Pulse

damn that "under the staircase" scene... that walk..!! read more

film #11 of hooptober 4.0: revenge of the hoop heavy on mood, kairo is one of the better films to come out of japan's j-horror craze of the late 1990s and early 2000s. kiyoshi kurosawa's atmospheric techno-horror entry is flawed, to be sure. it runs a bit too long and some of the sequences could have been punched up a bit. that said, it tells an unsettling tale of the dangers that social isolation can bring, particularly in the internet age. the cast is fine here, taking kurosawa's script and bringing the appropriate level of dread and tension to their characters. kurosawa does a lot with a... read more

ini film rasanya kek siklus isolasi-depresi yang selalu aku alamin setiap liburan semester. edit (h + 5 hari??? setelah nonton): alright my letterboxd pals i cant really get this film outta my head, no matter what i'm doing this film just lingers (or is it just my mood rn idk). but but i agree wholeheartedly that we're just a fucking ghost in other people's life, ndak cuma di dunia maya aja, di dunia nyata juga. like? do you even know who i am??? i dont know you and you dont know me so hello there ghosties read more