Rabbit Horror 3D (and J-horror in general)

[HungFist]

What the hell? Has Shimizu finally made a film that doesn't suck?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdUefBUgORU
http://www.rabbit-3d.com/

Ok, ok, he did Marebito before. Hoping for another good film. The trailer looks interesting. Chris Doyle is credited as co-director.

[gasteropod]

Hmm I'm not sure yet, especially with its 3D tag after how awful his last film was. Reincarnation and Ju-on: The Grudge 2 didn't suck.

[HungFist]

Ju-on: The Curse (2000) - 2/5
Ju-on: The Grudge (2002) - 1/5
Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003) - 1/5
Marebito (2004) - 3.5/5
Reincarnation (2005) - 1.5/5

[gasteropod]

Ju-on: The Curse - 2/5
Tomie: Re-birth - 2.5/5
Ju-on: The Grudge - 3/5
Ju-on: The Grudge 2 - 3.5/5
Marebito - 3.5/5
Reincarnation - 3.5/5
The Shock Labyrinth 3D - 0.5/5

[HungFist]

JP BD's for Ring, Ring 2 and 0 announced for 2012/04/27, hitting the stores just prior to the theatrical opening of Sadako 3D.

[gasteropod]

I want Ringu 1 & 2 on Blu-ray but those Japanese discs will cost the Earth I'm sure.

[HungFist]

Rabbit Horror (2D) (Japan, 2011) – 1.5/5
Takashi Shimizu has only directed one good film (Marebito) on his career. Rabbit Horror does little to change this situation. The bunny horror packs potential, with occasional beautiful images and the ridiculously fascinating idea of giant fake rabbit tormenting its characters, but results are typically underwhelming. As usual, Shimizu opts for z-grade psychology, using a traumatized child and an equally disturbed young adult (Hikari Mitsushima) as his characters to minimize any real psychological depth. The screenplay is a J-horror cliché collection that ought to have been filmed 10 years ago, if even then. Only if Shimizu would ever again find the same directorial touch that have birth to the genuinely original and stylish Marebito.

side note: the beauty of the trailer is nowhere to be found in the film.