RE/MEMBER (2022) is a new Japanese horror film streaming on Netflix. It's essentially Japan's answer to HAPPY DEATH DAY in that it tells the story of six high school students who find themselves forced to relive the same day over and over again after they're repeatedly killed by a marauding ghost girl every night. They realise that they're playing a macabre game in which they have to reassemble a dismembered corpse before time runs out...
There's not much sense or explanation behind this one but I prefer that sometimes. The performances are committed and there's a wealth of gore with bodies being torn asunder and the like. The novelty of the plot keeps viewer involvement high and in the second half this transforms into a monster movie and becomes even more entertaining. The SFX aren't always 100% convincing but they're 100% practical which is always a delight for me.
There's not much sense or explanation behind this one but I prefer that sometimes. The performances are committed and there's a wealth of gore with bodies being torn asunder and the like. The novelty of the plot keeps viewer involvement high and in the second half this transforms into a monster movie and becomes even more entertaining. The SFX aren't always 100% convincing but they're 100% practical which is always a delight for me.