Given my love of Asian cinema, then there was no doubt about me sitting down to watch this 2009 Japanese horror movie titled "Teketeke", as I happened to stumble upon it by random luck here in 2024. I had never heard about the movie before, so I didn't know what I was in for, and thus also had no expectations. Which meant that writer Takeki Akimoto and director Kôji Shiraishi had every opportunity to entertain me.
Just seven minutes into the movie there is a gory scene. And that definitely was a nice way to start the movie. Thumbs up for that.
Now, I am not familiar with the Japanese urban legend upon which this movie is based. So how true writer Takeki Akimoto was to the source material, I have no idea.
The storyline in the movie was okay. But I've been watching Asian horror movies for the better part of 35 years, so this movie wasn't particularly impressive. Sure, it was watchable, and I suppose if you are a newcomer to Japanese horror cinema then you're in for a treat. However, as a Japanese horror veteran, "Teketeke" was a mere walk in the park. A shame really, because the movie started out so nicely.
I wasn't familiar with a single actress or actor on the cast list, which is actually something that I do enjoy when I sit down to watch a movie. The acting performances in "Teketeke" were fair enough, though hardly anything outstanding, if I have to be blunt and honest.
Visually the movie is adequate. There is a bit of gore and blood, which definitely helped to keep the movie afloat for me.
Watchable and enjoyable for what it was, I doubt that I will ever return to watch "Teketeke" a second time.
My rating of "Teketeke" lands on a five out of ten stars.
Just seven minutes into the movie there is a gory scene. And that definitely was a nice way to start the movie. Thumbs up for that.
Now, I am not familiar with the Japanese urban legend upon which this movie is based. So how true writer Takeki Akimoto was to the source material, I have no idea.
The storyline in the movie was okay. But I've been watching Asian horror movies for the better part of 35 years, so this movie wasn't particularly impressive. Sure, it was watchable, and I suppose if you are a newcomer to Japanese horror cinema then you're in for a treat. However, as a Japanese horror veteran, "Teketeke" was a mere walk in the park. A shame really, because the movie started out so nicely.
I wasn't familiar with a single actress or actor on the cast list, which is actually something that I do enjoy when I sit down to watch a movie. The acting performances in "Teketeke" were fair enough, though hardly anything outstanding, if I have to be blunt and honest.
Visually the movie is adequate. There is a bit of gore and blood, which definitely helped to keep the movie afloat for me.
Watchable and enjoyable for what it was, I doubt that I will ever return to watch "Teketeke" a second time.
My rating of "Teketeke" lands on a five out of ten stars.