Traditional dolls are a staple of Japanese horror. They're cursed dolls that cause supernatural things to happen. One would expect a movie about a traditional Japanese doll to be something like Ju-On.
This film is not that.
Despite using a Japanese doll, this film is actually a parody of American slasher films. And instead of being a tongue-in-cheek kind of parody like Scary Movie, it plays it completely straight, never actually trying to be funny. The humour is instead derived from the juxtaposition of the nihonningyo, a staple of traditional Japanese horror, on the over the top knife stabbing nonsense of American slasher flicks.
It's an exercise in absurdity, especially since the doll has to grow in size (to fit a person into the suit because animating an actual doll would be too expensive, presumably), and at the end of the film even starts to wield a chainsaw, another staple of American slasher flicks.
This is not a horror movie. It's a film made for Asian (or rather Japanese) fans of American slasher flicks looking for a laugh. One looking for a horror film should not watch this - It would be like wanting to watch Jaws (the original) and putting "Sharknado VS Alienator III" on instead.
This film is not that.
Despite using a Japanese doll, this film is actually a parody of American slasher films. And instead of being a tongue-in-cheek kind of parody like Scary Movie, it plays it completely straight, never actually trying to be funny. The humour is instead derived from the juxtaposition of the nihonningyo, a staple of traditional Japanese horror, on the over the top knife stabbing nonsense of American slasher flicks.
It's an exercise in absurdity, especially since the doll has to grow in size (to fit a person into the suit because animating an actual doll would be too expensive, presumably), and at the end of the film even starts to wield a chainsaw, another staple of American slasher flicks.
This is not a horror movie. It's a film made for Asian (or rather Japanese) fans of American slasher flicks looking for a laugh. One looking for a horror film should not watch this - It would be like wanting to watch Jaws (the original) and putting "Sharknado VS Alienator III" on instead.
