Visions

I picked this up out of a bargain basement DVD sale thinking the title "death spider" (Japanese version), might provide some afternoon thrills. While the first 10 minutes provide some hope that the rest of the film is as good, the remaining hour or so is rendered dull by unenthusiastic actors.

The story has a decent premise, a serial killer is on the loose who loves to torture his victims and a psychiatrist who has given up the chase is suddenly confronted by a new patient who has psychic visions.

The music is top notch and the film feels like it had a decent budget behind it but the casting and acting really turn this into a C movie rather than a B. In particular the reporter played by Caroline Kessler seems to enjoy giving a cute smile at really inappropriate moments making us wonder if she also thinks her dialog is bad (notice where she questions the tortured girl in the hospital and says "we need you to tell us everything.." and then smiles??).

In the end most of the actors seem not to be putting their full effort into this one and it shows.The dialog is amateurish in many places which had me rolling my eyes back in my head. Most viewers will probably turn this one off within the first 20 min.