Sairen

I never heard about the 2006 Japanese horror movie "Sairen" (aka "Forbidden Siren") before now in 2023, as I had the opportunity to sit down and watch it. I happened to come across the movie by random chance, and with it being an Asian movie that I never have seen, of course I opted to give it a chance.

Writer Naoya Takayama put together an okay enough script here for the movie. I mean, it wasn't exactly rocket science, nor did Naoya Takayama revolutionize the horror genre in any way with the storyline here. But I will say that the movie made for an adequate enough viewing experience, though a bit on the mundane side, if I have to be fully honest.

I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, but the actors and actresses put on fair enough performances in bringing the characters to life on the screen and telling the story.

For a horror movie, however, then director Yukihiko Tsutsumi's 2006 movie "Sairen" was a bit bland. It was a movie that left no particular impression on me. And I guess that by next week I will have forgotten about the movie. So it wasn't a grand horror gem that I had been missing out on for the past 17 years.

Watchable for what it was, "Sairen" is a somewhat bland foray into the horror genre. While I managed to sit through all 87 minutes, this is hardly a movie that warrants a second viewing at any time down the road.

My rating of "Sairen" lands on a five out of ten stars.