| Actors: Ryuhei Matsuda, Masanobu Ando Director: Tetsuo Shinohara Genres: Indie & Art House, Horror, Music Video & Concerts, Science Fiction & Fantasy Sub-Genres: Indie & Art House, Horror, Other Music, Fantasy Studio: Synapse Films Format: DVD - Color,Widescreen,Anamorphic - Karaoke DVD Release Date: 04/29/2008 Original Release Date: 01/01/2003 Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2003 Release Year: 2008 Run Time: 1hr 52min Screens: Color,Widescreen,Anamorphic Number of Discs: 1 SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 MPAA Rating: Unrated Languages: Japanese Subtitles: English |
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  | Karaoke Terror The Complete Japanese Showa Songbook Actors: Ryuhei Matsuda, Masanobu Ando Director: Tetsuo Shinohara Genres: Indie & Art House, Horror, Music Video & Concerts, Science Fiction & Fantasy UR 2008 1hr 52min From the mind of writer Ryu Murakami (AUDITION) comes the satirical tale of two groups of outsiders who make war on each other, set to a soundtrack of retro karaoke hits. A gang of young slacker guys (the Gakis) idle away ... more » |
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Movie ReviewsSadness in the form of a happy song C. Christopher Blackshere | I am the devil's reject | 03/16/2009 (3 out of 5 stars) "Written by Ryu Murakami(AUDITION), I knew I was in for a dark excursion into counter-culture madness. KARAOKE TERROR is the satirical tale of two groups of societal misfits waging war against each other. These battles are all set to a soundtrack of retro karaoke hits.
It's the group of young slackers, content on doing nothing but play video games and writing Amazon reviews. Oops, I mean play video games and scoping out the ladies. After one kid gets insulted by a middle-age divorcee, he retaliates by slitting her throat. Her lady friends unite and devise their plans for revenge. This movie starts off excellent, with some startling and stylistic murders that I totally loved. It delves into the idiosyncratic tendencies of the two different generations, with a spiritual unrest and mounting feelings of insecurity. The Showa-era songs and the violence seem to unite them within their own groups. Unfortunately the battles escalate into some comical buffonery that I didn't really care for. It felt like a Miike rip-off. It isn't believable in the least, with bazookas and homemade atomic bombs. Some might enjoy it, I just lost interest after the first half of bloody, realistic murders. Still not bad." |
