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by **Tiny Gigan** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 2:30 am

I haven't seen "Along With Ghosts" yet, but the other two were pretty neat, if only because Japanese folkloric monsters are cool. (For some reason the No Face freaks me out. I think I had nightmares about something like that when I was real little.) That being said, I'd like to see one done with modern effects.

by **musukogoji** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:26 pm

Tiny Gigan, check out "Sakuya, Slayer of Demons" as mentioned above. It's basically a "fourth" Yokai film with modern Gamera-style effects. A bunch of the spooks from the Yokai trilogy make an appearance in the film.

by **sharptooth666** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:48 pm

i've only seen SPOOK WARFARE ( it was totally killer) are the other titles available in the US?

by **Shonokin** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 3:25 pm

Also, Haraguchi is working on a less juvinile sequel to Sakuya Youkaiden, so look forward to that sometime in the near future.

by **musukogoji** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 3:49 pm

by **Tiny Gigan** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 4:51 pm

by **Mysterio** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:54 am

by **sharptooth666** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:27 am

by **MouthForWar** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 9:22 am

by **Mysterio** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 9:33 am

by **sharptooth666** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:16 pm

by **Mysterio** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:13 pm

by **JimPV** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 9:00 pm

Got the 3rd Yokai Monsters flick (Along With Ghosts) on order from deepdiscountdvd. I should get it in a week or so.

Really enjoyed these wacky, very Japanese fantasy films. The first, 100 Monsters, is more serious (and quite creepy at times), whereas Spook Warfare has the ghosts/monsters banding together to help some humans fight off Daimon, with more humor in the mix. Both are alot of fun.

Looking forward to Along With Ghosts!

by **Angilas83** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 11:47 am

I have seen and own all three. I liked them so much that I been hunting down other movie with the theme of Fedal Japan era swordplay and Kaiju mixed.
Plus has anyone seen Onmyoji? I read a couple reviews and it sounds kinda of along the same lines. But more serious and recent.

by **musukogoji** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 2:39 pm

by **MouthForWar** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 3:12 pm

by **musukogoji** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 4:43 pm

Sakuya is a lot of fun and has excellent effects work by our pal Shinji Higuchi.

I've heard the Buffy connection numerous times, but I just don't see it. But then again, I don't watch Buffy. "Sakuya" is a film aimed at the general audience, rather than being a direct children's movie.

The film wasn't made by any of the big studios I don't believe. But itwas distributed by Warner Brothers Japan. Hell, they might have made the picture.

by **Mysterio** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 5:29 pm

by **MouthForWar** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 7:31 pm

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