Review – Uzumaki

At least by the end of this you’ll have the Japanese word for “spiral” permanently cemented in your head. The box billed this as “from the land that brought you Ringu,” which is a little like selling a picture like Friday the 13th as “from the land that brought you The Exorcist.” Two teenagers try to cope as their village and their families are slowly consumed by a supernatural mania for things with spirals on them. The set-up is good even if it never goes much of anywhere. I also liked the effects, though some of them suggest that someone’s seen the video for Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” too many times. Mildly amusing