Mewomewo

I might be a little biased because the original Spiral book has always been my favorite part of the Ring novel series, but I believe this movie is a nice adaptation, faithful to the original in its body-horror and sci-fi medical mystery. Of course some things I wish were adapted (like Ando being snarky and misanthropic due to the loss of his son) ended up being left out, and the contrast between the first Ringu movie, which changed many things from the original book to make it more appealing to the audience, and The Spiral (which doesn't really care about being pleasant to watch), felt very drastic, but I can't help but love how beautiful and melancholic this movie is (especially the ending!). Also the cinematography and color grading are majestic.

Basically, the movie has two plotlines – a horror one (about the ghost of one girl wronged by a bully (whose actor was the reason I ever found out about that film, lol, love you Mitsuyoshi Shinoda) who gets her revenge on him and his minions) and a sad one, about a guy kidnapping a child and then suddenly realising she has a weird resemblance with his long dead sister. And although the first plotline isn't really scary and satisfying, meaning Purei fails as a horror movie, its tragic part is really good-written (the final revelation reminds me of Omori), so the ending had me weeping a lot, which was a nice surprise since I didn't expect to get emotional over an old low-budget J-horror. All in all, the quality isn't quite high, but I think this movie still can pass as a fine watch for a movie night.

I love vyram. Probably the most hilarious and yet charming villains I've ever seen, all of them. The show itself is okay, although some things here are heavily unitilised, but I guess that's something you should expect when watching a kids show from the nineties.

Nice travel movie. The main plot with aliens definitely felt confusing and I probably didn't grasp a lot of information, but the characters and well-directed fight scenes fully made up for it.