Review of Over Your Dead Body (2014) by Mark K — 12 Sep 2014

I'm used to waiting for my thrills. I'm used to sitting through tension and even a confusing plot. There has to be a payoff involved, though, and as morbidly amusing as the final scene is, I have no idea what I just witnessed. I'm meant to assume some sort of witchcraft is involved (I think) but I'm not even sure about that.

We have a play that is starting to influence reality. Is the play haunted? Is this just an excuse for our characters to act the way they do? The film is honestly quite dull for so long and when things get interesting it is more interesting in the "this is just random images thrown together isn't it." There are attempts at giving hints but they either are terrible hints or I don't speak the language.

I love Takashi Miike's films so, yes, perhaps I set my expectations too high but man do I feel let down.