Onibaba

Classic art-house Japanese horror

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• horror
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[bootalley]

watched this during my easter civilizations class at the university of kansas. fantastic movie.

[BBIproductions]

That was so awesome, I had to favorite it and watch it again.

[Kazuyukiiii]

This is seriously a Masterpiece

[sshuisken]

@MiramarRanger I say that there are brilliant examples of B/W cinematography in every industry, and that includes France, Germany, Britain, Russia, and even Iran. Film is not (forgive the pun) a black or white art form. There are grey areas that depend on your preference. To say to one culture has all the cards in one category is terribly general.

[azeridave]

To me, this movie is still one of the scariest movies and it shows that you dont need state of the art graphics and blood and gore to make a true classic. Just a great story line and imagination using the rain, and the night/darkness. Does anyone remember "the masks" from the Twilight Zone.....here is the defenitive version copied many times afterward. A classic with a great ending with a moral to teach.

[wrght9185]

Great movie...highly recommended.

[scarerowandjoker]

i kinda have a list of movies i wanna see and this is one of em

[yoruichisan19]

As I can remember, my grandma told a story about this movie. My relatives (grandpa?) took her to this film. She thought it'll be a cute movie (baba means in my language doll) and dolls are usually cute, aren't they? Well, I don't need to tell that, it was a total shock for her. xD

[Konkalit]

Black and white makes this movie even more scary. That mask (hannya) is a sign for a female demon.

[exeuroweenie]

Siouxsie And The Banshees did a song influenced by this.It's called "Head Cut"

on their old album Juju.

[Karosanyo]

Well, "Psycho" and "The Shining" weren't well received when they were released as well... "Onibaba" is now regarded as a masterpiece. I agree. "Onibaba" puts "Ringu" to shame in every aspect. I found "Ringu" pretty silly and mediocre. It's nowhere near as haunting or as disturbing as "Onibaba". The photography in "Onibaba" is truly masterful. This film will never date. It's a brutal and scary study of survival.