I was fortunate enough to see the original 2001 Japanese movie Pulse(Kairo)
But I was also lucky enough to see his earlier films the best being Kyua (1997) (Cure).
His films tend be abstract set pieces dealing with complex human emotion, in the original Pulse the central theme was extreme isolation and loneliness, suddenly people you cared about were disappearing and the world was ending. Basically everything I've just written summarized the entire experience of the original film.
But then how did all that change? Enter Wes Craven, who after making this film is clearly out of touch to what makes a good modern horror film. He literally took out all the abstract surreal spookiness that made the original good and did what any cliché director would do. He used Expositing like it was going out of style, he explained Everything. Then when you do that, you basically end up a with a pointless special FX boo driven nonsense. Craven will be the kiss of death for modern horror.
(For the record: Kiyoshi Kurosawa did not take part in the screenplay process, if pay close attention to the opening credits it was Wes Craven and another writer.)
But I was also lucky enough to see his earlier films the best being Kyua (1997) (Cure).
His films tend be abstract set pieces dealing with complex human emotion, in the original Pulse the central theme was extreme isolation and loneliness, suddenly people you cared about were disappearing and the world was ending. Basically everything I've just written summarized the entire experience of the original film.
But then how did all that change? Enter Wes Craven, who after making this film is clearly out of touch to what makes a good modern horror film. He literally took out all the abstract surreal spookiness that made the original good and did what any cliché director would do. He used Expositing like it was going out of style, he explained Everything. Then when you do that, you basically end up a with a pointless special FX boo driven nonsense. Craven will be the kiss of death for modern horror.
(For the record: Kiyoshi Kurosawa did not take part in the screenplay process, if pay close attention to the opening credits it was Wes Craven and another writer.)