Horror films
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Vampire Hunter D review – head-popping visuals offset very pre-MeToo erotic anime
Regarded as pioneering on its release in 1985, this sleazy tale’s sexual politics are long past-it, but the vi…
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Lumberjack the Monster review – an explosion of horror strangeness from a master of the art
Takashi Miike’s operatically over-the-top new film concerns a serial killer but who needs a plot with all this…
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Netflix released Takashi Miike’s new film without telling anyone. Please stop doing this! | Stuart Heritage
Lumberjack the Monster, the Japanese director’s long-awaited return to out-and-out horror, is a huge event. So…
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One Cut of the Dead: the gloriously inventive low-budget film that made box office history
This Japanese zombie film hides its secrets so well that once you finish it, you will want to watch it again s…
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Jujutsu Kaisen 0 review – sorcerer anime series gets a spectacular prequel
This masterful coming-of-age tale sees the process of coming to terms with past traumas through a horror-fanta…
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After Audition: Takashi Miike’s rehearsal-room shocker Over Your Dead Body
Continuing our series on the best films about theatre, a 200-year-old Japanese ghost story takes centre stage …
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The Grudge review – the deathly curse of a franchise that refuses to die
Andrea Riseborough does her best in a horror reboot that offers murders, maggots, corpses, a haunted house … a…