Yes you read that right. Young girl's impotent lover and housewife's jealous husband step in and things become violent. We smell trouble. (R21)
ONIBABA (1964)
In war-torn 14th-century Japan, a woman puts on a demonic mask to scare people away. Problem is, the mask can't be removed. Looks scarier than it sounds. (M18)
STRANGE CIRCUS (2005)
A young girl is forced to watch her parents have sex through a peephole in a cello case. Sounds bizarre? There's more. When the girl's mother dies, the father makes her the victim of his desires. But all is not as it seems. An interesting film that taps on taboos. (R21)
THE BLIND BEAST (1969)
A psychopathic blind sculptor abducts a young fashion model hoping to make her his muse in his ultimate goal of sculpting the perfect form. Masochism at its best. (R21)
RAMPO NOIR (2005)
Four films are featured in this collection.
A naked man wanders through a depressing landscape, a beautiful wife tortures her amputee husband, a serial murderer kills women and always leaves behind a hand mirror, and a sexy actress who has an ill-intentioned limousine driver.
No ghosts here, but popular arthouse film actor Asano Tadanobu, of Kabei: Our Mother fame, should make up for that. (R21)
KICHIKU BANQUET OF THE BEAST (1997)
A girl goes on a killing spree after her boyfriend kills himself in jail. Psychotic yes, spooky no.
A SNAKE OF JUNE (2002)
A married woman trapped in a sexless marriage receives a handphone with secretly-taken photographs of herself.
For those who like 'gadget horror films'.
This phone is right up there with the videotapes, toasters and TVs. (R21)
THE GHOST STORY OF YOTSUYA (1959)
A traditional ghost story set in the 18th century where a samurai poisons his wife to wed a rich girl. The disfigured wife kills herself and her baby and comes back to haunt her evil husband. Kudos to the ghost-wife who really does look freaky. (PG)