Masters of Horror - Takashi Miike: Imprint

Pros: Very twisted, very dark, beautifully shot...
Cons: Some crummy acting, very very violent...

Takashi Miike is easily the most recognizable horror name to come out of Asia in the past few decades. His visions are disturbing even if his films perilously straddle the line between gratuitously gory and pointless. Occasionally I enjoy his work, but ...

Pros: It is the most disturbing and easily the most unsettling episode.
Cons: The ending is confusing.

Asian horror, for me, is quite a genre I usually find uninteresting. For one, I really don't like reading subtitles since your eyes are distracted from the movie. I have heard some people say that Asian horror is much scarier than American's horror. I ...

Pros: Gorgeous costumes, make up, location, imagery, the story
Cons: Acting, excessive violence, a stupid ending.

Imprint, the only episode of Masters of Horror banned from Showtime, is a film I decided to undertake. Directed by the legendary Takashi Miike, I knew this movie would not be your everyday horror film.  After all, Miike is the man who brought us the ...

Pros: Excellent pacing, script, plot, and execution.
Cons: Some weak acting, and an incoherent ending.

Plot Summary- Imprint follows Christopher (Billy Drago) who is in search for his lost girlfriend, Komomo, and comes to an island in Japan full of w***** and caftans. He meets a deformed w**** who begins to tell him the cruel fate his love has received ...