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Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009)
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009)
Review by: Corin Wentworth
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: When the cute new vampire at school falls for a mortal boy, his current girlfriend and a mad kabuki scientist both want her out of the picture — and not even death can stop them!
REVIEW: I decided to check this movie out based on the title alone. Vampires? Frankenstein monsters? And they’re both high school girls, you say? Fighting over a boy?
Sounds like fun!
Knowing that this was a Japanese film, I expected lots of colorful, cartoon violence — something this movie delivers in buckets from the very first frame. Right away, we meet the titular vampire girl, Monami, who cheerfully delights in ripping skulls and spines from her prey Mortal-Kombat-style while grinning and delivering cool lines of dialogue. After a blood-soaked opening scene of hilariously over-the-top, goofy carnage, I was totally on board and ready for more. However, as we flashed backward in time to Valentine’s Day at Tokyo High School, my enjoyment of this film came to a screeching halt.
EXTE: Hair Extensions (2007)
EXTE: Hair Extensions (2007)
Review by: Corin Wentworth
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: When a woman is murdered, the continuously-growing hair from her corpse is harvested and given to unwitting beauty salons as beautiful new hair extensions… Little do the patrons know that the extensions will enable a restless spirit to take revenge!
REVIEW: This movie kicks ass. I rented it from NetFlix as a joke, thinking that it would at least deliver some cheesy gross-out effects, and at best be a lukewarm thriller. Haunted hair extensions? I honestly didn’t expect much. But you know what? My friends, this movie was fucking awesome. Pound for pound the most hair you will EVER see in one movie, possibly in all movies ever combined, and if you’ve never been scared to get your hair cut before, you’ll definitely be a little wary the next time you go in for a trim. EXTE manages to take something benign and commonplace and make it terrifying, and it’s always a delight to see a movie that can achieve this.
A WARNING TO OUR READERS: You might be compelled to,
but please don’t set your hair on fire.
Vampire Hunter D (1985)
Vampire Hunter D (1985)
Review by: Corin Wentworth
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: In a far-future time ruled by supernatural horrors, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her, thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.
REVIEW: There are a few movies I can immediately point to as responsible for setting me on the road to becoming the horror fan I am today. Vampire Circus, Suspiria, and Near Dark jump immediately to mind. The Nightmare on Elm Street and Hellraiser series, certainly. And while it’s easy for most folks to dismiss all animation as kiddie fluff and strange Japanese nonsense, to miss out on the classic sci-fi horrorfest that is 1985′s Vampire Hunter D is to SERIOUSLY sell yourself short.
It’s balls-out awesome.