Review of Hiruko the Goblin (1991) by Countess N — 21 Dec 2008
Being Tsukamoto's first and only studio piece, I think its obvious, the ferocity and raw qualitys of his work are far from present.
Even though this may be a drawback it's still got his charm, the shots are brilliant and there are even more than a few "jump" moments that I havent had in a long time. Seeing little heads run around on spider legs and jump on your face and stick their veiny tongue down your throat and make you commit suicide, I thought that was kinda cool.
His pessimism is long gone aswell, where normall his films leave you feeling unfinished, this one wraps everything up with a nice pretty bow, for me, that was just too weird for a Shinya piece.
Not to say this was a bad film or anything, buy any other standards it would be great, just not up there with his other work.
This review of Hiruko the Goblin (1991) was written by Countess N on 21 Dec 2008.
Hiruko the Goblin has generally received positive reviews.
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