Like if John Waters and Gregg Araki made a family sitcom from hell. A darkly hilarious satire of Asian American stereotypes with unhinged performances and even more unhinged art direction. I'm amazed this actually aired on PBS especially that ultraviolent climax.
"We have Carnival of Souls at home."
Carnival of Souls at home:
I really wanted to like this but I'm sorry, this was really bad! If anything it reminded me what an absolute miracle Carnival of Souls was. I'm a big fan of strange, low budget horror so believe me that this normally would be right up my street but this was just...awful. For one thing the acting was terrible and yeah, I know, it's a microbudget horror film of…
Maybe one of the key texts to understanding the early 21st century. It feels both like a time capsule and a look into the future at the same time. It's crazy how far ahead of the curve Japan was on the whole "the internet will fuck you up" thing.
