It's a cheapo J-horror film from the director of Alien vs. Ninja (which was trashy schlock), starring a hardcore porn actress. I wasn't expecting much. I was blown away. I certainly didn't enjoy the film, mind you, because it's horrible and creepy. It's a trip into hell. Anyone who takes pleasure from this film is sick and scary and you should stay away from them. It is, though, effective horror.

Shoko Takahashi (gravure idol and adult video star) plays a thoroughly nice girl called Yoshida Kimi. She's lovely when she smiles, but the only time we see that is when she's modelling in her opening scene. There's nothing to smile about thereafter. Her parents are dead and she's stuck with a huge debt from her late father's medical bills. What's more, it seems that they borrowed from the yakuza to finance these, because she regularly gets threatening stalker phone calls about repayment. Talking to a fellow model about her problems, she learns about some well-paying but possibly sketchy work. It's 200,000 yen for a one-day shoot. It'll involve bikinis "and so on", but that's still a lot of money.

Yoshida's reluctant, but there's no escaping those scary phone calls. She says "yes". However, what exactly is involved? No one's willing to answer this. They're evasive. They're creepy. They use dodgy tricks to pressurise her into agreeing immediately. Almost halfway through the film, Yoshida's heading for the shooting venue and still doesn't know what she's going to have to do.

Also, importantly, there's been a necrophile sex scene that ended with the living partner cutting off the cadaver's penis.

Needless to say, what happens to Yoshida is extremely bad. The perpetrators deserve a long prison sentence, ideally with the key being thrown away. What's more, they're doing it on an old graveyard because the property was out of the way and cheap. Desecration of graves and accidentally smashing a magical seal? They acquire watchers. What are those things? Ghosts? Zombies? Anyway, they're ugly as sin and often seem to be hallucinations. They'll liable to have disappeared in the next shot... but don't let that fool you. They're creeping up slowly, but they're still dangerous.

The film's less pink than you'd expect. Nudity is extremely brief and takes place under gross, anti-sexy circumstances. Its ending is disgusting and the cast are quite good. Those evil siblings have more depth and nuance than you'd expect, e.g. that speech about not existing because they don't have a family register, but you'd still pull the switch on their electric chair. Shoko Takahashi does perfectly okay and I'd happily watch her in films that let her smile more often, but this particular role didn't exactly demand range. It's about intensity, not breadth.

This film was obviously made on the cheap, with a small cast and restricted locations. Its screenplay is simple, but powerful. It's shocking. I'd advise against watching it in mixed company, though.