YOKAI MONSTERS: 100 MONSTERS
A floating umbrella monster, a hairy three eyed critter with no arms, a guy with no face, a woman with a looooooong neck and a walking fish creature are just a few of the 100 monsters on display here
PULSE (2001)
No, this isn’t the lame Hollywood PULSE from 2006, but the 2001 Japanese original, directed by the skilled Kiyoshi Kurosawa
PINOCCHIO 964
Director Shozin Fukui employs innumerable over-the-top touches here, creating what may be the ultimate “punk” movie
PARASITE EVE
A film that falls into every conceivable trap, turning its memorable source novel into a silly and misconceived muddle
JUDGE
More old school manga madness from Japan. This film is too short and rather cheesy, but it’s also interesting and imaginative
GOZU
I can sum this film up in two words: Fucked Up
GHOST STORY OF YOTSUYA
From 1959, a stunningly executed, no-nonsense exercise in old-fashioned ghost story chills
GEMINI
Another fascinating and unprecedented film from Japan’s foremost underground auteur Shinya Tsukamoto
LUMINOUS MOSS
A Japanese made depiction of wartime cannibalism that’s reasonably striking with its restrained yet startlingly graphic approach
LUCKY SKY DIAMOND
The LSD of the title is entirely appropriate, this being a seriously bizarre Japanese gore fest