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Marebito
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 13 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama | Foreign | Horror | Mystery
Written by:
Takashi Shimizu
Chiaki Konaka (also novel)
Directed by: Takashi Shimizu
Release Date:
Theatrical: December 9, 2005
DVD: March 14, 2006
Running Time: 92 minutes, Color
Origin: Japan
Language(s): Japanese (with English subtitles)
Summary
RATING: R for strong bloody violence and some nudity
Starring Shinya Tsukamoto, Tomomi Miyashita, Kazuhiro Nakahara, Miho Ninagawa, and Shun Sugata
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)
Also On Metacritic
FILM: Ju-on: The Grudge The Grudge The Grudge 2
Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database View The Trailer Official Studio Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
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.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Shot on digital video as murky as Masuoka's imagination, its creeping sense of dank dread is as slow to build as it is hard to shake.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Tim Grierson
Marebito's ghoulish delight in gore will turn off the squeamish, but tougher souls will recognize that the over-the-top shocks are Shimizu's way of illustrating how terrifying the risk of human connection can be.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Provocative rather than scary, and it's made with visual flair.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray
Unlike the elliptical, often explanation-free "The Grudge," Marebito is wordy to the extreme. Konaka's near-constant narration underlines every point the movie is trying to make, ruminating bluntly on the meaning of fear, and how we suck on media violence like, yep, vampires.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marrit Ingman
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.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Dana Stevens
In casting about for new sources of fear, Marebito achieves its own level of mediocrity.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
Never gives us what it promised: a glorious, totally new sense of horror.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Richard James Havis
A disturbing supernatural drama that leaves a sour taste in the mouth.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Michael Atkinson
This all-digital indie is, by genre standards, either a misfired doodle or an attempt to Lovecraft-ize the popular movement. Or both.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jeffrey T. gave it an8:
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.
