http://tidepoint.com/; http://bonehouseasia.com/ It’s become common practice for directors and writers of western horror/suspense genres to rely merely on blood and guts to stimulate anxiety in their audiences, sacrificing clever plot lines for naked virgins. The 2004 Japanese offering “”Late Bloomer”” (Tidepoint Pictures/Bone House Asia), from director Go Shibata, employs substance rather than cheap thrills as the primary …
In a world overrun with special effects and massive over-production, it seems less and less emphasis is being placed on the actual performance, no matter what the medium. Fortunately, the new theatrical offering from Tatsuya Nakatani and Edward Wilkerson, Jr., Sanguivorous, delivers the same horror-bang as mainstream cinema, but in a ‘back-to-basics’ format that could, …