Spiral

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. (02/04/2008)

"Uzumaki" is a slightly different horror movie that sometimes tries too hard to scare the audience in a rather simplistic way - it uses tools that are too typical for Japanese horror. However, when it remains within its own absurdity, it cannot be denied that it has an interesting concept and an effort to make the spiral a truly terrifying symbol. This is partially successful, but the film still remains rather weak because the impact it will have on you is probably not long-lasting. (03/12/2014)