Strange Circus (2005)<----Click Me 4 Movie!!!

WEDNESDAY-  September 4th, 2013
"Umm, So About That Incest..."

Strange Circus- Can You Stomach Through It?!:
(Title LINK is in English subtitles)
2005/Japan/R/Horror

"The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear."~ Strange Circus (2005)



HQ Thoughts: "Move over Old Boy and Visitor Q.... Strange Circus is a shocking roller coaster of a sick reality in life. Incest. Nothing to hide here folks, the movie starts off so straight forward that I took 3 days to eventually get through it all. Don't get me wrong, this is a visually brilliant film with a story line that is as delightful, as it is disturbing.

Matsuko lives with her mother Sayuri and father Gozo in a well kept mansion. Her father is the principal of the school she attends and his highly respected, her mom- is around to satisfy dad. If you pay close attention, you will understand the undertones of some SERIOUS family issues beginning to arise, this is no joke people.

Everything begins when Matsuko does what I think every child does at one point in their life, and this is catch their parents having sex... ehk. The difference here, Matsuko pays for it in the weirdest, sickest way ever which eventually causes a riff between her and her mother. Ridiculous. 

AND that is the book that best-selling author Taeko is penning out for all to read... hmmmm

I can't stress enough how much of a sadistic surprise this beautiful movie was. Another to go on my best list and another who receives my 10/10 imaginary score. I RECOMMEND! *chants* watch this. watch this. watch this."

Irreversible (2002)<---- Click Me 4 Movie!!!

Friday- June 25th, 2010

Irreversible: Time Awareness, Something SO Precious:
(Title LINK is in French Sub-Title)
2002/NR/Horror/Psychological

"Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass..." ~ Irreversible (2002)



HQ Thoughts: This film takes you backwards through a tragic and horrible , yet eventful day. It allows for a thorough introspect of what actually happened, why and what went wrong overall. You wonder and wonder until you hit that 'AHA!' moment which isn't until way later. Irreversible is TRULY a visual masterpiece, making you take in every bit of the movie in order to really appreciate the ending. O yea!

An young woman (named Alex) carries on as usual, entertaining a party with 2 of her friends. What's awaiting, tends to take a turn for the worse when she eventually separates from them. There is so much to take away from the directorial ingeniousness; how to appreciate life, how to make the right decisions, thinking.... And basically destiny. 

There is a scene in this movie that was very difficult for me to take in but I watched it, in it's entirety and God bless that young lady for her endurance for that. Very interesting indeed.

 Again, a perfect example of "Horror" without your typical monsters and goblins! I only watched it once, it is forever ingrained in my memory, the turn of events are just... *sigh*