Review of Tomie (1998) by Luke B — 06 May 2009

An excellent idea is given a beautifully surreal tone. Tomie is a sort of demon that starts life as a head. The head is cared and fed for before becoming a full human again. The film can become rather confusing at times, as it jumps between Tomie's resurrection and Tsukiko trying to recall her repressed memories.

The film takes on lust as it's major theme, and shows the pointless and destructive nature it can awaken in people. It also manages to have a sly sense of humour. The music was the most memorable part for me, the songs sounded familiar but also came across as warped and eerie.

Bizarre and very dream like, this is an effective spooky tale (it's not exactly a horror), which manages to overcome most of it's budgets constraints.