Bakemono – Blu-ray w/Slipcover – Unearthed Films

Description

Bakemono is a Japanese-set creature feature from writer-director Doug Roos, unfolding around a cheap Tokyo apartment with a horrifying secret. A succession of guests enters the same seemingly ordinary rental at different times, each unaware that something grotesque is waiting inside. As their individual encounters gradually form a larger picture, the film turns its confined urban setting into a trap where dread, bodily horror and sudden eruptions of violence can arrive at any moment.

Shot in Tokyo with both English- and Japanese-speaking characters, Bakemono combines the atmosphere of Japanese urban horror with the visceral traditions of practical-effects-driven creature cinema. Takashi Irie, Yukina Takase, Yurika Natsume, Miki Nomura, Laila Chiba and Setsuka Akiyama head the cast. Rather than relying solely on what remains unseen, Roos gives the film’s monster a physical presence through elaborate practical effects, using the apartment’s cramped spaces to intensify the confrontations between creature and victim.

Bonus Materials
Making The Practical FX: Bringing A Gruesome Monster To Life
The Dark Side Of Tokyo: The Meaning Behind The Film
Principal Photography
Bakemono Unleashed: Reactions And Surprises
Festival Q&A In Germany