There’s not enough time for the horror to sit with you.
, in which a camera is used to expose supernatural secrets that lead to a grisly end. The stories included are all standalone and different, but they share many of the same traits. Namely, they start as something simple — say, a noisy attic or a missing book — and get increasingly fucked up from there.
Despite the change in mediums, the core of Ito’s work remains. You still get the visceral body horror of peeling away uncountable layers of skin or seeing a kid’s second head being axed off. All kinds of things come out of people’s mouths that shouldn’t be in there. And you’ll see plenty of characters who just lookFor the most part, Ito’s distinctive visual style — in particular his characters — remains intact here.
It’s a shame because Ito’s stories are some of the most unsettling and engrossing in all of horror. Buttreats them more like appetizers than a full meal, and as a result, they don’t have that same staying power as the source material. The best I can hope for is that the show inspires some people to pick up the originals— and then not be able to stop thinking about them for a long time.
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