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“No way they end it there! i gotta look up a video!” encapsulates exactly what everyone of us felt when the credits started to roll😂

This movie is great. Another of Kurosawa’s films, Pulse, is one of my all time favorite horror films and I cannot recommend it enough. Has one of the the most unsettling atmospheres and existentially terrifying plots I’ve seen.

So happy to see this one made the cut. One of my favorite movies of all time. Such a hypnotic atmosphere

I love how the shocking moments in this movie happen so matter of fact, I think it makes it even more creepy.

Insanely incredible film. I highly recommend another film from this director, Creepy. And Takeshi Miike's "Audition" is excellent too. For more Japanese cinema that is great, Takeshi Kitano's works are great, he's got a solid variety of films under his belt.

This movie Made me scared at times, didn't expect it to. The atmosphere is so ominous I loved it. Great film.

I long for the day when James watches Possession (1981).

One of my favorite final shots of all time. I watched it for the first time last month and had to rewatch that shot because it was so perfect.

Hahaha, I forwarded to 18:11 so I could see your reaction to the switch, AMAZING!! :D :D

Kiyoshi Kurosawa is one of the under the radar directors, like Johnnie To and Ken Loach, that I love recommending to other people. His other films you should check out are Pulse, Charisma, Retribution and Creepy. Also he made an excellent TV show several years ago, Penance, that you should check out. I've heard you talk about the French New Wave before, but you really have to check out the Japanese New Wave, which started a little before the French one did and was done largely inside the Japanese studio system. So many great filmmakers like Kon Ichikawa, Yasuzō Masumura, Nagisa Ōshima, Shōhei Imamura, Masahiro Shinoda and Seijun Suzuki that made some truly great movies. BTW, Bluebeard is an old French folk tale where a wealthy man is in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of the present wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors.

As much as I love Se7en, it was insane how this film just consistently gave me a growing sense of dread from beginning to end without any of the camera tricks and dark atmospherics of Fincher's film. This was 80% shot during the day, with a slow burn pace and I was still on the edge of my seat. On top of that, the antagonist isn't some creepy genius played by Kevin Spacey, but some scrawny guy who looks like that dude in college who can't get out of bed until 2pm...

You will love this same actor in WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE and 13 ASSASSINS. Also: You mentioned the French New Wave, so I can't wait til you discover the masterpieces of the 1960's Japanese New Wave. Films like CURE are the astute descendants of those classics.

Ahhhh I just watched this last week! I’ve never heard anyone mention this movie! It stuck with me for days afterwards. The editing omg! So excited to see this pop up!

I’m so happy you decided to watch this film!! I just watched it for the first time a few weeks ago, and I’m obsessed, it’s so damn good. I’m a big horror aficionado and don’t scare easily, but something about this film filled me with such dread as it went on- the only other movie I can think of that hit me like that is Ringu. Really powerful filmmaking, I can’t wait to revisit this again in the future!

When I watched Cure for the first time earlier this year it was the first movie in a while that really had me thinking about it for about a week afterwards. Amazing film!

Just watched this one recently, a great mystery thriller with horror elements thrown in to the mix. I think it's one of the best of it's genre.

"All the things that used to be inside of me now are outside... and the inside of me... is empty."

Im so glad you watched this film.This is one of my favorite japanese films. I get a surreal Psychological horror vibe from this films atmosphere like i do when i play silent hill 2. I feel like the main character could be a silent hill character

Quite literally just finished it. Great movie

You should totally watch Cache too, gives me a similar feeling of being overtaken by some dark presence moving in on your life and not getting any easy answers

Bravo to the patrons - a true gem of Japanese cinema and arguably Kiyoshi Kurosawa's best film.

what an underrated masterpiece

Man, once again you pick the best films. Just watched this a few weeks ago and was blown away, it deserves more recognition.

You gotta watch Pulse from the same director. This was the one who scared to the bone!

Just got the Criterion edition of this film. Excellent stuff

This movie is a masterpiece. Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a god. You absolutely need to watch his film Pulse, has one of the most genuinely terrifying scenes of any movie. Pairs really well with Cure.

Cure is one of my favorite foreign films ever.

such an incredible film, so stoked you got round to it!🖤

This is one of my all-time favorites, love it. Thanks for reacting to it, James.

