Too much of everything

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Well, I saw this first as I am a fan of Japanese horror movies. I really like the twists and thought that this is unique. But when I saw the movie "The Shining", I am convinced that they adapted the reincarnation plot from this classic Stephen King movie. Anyway, I'm still a fan of Asian horror movies but not this one.

Dialog was disjointed and pacing was problematic. Acting was wooden. The children seemed very well mannered kids, that their distressing scenes seemed polite and staged. The doll element was used quite effectively. As usual, people do not seem to behave naturally throughout the movie. Understandably, it wanted to keep the audience guessing about its concepts of reincarnation, but it didn't engage the audience immediately enough. "Who's who?" Who cares.It also fell into the pit of not wanting to explain itself and provide resolutions by the end of the movie.Put me to sleep halfway into it.

Like a lot of psychological horror, you have to invest some time and energy in this film. It appears to be one thing, but you are not prepared for the changes, and certainly not the ending.I really expected that Nagisa (Yûka in her first film) was going one way, and then it went a completely different direction and the ending was most unexpected. It challenges you because Takashi Shimizu (Ju-on and The Grudge and sequels) has put together something different with characters and actions moving back and forth through filming and the actual location of horror, and you never really know where you are at any time.It is a heavy horror film that has less blood, but more challenge.

The easiest way I can think of summing up Reincarnation is as a cross between Ring and The Shining. It's a slow building chiller, directed with a stylish touch by director of The Grudge Takashi Shimizu. While this movie has a few jump moments and some truly creepy ghost moments, it's more of a psychological, supernatural thriller than a haunted house film.A young woman is starting out on a career as an actress. She auditions for a new horror film based on true events, a massacre at a hotel where a university professor went crazy, murdering his family and the hotel night staff all in one night. She leaves the audition and begins to have visions of a little girl and her doll in impossible places. Soon she gets a call back, and goes to meet the director. As soon as she's cast in the film her visions change and begin to include images of the murders. She starts to investigate into why.It's a different story to the average 'this place is haunted, I shouldn't go in here...well, maybe a little...OHMIGOD!' stories that J-Horror is famous for, and it makes the film feel fresh. Also the directions it takes are both unexpected and very creepy. I won't give any of them away to avoid spoiling the film, but the movies twists and turns give it a great storyline and structure.I can't recommend this film enough. Yes it is subtitled, and watching a film this tied up to Japanese culture and beliefs in a dub destroys a lot of the mystique, so I wouldn't recommend it to those who can't sit through subtitled films, but it is an excellent horror, spooky and ultimately quite chilling.It is worth noting that this movie is also at times quite brutal. The flashbacks to the murders though brief are disturbing and explicit, and often seen through the murderers eyes, so the easily upset be warned.However, to avoid this movie simply because of a few short sequences of disturbing violence or it's language would be to miss out on a great horror film with a unique feel and excellent atmosphere. Please watch this movie, you won't regret it.