VAMPIRE GIRL VS. FRANKENSTEIN GIRL is a cult/crazy slice of Japanese high school madness from the director who made TOKYO GORE POLICE. It's a similarly blood-soaked tale that plays out as a live action manga, with a ton of snappy editing, colourful visuals, pop songs, and a finely judged couple of performances from the lead actors.
These films seem to be love 'em or hate 'em experiences and I frequently found myself in the former camp. Although the material is very basic, this is a lot more fun than an equivalent American B-movie, take for example a typical Troma flick. There's more wit in the dialogue and the comedy, which comes thick and fast and is particularly offbeat, is actually funny. The film also works as a satire, exploring various fashions in Japan: the passion for Lolita girls, the bizarre ganguro girls, and even self-harming. The jokes aimed at the Chinese are laugh out loud hilarious.
There are plenty of low rent action scenes to enjoy here, along with some enjoyably awful special effects which seem to make a virtue out of their sheer inanity. The gore is thick and plentiful but done in a jokey, BRAINDEAD style, so becomes quite an amusement too. And that final fight scene between the two characters is truly something to behold...
These films seem to be love 'em or hate 'em experiences and I frequently found myself in the former camp. Although the material is very basic, this is a lot more fun than an equivalent American B-movie, take for example a typical Troma flick. There's more wit in the dialogue and the comedy, which comes thick and fast and is particularly offbeat, is actually funny. The film also works as a satire, exploring various fashions in Japan: the passion for Lolita girls, the bizarre ganguro girls, and even self-harming. The jokes aimed at the Chinese are laugh out loud hilarious.
There are plenty of low rent action scenes to enjoy here, along with some enjoyably awful special effects which seem to make a virtue out of their sheer inanity. The gore is thick and plentiful but done in a jokey, BRAINDEAD style, so becomes quite an amusement too. And that final fight scene between the two characters is truly something to behold...