So happy you did this movie, I saw it earlier this year and was totally blown away by it.

Great choice! This movie is severely underappreciated

Loving these movie picks recently with The Fly, Eraserhead and now this gem of a movie. Not to say other picks had been bad, but as a huge horror fan, these reactions have been a great halloween-time treat. 😄

So happy this won the poll

I'm glad you watched this film, it blew me away when I first saw it. Watched it a second time a few days later which is quite rare for me.

James, you're a Legend reacting to all these Amazing films.

I haven't seen this for a number of years - and never a reaction to its construction. I will be watching this later this evening. Great film!

Oh hellll yeah. Your hitting great ones this spooky season. Love KK’s films

thanks for introducing me to this movie, i cant wait to watch it

I love this movie and its hypnotic vibe! Brilliant choice man

yooooOOOOooooOooo no fucking way. First Videodrome now this??? Covering so many of my absolute favorites recently

I have to recommend Tokyo Sonata by the same director - not a horror, but just as incredible

Just watched this film for rhe first time. INCREDIBLE

12:36 This is the scene that fully sold me on this movie the first time I saw it.

Wow, I've just watched this film!

This is my fav movie. You should watch Takeshi Kitano's film also.

My all time favorite movie! Severely underwatched

I loved your reactions…and you picked up so many things that I missed and that other reviewers of film have noted. I don’t know what all it is really about either…I would LOVE an interview with the writer/director. Do you know of any either in print or video? I believe there is an interview on the criterion DVD as an extra bonus…but I don’t have access to that. I am glad I found you when I stumbled down this rabbit hole after seeing the film.

So worried this wasn't gonna make the top three of the poll, let's goooooooo

Ah, man, I gotta rewatch this one. Cure has quickly become one of my favorite movies; I can hardly stop thinking about it since seeing it in the summer of 2020. Just incredible. Check out Kurosawa's film Retribution for a very similar vibe.

Hell yeah! I know this video is a few months old but I love this movie!

Another good vid for these November blues

I just saw the film and wow, what a film.

this movie is gaining great momentum recently. nice one

MindScrew Masterpiece that continues to amaze new audiences. There are some other hypnosis films out there but this one set the stage.

All the psychologist are in on it and in the mesmer cult. Takabes wife is going to the hospital sakuma reccomeded and sakuma is htpnotizing takabe throughout the whole movie and mamiya is mudered by sakuma after sakuma chose the place takabe will kill mamiya sakuma faked his own death and mamiya was chasing after the cult and thats why he snapped he was trying to get recruited or to interact with the cult thats why he was researching the cult and sakuma stole the evidence of the cult before his "death" its an amazing film ive seen this movie 20 times lol it all becomes more clear the more you watch it. 21:35 its pretty remarkable you got this on your first try it took me like six watches to get who the man in the building was

Japanese horror from the 90's and 2000's were the best

Let’s go this my favorite foreign film

Bluebeard is an actual film from Korea that is a must watch

I watched cure this year as well very good film! That and Brother is another good Japanese film

I have it on blue ray just haven't watched it yet and his other movie pulse, now seeing you watching it makes me want to do a double feature, I'll probably comment again and give my opinion on it

One of the very best films of all time

This movie is impeccable.

just got a sub. love it!

Eyes without a face is a good one too also trouble every day

The best thriller ever.

Lately, you have watched films from my favorite directors. The three Davids and Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

You should add to your list, Smokin Aces

Fucking yes mate. This film rules!

I knew you would like that movie 🤣

Highly, highly recommend Pulse / Kairo. Another totally surreal and depersonalized yet supremely moving film by Kurosawa

Enjoyed your reaction, you should check out the Japanese film "Vengeance is Mine" (1979)

Free to watch on the Internet archive.

finally a real movie here

Bro you gotta watch "God of gamblers" with Chow Yun Fat (Crouching tiger hidden dragon)

Yoooooo no way you actually saw this movie. There isn’t much content related to it on KZfaq but there is one video essay that I highly recommend watching. Once you e seen it you’ll know what I mean

Yo yo yo please react to the movie 'Lake Placid', it is veeeery scary.

the wildest part is that this is the director's debut

This movie is kinda like the best Batman movie there is without actually being a Batman movie

CURE is the Best movie Ever