Crazy Lips [DVD]

Twisted, twisted, twisted. Thats the best word I can describe this movie with. FIRST, its not a traditional horror, more like a multi-genre movie. It starts as most J-horrors do, slowly, but once it starts gaining momentum it doesnt let up till the end. More confusing than any other movie, I found myself with my jaw on the floor, saying "No, they can't do that!". Way, way over the top in its attempts to be cruel, I really enjoyed it. You had better be pretty tough to endure some of the stuff they throw at you. Some parts will sicken you to the core, and others will make you laugh. For fans of J-horror, you MUST see this, just to get a handle on these reviews. It is made by a fantastic group, but takes a far different path than most.

Bought this DVD since the description was interesting, as well as recently having watched Versus, Pyrokinesis, Uzumaki, etc. has carved a respect from me to watch Asian Horror movies post the popularity of Ringu. I thought this movie would have some substance and at least some art put into it, but none, nada, zilch kaput of anything near my expectations.This movie has NO plot whatsoever, it does not even accomplish anything that is remotely "thrilling", and if you are into gore (I am not), this movie doesnt have any of that. If you are into necrophillia, perhaps. There is a scene here that was downright DUHHH, when the evilly hypnotized mother and her daughter hang a dectective while the detective is an arousal state. Then these two force the other daughter (our protagonist) into having sex with the now-dead detective. Now what was the point of this scene? Nothing.And then in the end when the relationship between the protagonist and the long lost brother is revealed, I wonder if the writer was suppose to wow his audience by irrelevant revelation. At this point, I didnt care anymore. I wished all of them were dead so I can turn off the movie.I think what made me held on to the movie to the very end was absolute denial that I was watching something as stupid as this movie, and then later on vaccillating if I hung on out of morbid curiosity that the story would get any stupider.One last note, I thought the Asian (being an Asian myself) had gotten rid of the "girl singing in the middle of the movie" parts? Here is something you dont see in Western movies that the Asians seems to have a copyright on. Can you imagine Kate Beckinsdale singing right in the middle of Underworld with music in the background? This cheesy tidbit Asians throw in never assimilated with the West. Well, in this movie, you get a taste of it. Happy fast forwarding!

This is of course a film not for everyone, like my title says...you either will hate it or like it. For me, I knew what I was getting into when I ordered this after reading the reviews on here. I'm not into films that are just weird and no sense, but I am into asian horror films. Yes, this has to be one of the weird ones out there, but in a good way. It was made just right to keep my ineterest with all the weird stuff going on. Granted, this is not an all out horror assault but the overall production was still good enough. Like all many reviews on here this film has an all out mixed of genres. Starts out like any horror film, slow, creepy, and mysterious. Then it goes into the extreme of weirdness when the medium comes in. Then add in a musical number by the main character which was actually a damn good tune, made me laugh when that came in cause you're like not expecting it. Then add the comedy genre with some hilarious scenes mixed in with some dark humour. And then you have some action towards the end with some good fight scenes in the woods. I actually thought I would only find this movie ok going into it, but I actually liked it more once I finished it.

for the true love of Japanese horror. It is a great buy and entertaining

For the film with the irrelevant title of CRAZY LIPS, I am going to give some crazy tips. Skip this one. I can't think of anyone I dislike enough to pass this onto, even a Chinese lady friend. Others have already mentioned the out-of-nowhere singing number but failed to mention that the blonde FBI agent ducked out of the way of the camera -- the camera shooting this amateur excuse for a film. I love Asian films, particular Asian horror, but this must have been made as a joke with the mistakes left in. Contempt for its viewers? Perhaps.

Out of the 400 or so Asian (mostly Japanese) DVDs that I have this is one of the very few that I regret buying. Normally, if I think a DVD is bad, I won't bother reviewing it at all on the grounds that just because I think it's rubbish doesn't mean that anyone else will. But what annoyed me about this was that it said on the front "from the team that brought you "Ringu", "Juon" & "Audition" & I was gullible enough to think that I would be getting an offering of similar ground-breaking J-horror excellence. But it is not - it is complete rubbish.Forget the title - it's meaningless, as is most of what takes place in the film. I'm well accustomed to the weirdest of Japanese weird, but this is just cheap, unimaginative, sordid & tasteless. It's a pity because it started out quite well & I thought the actresses playing the mother & two daughters were good, but as things progressed it became clear that their talents were wasted. The original story-line - that they were being unjustifiably persecuted by the police, the media & their neighbours on the suspicion that the son was wanted for questioning by the police concerning the disappearance of four teen-age girls - is something that we see all too often in real life. But once the story-line got to the stage where one of the daughters enlists the aid of a "psychic" to trace the whereabouts of her brother then everything goes down the drain. I don't like giving bad reviews but, on the other hand, you've got to be honest.