Review of Onibaba (1964) by Andy D — 06 Nov 2007

Scary as hell for the time period, and genuinely creepy by today's standards!

This review of Onibaba (1964) was written by Andy D on 06 Nov 2007.

Onibaba has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Onibaba

Review of Onibaba (1964)

By Will D (958) on 28 Sep 2010

The Casablanca of J-Horror…

Read Review

Review of Onibaba (1964)

By Edgar C (1,352) on 31 Oct 2011

Brutal. Every action has its re-action…

Read Review

Review of Onibaba (1964)

By Michael T (3,420) on 10 Dec 2017

Ah a mother trying to protect her cub with a prank that backfired. Don't really find that entertaining. The cinematography however, was fantastic…

Read Review

Review of Onibaba (1964)

By Glenn V (28) on 12 Dec 2016

Reminiscent of another film called Woman In The Dunes which instead of the entire environment made of sand, the environment this time is very…

Read Review

Review of Onibaba (1964)

By Sam C (1,031) on 10 Jun 2012

Horror movies, and to be honest I've never considered this film to be one though it's often touted as such, too often derive their tension…

Read Review

Review of Onibaba (1964)

By Kenneth B (910) on 29 Nov 2011

I liked this very much, in fact probably more in retrospect than I realised at the time…

Read Review

Review of Onibaba (1964)

By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 04 Mar 2013

Onibaba is a chilling movie, a waking nightmare shot in icy monochrome, and filmed in a colossal and eerily beautiful wilderness…

Read Review

Review of Onibaba (1964)

By E L (691) on 15 Aug 2014

It's not the story so much but the imagery, of humans given over to their base instincts in surviving - killing, eating and fucking…

Read Review

Review of Onibaba (1964)

By Jason A (950) on 15 Jun 2011

Murder, mayhem, demons and tree-humping in this occasionally puzzling but awesomely atmospheric Japanese classic…

Read Review

Review of Onibaba (1964)

By Benjamin W (694) on 27 Jul 2012

Typical of early horror films, the plot was simple, the setting enveloping and ambiguous, and the full range of human emotions over-exaggerated…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The Lost Boys (1987)

By Deadanothink (7) on 24 Jul 2014

OH C'MON SERIOUSLY? This movie is an I WANT AND I CAN'T. The worst vampire movie ever…

Read Review

Review of Eraserhead (1977)

By V.a. Musetto (698) for New York Post (6,650) on 17 Jan 2007

Lynch, as he does with all his films, refuses to explain anything, although he does say that he has yet to read an interpretation that matches his…

Read Review

Review of House of Frankenstein (1944)

By Mjs M (208) on 31 Oct 2008

And thus, the Frankenstein franchise comes to an end with a whimper…

Read Review

Review of The Conjuring 2 (2016)

By Bamrock (1) on 15 Jun 2016

Not Scary There is only so much ghostly door slamming that can happen before a person starts to think he wasted his money…

Read Review

Review of The Blair Witch Project (1999)

By Robertobrien (18) on 10 Jul 2015

The only good thing about this movie is the acting…

Read Review

Review of 28 Weeks Later (2007)

By Harryg. (2) on 25 Oct 2007

This movie was utter crap, the first 15 minutes feels like a meth induced hallucination - and really did we really need to have one of the…

Read Review

Review of Tom Holland's Twisted Tales (2014)

By Lanky Man P (744) on 29 Aug 2015

Very cheap looking and devoid of any scares and why the writer director introduces each one baffled me. DIRE - not 1 stand out…

Read Review

Review of Jacob's Ladder (1990)

By Ad V (401) on 01 Sep 2012

Other than some eerie visuals this film has nothing else to offer. Well, except a headache…

Read Review

Review of My Mom's a Werewolf (1989)

By Kevin Q (197) on 06 Oct 2006

This isn't The Howling or American Werewolf In London, but it's enjoyable all the same…

Read Review

Review of The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

By Natasha K (57) on 08 Feb 2013

Not really my kind of movie just in it for the opera :P…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Parasite

2019

88%251 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews