Terror in the Karaoke Aisles...er....booths. Or maybe it was a stage.

Karaoke Terror

     What the shit? A NORMAL movie? No outlandish gore? No endless bloody showers? No insane body modding or outrageous decapitation?....huh...seems so boring now. This film is less of a horror film and more of a drama. Oh, don't get me wrong, it has a bloody element to it, but it's more murder/revenge.

     Here's a film about a group of single Nippon MILFs that love getting together for a karaoke session. When one is murdered for turning down a chance get her world rocked by some young shit-bag, they get revenge and stone cold murder his ass by scooter jousting.

That's urine. He was peeing at the time. You're welcome.

 It should be noted that despite this film's relatively down-to-earth plot, it's still 100% Japanese. Afterwards, his group of friends kills the killer that killed. See a trend starting? The rest of the movie is a slow and methodical build up to the conclusion which is a bit, here's the phrase again, over-the-top. 

Here's how the men dressed....

This is billed as a dark comedy, but it just had a stronger feeling of social examination. But that's the problem. This wasn't a horror film and was very clearly my annual mulligan (see Day of the Dolphin from 2012's list). Oddly, I was engaged throughout the movie. It was very well directed, the actors were top notch, and gave some interesting insight to the divorced female career women of Japan and how that culture views them.

...and here's how the women dressed. Stark contrast, no?

Best watched on a lazy Saturday afternoon when you don't want to watch the all-day Shawshank Redemption marathon on FX/TBS/Spike/WGN/USA/AMC.

Saturday: An old friend helps bring the conclusion to J-Pan movie week...