HorrO's Gory Reviews

The children are not all right in this tale of unspeakable cruelty. When a 13-year-old incites heart-wrenching tragedy with a crossbow, all he can do is deny it. This fascinating twist on the scourge of bullying takes no prisoners. Moral questions are mantled here not by genre tropes, but as an all too true life story ripped from the headlines, with harrowing repercussions. This intense edge-of-your-seat cautionary thriller delivers a scathing expose of codified violence, a failed judicial system and the frightening dissolution of moral conscience.  Starring: Uemura Yu, Abe Takuya, and Sumikawa Ryuju Directed by: Naito Eisuke A New York Asian Film Festival Review      “Forgiven Children” takes a deep dive into the horrors of bullying. Kira (Uemura Yu) is bullied as a little boy, and then around the age of 13 the roles are reserved. He’s now a bully in a small group of friends. One day the group is hanging out when Kira calls for another boy to ...

It calls in the yakuza when the municipal office in charge of demolishing an old building and replacing it with a modern complex fails due to paranormal activity. The employee in charge seeks out a girl who can assist only to find her laying on the ground and bleeding. Soon they band together in search of a spirit who needs to be retrieved. Starring: Nozomi Bando, Aina Yamada, and Naoto Kataoka,  Directed by: SABU A New York Asian Film Festival Review      “Dancing Mary” isn’t the scariest movie, but people are surely scared of Mary (Nozomi Bando). Mary is a dancer, who has died and now haunts an old dance hall. The dance hall needs to be demolished, but no one real wants to take on this assignment in the government offices. The task ultimately falls on Kenji Fujimoto (Naoto Kataoka), who might not be the best employee around. Soon enough he realizes that this is going to be much harder than he thought because of Mary.   Kenji gets wind ...