"Here's lookin' at you, kid."
(1977) **1/2
This is one of those “what the fuck?” movies, by that I mean that with each and every scene I found myself saying, “what the fuck?” It starts off with a bunch of really happy Japanese schoolgirls, flitting around and giggling while music so cheerful you’d think it defected from a Brady Bunch episode, plays in the background. One of the girls writes to her aunt, who she hasn’t seen since she was six, and asks if she and six of her friend could come and stay with her for a visit. The aunt agrees and the seven girls, and one cat named Blanche, embark on a journey. All the while the happy 70’s music is still blaring in the background, everyone is so freaking cheerful they are practically farting sunshine. Once they arrive at the house they are greeted by the aunt, an odd woman in a wheel chair. In no time, strange things begin to happen and the girls disappear one by one.
"I'm so happy I could shit! Oops, I think I did."
" Aaahh, who spiked my Shirley Temple?"
"I'll close my eyes and when I open them, there will not be a disembodied head biting my ass. Okay, on three, 1...2...3! Aaaaah, it's still there!"
"Boo!"
The plot of this film is inconsequential because the cheap camera tricks, frequent rewind and replay loops, and overly pleasant actors are far too distracting. I believe the director swallowed an entire sheet of acid, I think I would have had to be in that same state to fully appreciate this film. It’s listed on imdb as a comedy horror, I did laugh a few times, the times I could pick my jaw up off the floor anyway. Although highly entertaining, I’m not quite sure if I could class this as so bad it’s good. Maybe a so weird, watch it while delirious from fever or with a group of people while taking mind-altering drugs kind of good. If the Brady’s had boarded Timothy Leary’s acid test bus, this film would be the result. 
8 comments:
Hilarious review, Cat! I love the picture of that head biting that girl's butt. This actually sounds like a winner.
"everyone is so freaking cheerful they are practically farting sunshine." Excellent.
What a riot! Between the giant head and the butt biting... well I don't know what to think.
Damn, Cat! I must admit I'm intrigued by all this crazy nonsense.
Didn't you watch another flick like this in an earlier 'thon? With some whackadoo scene starring a girl playing the piano?
I've watched so many of these crazy flicks it's hard to remember one from the other. Searching for obscure films means digging up a whole pile of strangeness.
I just gave this a 1/2 star bump because the background is gorgeously surreal throughout the film. It's fascinating and deserves some props.
The pictures look crisp and colorful! I'll keep this on the backburner next time I'm tripping my face off and looking for something to watch.
You'd love it JSP.
great screengrabs. the "boo" pic made me laugh out loud. some of the nuttier japanese horror flicks are worth the insanity just to get the bizarre visual prizes. i'm looking at you, Tokyo Gore Police.
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