Disturbing yet enthralling

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

This film is superb. If you're a fan of Miike and enjoy dark, suspenseful horror, this one does it. Out of all of the Masters of Horror films made in the series, this one is the most disturbing and it was banned from being shown on cable (which is more reason to see it). The cinematography is excellent and the story is phenomenal. This film will go down as a cult classic.

1.The acting is very bad... especially the "American". 2.The Camera work .. the shots are boring and cheap. 3.The Story is like it's from a cheap Horror comic book. 4.Theres nothing to think about or to remember.All in all many reviewers talk about art. You wont find any. Its really like a cheap Horror flick but more sickness in it without any sense.It is totally overrated. There is no suspense.A cheap Story played by bad Actors. I really don't understand what people are seeing in this Film. Art? stop kidding. Only because you can see some traditional Japanese costumes in it doesn't turn it into art.To call this Art is an insult. All you can get out of it is to be sickened.NO THRILL.NO SUSPENSE.BAD STORYLINE.BAD ACTING.BORING Camera-work.NO DEEPTH.So if to get sickened is all you need from a Movie? go on watch it.Don't believe this talk about art you will be very disappointed.

This episode of the "Masters of Horror" series is quite nice.The story is good and compelling, and you will never feel bored at any point. The entire story have an underlying tone of dread and suspense to it, which works so well.There is some really gruesome torture scenes in this episode, which may not be suitable for all people, but as a fan of horror and Asian horror, I found this to be great. Very detailed, very disturbing and very believable.However, not all about this episode was great. Billy Drago's acting was laughable. This guy was really wrongly chosen for that part, and his performance drags the value down a notch. I didn't believe his heart and soul was in the acting in this particular episode of the "Masters of Horror" series. However, I looked beyond his lack of skill and enjoyed "Imprint" in all its gory glory.The settings and the scenery of "Imprint" were amazing. Very well constructed and very gloomy.How this episode could be banned is beyond my comprehension. It is not that much of a deviant from many other episodes. Perhaps the torture was too much for TV? I highly recommend "Imprint" if you like scenes that make you curl your toes in sympathetic pain. Trust me, the scenes here are wicked!

There is a difference between true horror movies and cheap display of sadistic violence. The author of this episode in incapable of mounting any tension, therefore the torture scenes seem his only way to sell it. Pathetic, and makes you wonder if there still are some authors out there, capable of writing true horror movies that would capture you by the intelligent plot rather than the amount of red paint spilled. Seems that at least ten lines are required, so to complete my gibberish opinion: wait for your your grandmother to sacrifice a chicken, impale it with some needles, add some tensioned music, add some screams using some cheap microphone - and there you are - prime quality horror clip. Way to go!