Gehenna: Where Death Lives Movie Review
A group of developers go to Saipan to scout out a location for a new resort. While there, they come across an old World War 2 bunker that is easier to enter than to exit. Special effects vet Hiroshi Katagiri makes his feature film directorial debut with this 2016 flick, and it should come as no surprise that the special effects and makeup are some of the best things about this film--in fact, some of the visuals are truly terrifying.
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The story is a bit convoluted, but we find that some folks were tortured during the war, and a hex was put on anybody who enters the tomb--there is also a person down there who looks very old, very thin, and ready to die any second now, foreshadowing, to a degree, our ending. That old man, by the way, is played by Doug Jones, an actor who has been in a million movies but it probably best known for playing Amphibian Man in The Shape of Water. Another actor you will recognize is horror icon Lance Henriksen (Pumpkinhead), but don't get too excited about this--he's in the movie for maybe a minute (though he does show up for a post-credits scene as well). The rest of the cast is made up of folks you probably won't recognize--none really stand out in a good or bad way. While the scares are there, the story is what really bogs this one down. They are trying to do way too much with this movie, leaving it with a feeling of being all over the place. The lack of focus carries you all the way to the end, when the bad guy inevitably gets his comeuppance. This movie is worth checking out for the cool special effects, but isn't something you should put high on your to-see list.
On A Scale Of One To Ten: 6
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