Japanese horror movie that is real creepy and uneasy for a good while before its obliqueness gives way to a completely WTF final third.
In a hospital low on funds and horribly understaffed by uncaring or under trained professionals, a man with a horrible rash and burns is brought in and is accidentally killed by the staff.They decide to cover it up. Unfortunately another patient seems to be infected with a disease that causes you to go nuts before having a green slimy liquid ooze out of you. As the staff tries to cover up whats going on we quickly realize something terrible is going on.
Strange uneasy horror film goes off the rails completely in the last third as all sense of any sense goes out the window. Early on, before anything happens there is a great sense of dread. The apathy and distracted nature of the staff is a clear sign that all is not right.(how many times does the staff turn off the radio of the paramedic asking for help?)As the deaths occur and the staff becomes infected the feeling intensifies-at least for a while. Somewhere just before the half way point things start not to make sense internally (real world logic isn't really in this film). People show up, disappear, are found to be dead, show up again, appear in dreams, are we awake are we dreaming...and it all crashes to pieces in the final third as strange happening follows strange happening and its all breaks apart in an ending that made me wonder why I had just spent the better part of two hours watching it. Actually I stayed because the tone of the early scenes promised something that was never delivered.
Its gooey green mess of a movie that isn't worth bothering with. Trust me despite the good start it ends badly. Watch something else instead.
In a hospital low on funds and horribly understaffed by uncaring or under trained professionals, a man with a horrible rash and burns is brought in and is accidentally killed by the staff.They decide to cover it up. Unfortunately another patient seems to be infected with a disease that causes you to go nuts before having a green slimy liquid ooze out of you. As the staff tries to cover up whats going on we quickly realize something terrible is going on.
Strange uneasy horror film goes off the rails completely in the last third as all sense of any sense goes out the window. Early on, before anything happens there is a great sense of dread. The apathy and distracted nature of the staff is a clear sign that all is not right.(how many times does the staff turn off the radio of the paramedic asking for help?)As the deaths occur and the staff becomes infected the feeling intensifies-at least for a while. Somewhere just before the half way point things start not to make sense internally (real world logic isn't really in this film). People show up, disappear, are found to be dead, show up again, appear in dreams, are we awake are we dreaming...and it all crashes to pieces in the final third as strange happening follows strange happening and its all breaks apart in an ending that made me wonder why I had just spent the better part of two hours watching it. Actually I stayed because the tone of the early scenes promised something that was never delivered.
Its gooey green mess of a movie that isn't worth bothering with. Trust me despite the good start it ends badly. Watch something else instead.