Happy new year, everyone! I am a bit behind in updating my blog because of the holiday season, but not in reviewing films for the Gruesome Magazine website. Japanese mystery thriller The World of Kanako is well worth seeking out and is definitely one of my top three films of the year. Excellent performances, an intriguing story, and fantastic cinematography are just a few of the reasons why I like this film so much. You can read my full review at http://gruesomemagazine.com/2015/12/01/the-world-of-kanako-2014-lurid-mystery-examines-the-underbelly-of-a-teenage-girls-secret-life/
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| Koji Yakusho gives a stunning performance in The World of Kanako as a father and former detective who leaves a wake of violence as he searches for his missing daughter. |
Nowhere near as impressive but certainly worth a watch is the demonic possession horror movie The Wicked Within, part of the returning 8 Films to Die For series. As possession films go, this one is refreshingly toned down in regard to relying on gross-out shocks, focusing more on the relationships between the characters and the secrets that they hide from each other. You can read more of my thoughts about it at http://gruesomemagazine.com/2015/11/24/the-wicked-within-2015-possession-tale-focuses-on-a-fractured-familys-shortcomings/
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| Sienna Guillory toplines as a possessed woman who brings dark secrets out in the open in The Wicked Within. |
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