Not as gripping as "Ringu" but just odd enough to keep you watching, if only because you want to find out what the hell is going on. A young photography student named Tsukiko is undergoing therapy for insomnia and repressed memory. Seems she had been witness to an accident a few years earlier, but has no memory of it at all. As the film goes on, moving with all the creepy speed of a ghost meandering down a long dark hallway, we come to find out that it was no accident Tsukiko witnessed, but a horrific murder in which her then-boyfriend decapitated a fellow student named Tomie. With her memory still fragmented and her sleep still disturbed by gory nightmares, our heroine fails to notice the new tenants who have moved into the apartment beneath her...her ex-boyfriend and the living head of Tomie, which quickly regenerates a body.
Tomie, much like her predecessor Sadako, keeps her "frighteningly lovely" visage veiled for much of the film, leaving a trail of dead men, victims of their own lust for her, in her wake. In truth, she's average looking, bordering on kinda- cute, which makes her ability to seduce any man she wants a puzzling mystery. No matter, it's Tsukiko she really wants, and in an odd, ambiguous ending, we are left to wonder "Who is who?"
A slightly disturbing musical score and surprisingly little violence make this an intriguing effort, but may leave many confused and bored. All in all, I'd give it a 6 out of 10.
Tomie, much like her predecessor Sadako, keeps her "frighteningly lovely" visage veiled for much of the film, leaving a trail of dead men, victims of their own lust for her, in her wake. In truth, she's average looking, bordering on kinda- cute, which makes her ability to seduce any man she wants a puzzling mystery. No matter, it's Tsukiko she really wants, and in an odd, ambiguous ending, we are left to wonder "Who is who?"
A slightly disturbing musical score and surprisingly little violence make this an intriguing effort, but may leave many confused and bored. All in all, I'd give it a 6 out of 10.