The Dollhouse

Name: Kannô no yakata: hitozuma shôten
Genre: Horror
Released: 2004-02-27
Duration: 1 h 2 min
Rating: 4.9
Cast: Hotaru Hazuki, Kikujirô Honda, Kyôko Kazama

Original title: Kannô no yakata: hitozuma shôten

2004
1h 2m

IMDb RATING

4.9/10

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Horror

Not long after Yoko and Arthur move into their new house, they notice that many bizarre things start to happen. Yoko begins seeing ghosts and suspects that the house is haunted. Yoko enlists... Read allNot long after Yoko and Arthur move into their new house, they notice that many bizarre things start to happen. Yoko begins seeing ghosts and suspects that the house is haunted. Yoko enlists the help of a police detective, who knows the house has a dark, secret past. A fun Japane... Read allNot long after Yoko and Arthur move into their new house, they notice that many bizarre things start to happen. Yoko begins seeing ghosts and suspects that the house is haunted. Yoko enlists the help of a police detective, who knows the house has a dark, secret past. A fun Japanese supernatural thriller, inspired by cult film THE GRUDGE (Ju-On)!

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IMDb RATING

4.9/10

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3Musicianmagic

Fails badly as horror or pink film

Sometimes a movie fails in every way. The story in short is a couple moves into a house that is haunted by something. You have to watch for an hour to find out what that something is. Unfortunately, Many scenes or characters had no background info or were missing things so didn't make sense. Being a pink film there is an approximate 1 hour limit but surely they could have spent a few minutes to explain further.

As a horror movie it fails as there really isn't anything scary or creepy until the last 15 minutes. Even then, it's very brief when anything does happen.

As a pink film it fails because the sex scenes are just outright boring. There are the prerequisite sex scenes and nudity but you won't care.

The acting ranges from mediocre to just awful. When emotion is needed, it's just not there. Is that the actor's or director's fault I don't know or care. The ending is one of those they leave to the viewer to figure out. I couldn't figure it out.

There are plenty of excellent horror films. Plenty of excellent pink films. This is one of the failures.