うずまき
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小林元Muzyka:
Keiichi SuzukiObsada:
Eriko Hatsune, Fhi Fan, Eun-kyeong Shin, Ren Ōsugi, Tarō Suwa, Keiko Takahashi, Denden, Sadao Abe, 手塚とおる, 堀内正美, 佐伯日菜子, Kyoko Hikami, Anri Katsu, Yuni TakimotoOpisy(1)
The inhabitants of a small Japanese seaside town come under the influence of a strange force that causes an obsession with spiral forms. One by one, the townspeople fall under its spell. The horror manifesting itself in different ways, its geometric pattern giving snails, food, and even the swirl of fingerprints an eerie quality that drives the inhabitants of Kurozou gradually insane. Kirie, a young schoolgirl, is the first to notice the strange behavior in friends and neighbors and is powerless to prevent the obsession that is overwhelming everyone around her. In one or two cases the victims fall prey to the spiral through their own weaknesses a student who is always late to school starts exhibiting signs of unnatural snail-like growths on his body, while another exhibitionist student finds herself the centre of a spiral of attention. Eventually the townspeople begin descending on a self-inflicted and self-perpetuating spiral of terror. (oficjalny tekst dystrybutora)
(więcej)Recenzje (2)
I’m sorry, but I can’t be bothered with this. Once again, I let myself be drawn into Asian weirdness, I looked forward again, I got bored again, and I again told myself that I won’t do it again. It’s so tedious and slow, and pointlessly bleak in the second half. The story is weirdly curious (which is good), but it goes from nowhere to nowhere (which is bad). This time there wasn’t even a good climax; massive disappointment overall. I’m giving it two stars in appreciation for at least the diversity and the good cinematography.
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Spiral is a slightly different horror film, which at times tries to scare the viewer too easily by using tools that are too typical for Japanese horror. However, when it sticks to its own eccentricity, one cannot deny its idea and effort to truly make the spiral a frightening symbol. It partially succeeds, but the film remains rather weak because the impact it has on you probably won't be long-lasting.
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