
In Tokyo, the freelance cameraman Takuyoshi Masuoka is obsessed investigating the fear sensation near death. When he photographs a man stabbing himself in the eye in the access to the subway, he seeks what the suicidal man might have seen to experiment the same sense of horror the man felt when he died. He finds a passage to the Tokyo underground where he meets a mysterious naked woman that does not speak, who he calls her F. He brings F to his place and he tries to feed her,... (Full plot summary below)
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In Tokyo, the freelance cameraman Takuyoshi Masuoka is obsessed investigating the fear sensation near death. When he photographs a man stabbing himself in the eye in the access to the subway, he seeks what the suicidal man might have seen to experiment the same sense of horror the man felt when he died. He finds a passage to the Tokyo underground where he meets a mysterious naked woman that does not speak, who he calls her F. He brings F to his place and he tries to feed her, until he discovers that she drinks blood. Masuika becomes a serial killer draining the blood of his victims to nurse F.
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| Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerIt's not really scary, but it reaches a level of insanity so unhinged and dispassionately wretched that it defies description. Inspired, but not for all tastes. |
| ESplatterSteve BiodrowskiIt is far from a completely successful experiment, but it does create something with a unique enough identity to be worth exploring. |
| Hollywood ReporterRichard James HavisA disturbing supernatural drama that leaves a sour taste in the mouth. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzIt drops names such as Madame Blavatsky for gravitas, but has as little to do with theosophy as a Westerner has to do with chopsticks. |
| L.A. WeeklyTim GriersonMarebito's ghoulish delight in gore will turn off the squeamish, but tougher souls will recognize that the over-the-top shocks are Shimizu's way of illustrating how terrifying the risk of human connection can be. |
| New TimesLuke Y. ThompsonShimizu has done what compatriots such as Hideo Nakata have not yet managed to do: make a contemporary Japanese horror movie that has some new ideas in it. |
| Boston PhoenixMattias FreyIt neither musters the campy horror of Ju-on nor follows through on its art-house potential. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. Anderson[An] atmospheric, hypnotic digital video wonder. |
| Seattle TimesJohn HartlThe gloppy sound effects are so over-the-top, they invite laughter, and the bloodsucking scenes are allowed to become absurdly repetitious. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid NusairAn almost stunningly incompetent piece of work... |