If you read enough horror reviews or listen to enough horror podcasts, you’re bound to come across someone bemoaning the shoddy digital effects present in so many modern genre movies. As cranky as it sounds, it also makes sense—practicals are rare, violence is often digitized rather than staged, and CGI blood has unfortunately become the rule as opposed to the exception.
Luckily, every year brings us a handful of horror films that value (fake) flesh and blood over ping-pong balls and pixels. It happened in 2019 with Color Out of Space, it happened last year with Saw X, and it’s happening now with Bakemono. Written and directed by Doug Roos, this uncompromising creature feature follows several different guests at a Tokyo airbnb, all of whom must contend with the jaw-dropping monster of the title. Taking a note from Memento, the film is told out of order and explores...
Luckily, every year brings us a handful of horror films that value (fake) flesh and blood over ping-pong balls and pixels. It happened in 2019 with Color Out of Space, it happened last year with Saw X, and it’s happening now with Bakemono. Written and directed by Doug Roos, this uncompromising creature feature follows several different guests at a Tokyo airbnb, all of whom must contend with the jaw-dropping monster of the title. Taking a note from Memento, the film is told out of order and explores...
- 1/30/2024
- by Dan Caffrey
- bloody-disgusting.com
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