Monday, September 4, 2023

Bloody Muscle Bodybuilder in Hell (1995)

Naoto, his ex-girlfriend Mika, and a psychic head to the abandoned home of Naoto’s father.  The home has been empty for thirty years.  Mika is interested in photographing ghosts and his fathers house is supposedly haunted.

They look around and the psychic asks them to live a so he can  commune with whatever is inside.  This is a big mistake when he ends up possessed by the spirit of the woman Naoto’s father murdered.

When the psychic doesn’t return, Naoto and Mika go inside to find him.  He attacks them and as they try to flee, they discover they’re locked inside and there’s no way out.

The rest of the movie is them fighting to survive. The house is tiny which makes the fight scenes interesting as the cameraman is in the hallway with them.  Naoto gets advice from the spirit of his father, but it’s not clear if he’s guiding him correctly, especially since we already know he’s a murderer and the victim is looking for revenge.

This is touted as the Japanese Evil Dead.  There’s lots of blood and stop motion.  

Ridiculous dialogue

Naoto - You killed her?
Father’s ghost - That woman had completely lost her mind. It couldn’t be helped.

Naoto, Mika and the psychic check out the house
The cameraman should be commended for
shooting the fights in this small hallway
Oh this is not what you want to see on the wall of
an abandoned house that is supposed to be haunted
Naoto brings hairspray with him to the abandoned house


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