Marebito (The Stranger from Afar)
  • Studio: Tartan
  • Release Date: Dec 9, 2005
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  • Summary: A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman (Tsukamoto) investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo, leading him to a disturbing discovery. (Tartan Films)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 5 out of 13
  1. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    83
    It's not really scary, but it reaches a level of insanity so unhinged and dispassionately wretched that it defies description. Inspired, but not for all tastes.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    An outrageous horror flick.
  3. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marrit Ingman
    50
    Shot in just over a week with a minuscule budget, this artsy thriller feels like a one-off from Shimizu's Ju-on films but is probably worth a look for fans.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    38
    Never gives us what it promised: a glorious, totally new sense of horror.

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  1. JeffreyT.
    8
    A fascinating descent into madness, with a fear-obsessed cameraman distancing himself from humanity with the buffer of his camera, only to learn that he should be turning that instrument around to look into his own dark soul. Eerie, mysterious, creepily sensuous, MAREBITO is being read too literally by some reviewers and should be appreciated for its deeper layers of psychological horror. MAREBITO has the disorienting feel of nightmare.… Expand

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