Suicide Club (2002) 7/10

After watching The Machine Girl, reviewed here as well, I've finally gotten a taste for Japanese horror again. Suicide Club is a film I've been wanting to check out for a while, and I'm glad I Finally did.

Suicide Club is about a series of mass teen suicides in Japan. Over 50 teens jump in front of a subway train and dozens more jump off of buildings to name a few. Its up to a few detectives to find out the cause of the dozens of gruesome deaths before all of Japan is swept up in its fury.

Suicide Club is more bloody then gory. It had been promoted as hyper gory but I don't want to give that impression. More then anything the film is filled with buckets of blood, not viscera. The film is an intelligent commentary on modern day Japan's obsession with media and the heavy influence of it. Of course, just as with The Machine Girl, Suicide Club is hated in its native country as the viewing public there enjoys lighter fair. Mass suicides have indeed happened in Japan so I supposed its no wonder the film isn't very popular. Personally I could have used more action in this film. Its more on the slower side and there's only a handful of suicide scenes. Most of the film follows the detectives in their pursuit of the truth. Having said that the film is expertly directed and very well acted. It has some nice touches of the bizarre, namely an odd character named Genesis, which help to spice the film up.

In the end Suicide Club is an interesting film about our obsession with media and its potentially detrimental impact on our society.

Gore - medium

Nudity - none

Overall - 7/10