Black Rat (2010) User Reviews

Alright watch for a low budget student film like flick

[KineticSeoul · 5/10 · 1 August 2013]

This is a Japanese slasher film that doesn't focus in on the blood and gore but the twist and structure of the story. It gives quite a lot of flashback in order to get all the pieces together. I seen a lot of Asian films so this movie isn't anything new, besides the few twists which I didn't expect. For viewers that isn't use to Asian cinema this one might come off as a unique film or even a cult film. Personally for the low budget and low resources they had, this movie is actually alright. It's not really a thought-provoking movie either and isn't all that clever. But again for a low budget student film like flick, it's a alright watch.

5/10

LET'S DANCE TOGETHER...OR ELSE

[nogodnomasters · 6/10 · 14 December 2018]

The film uses a book narrative about 7 rats to give you a quick introduction of characters, even if you don't know which one is which until later. Asuka commits suicide. Later her 6 friends get a text message from her to meet her in school at midnight. Here the vengeance killings begin. We get flashbacks as to the reason behind the suicide and killings. It seems Asuka was suffering some teen angst with boyfriend problems and her friends not wanting to participate in her idea for a rat festival dance. Oh yes, the horrible bullies got on her because she smiled too much. Yup. That's worth jumping off a building.

The slasher plot was slightly different. Always like those school girl uniforms. The scare factor was forced as was the plot. Somehow a girl in school uniform with a rat's head mask doesn't seem threatening.

Black Rat

[BandSAboutMovies · 4/10 · 12 October 2021]

Directed by Kenta Fukasaku, the son of Battle Royale director Kinji Fukasaku, this movie starts with a girl named Asuka wearing a rat mask and committing suicide by leaping off the roof of her school. 49 days later, a note brings her classmates together to be confronted by what seems to be her ghost.

But who does the mask belong to? Can it belong to more than one person? And will any of the students survive to see the next school bell?

I have to say, I've never seen a more adorable killer, a girl who loved to smile and who now leaves stickers and smiley faces on her revenge notes. Also, killing someone who doesn't get a perfect score in karaoke is totally the modus operandi of a Japanese schoolgirl slasher.

It's only 76 minutes long, which if you ask me, is the perfect length for a movie like this. Also, more scooters should blow up in films.

Simply put, it was too generic...

[paul_haakonsen · 4/10 · 16 December 2022]

Well, I was initially drawn in to pick up this movie given the somewhat unsual cover. And with "Kuronezumi" (aka "Black Rat") being a Japanese slasher horror movie that I hadn't already seen, nor heard about, of course I needed no persuasion to sit down and watch it.

The storyline in "Kuronezumi", as written by Futoshi Fujita, was somewhat generic, and it didn't really offer much of anything particularly exciting to the genre. Sure, "Kuronezumi" was watchable, but it was a rather bland and somewhat monotonous viewing experience. It was partly the somewhat generic script that was the cause of this, but most definitely also the character gallery in the movie. The characters in the movie had about as much appeal as wet cardboard, and I have to say that I didn't care an ounce about whether they died or lived as the story progressed.

Visually then "Kuronezumi" was nothing outstanding or noteworthy, as it was a movie that didn't really make a whole lot usage of special effects.

If you enjoy Asian horror movies, then there are far better movies out there. And even the Japanese horror cinema has an abundance of far better horror movies readily available.

My rating of director Kenta Fukasaku's 2010 movie "Kuronezumi" lands on a four out of ten stars.