While I still prefer the 2005 remake, mainly because of how much more outlandish and ridiculous it was, this movie is still so so enjoyable and way better than the first.
There are a TON of Yokai and they get more screentime than the humans this time which I love! They’re all enjoyable to watch, especially the Kappa. The Kappa in the remake was funny and all but in this movie he kinda steals the show for me. The guy who played him did a stupidly good job and gave him so much personality I love it. The villain Daimon is also much better than the one in the remake. He looks so cool and the movie wastes no time showing him off because he’s the first thing we see when starting it. The only thing about these costume designs is, maybe this was intentional idk, the eyes on the Yokai look so uncanny and creepy and trust me it’s even creepier when they’re in motion. I like it though because I feel like these movies just need to be a perfect blend of creepy but also funny and this movie achieves that.
The first movie was pretty mediocre and honestly felt more like a horror movie than anything but Spook Warfare takes everything wrong with the original, improves on all of it and makes a great movie for anybody to enjoy.
While I still prefer the 2005 remake, mainly because of how much more outlandish and ridiculous it was, this movie is still so so enjoyable and way better than the first.
There are a TON of Yokai and they get more screentime than the humans this time which I love! They’re all enjoyable to watch, especially the Kappa. The Kappa in the remake was funny and all but in this movie he kinda steals the show for me. The guy who played him did a stupidly good job and gave him so much personality I love it. The villain Daimon is also much better than the one in the remake. He looks so cool and the movie wastes no time showing him off because he’s the first thing we see when starting it. The only thing about these costume designs is, maybe this was intentional idk, the eyes on the Yokai look so uncanny and creepy and trust me it’s even creepier when they’re in motion. I like it though because I feel like these movies just need to be a perfect blend of creepy but also funny and this movie achieves that.
The first movie was pretty mediocre and honestly felt more like a horror movie than anything but Spook Warfare takes everything wrong with the original, improves on all of it and makes a great movie for anybody to enjoy.