G l i t c h y G o b l i n !

Ok guys, this week’s film is an Asian film called Noroi. It will blow your mind.

Spoilers are in green, as always.

Now, this movie is yet another in the lengthening line of ‘handycam’ movies, where the cameraman is a character and carries around a camera, enticing the viewer to accredit the movie with a certain amount of truth and empathize with the characters more now that the viewer is involved, not watching from beyond their screen. Another stance is the stance that Noroi and Paranormal Activity take, where the footage has long been shot and we are reviewing the ‘lost footage.’

There’s even a show in this vein on Animal Planet. The show is called ‘Lost Tapes,’ and every episode portrays a hypothetical attack by a cryptid, like the Jersey Devil or the Sasquatch. That show is only so-so, but this movie is NOT.

Noroi follows a Journalistic investigator who is following the tales of psychics and a mysterious curse. Eventually, he follows the happenings to a submerged, forgotten village, a strange cult-like town, odd possessions, the same cryptic symbols, and more dead bodies than any of them care to see.

The movie has a wonderful meandering pace which is frightening and realistic. The lore feels factual and the characters are deep, for what they are. The acting is superb, and while it wasn’t as scary as Paranormal Activity, it’s still a hauntingly unique movie worth of a re-watch very, very soon.

I’m not going to tell you any more. Just go see it. You’ll thank me.

Glitchy Golbin gives Noroi an 8/10.

With this post, I’m resuming my normal posting schedule, minus the Midweek Mashup. Good to be back after that break. -GG