DVD Review: Uzumaki(Spiral)  By    |   Thursday, August 5, 2004
Filed under: Uncategorized Tags: , , ,  Uzumaki, or spiral or
whirlpool, is a Japanese horror film from director Higuchinsky.
I had been wanting to view this title for awhile, and was
finally able to track down a copy of it, two as a matter of
fact. The other night, wanting to watch something on the bizarre
side, I popped it into the player and sat down to enter another
world.  Another world is what I got. The case claims that it is
eerie enough to give Tim Burton nightmares. After watching it,
I’m not sure I agree with that, but it does seem like something
that would be right up his alley should an American remake ever
take place, not that I’m asking for it.  The movie takes place
in a small Japanese town where everybody knows everyone else.
Suddenly strange things start to happen, everyone becomes
infatuated with spirals. We follow Kirie, a young schoolgirl, as
she begins to notice the strange happenings. Snails, storm
clouds, fingerprints, pot