Eko Eko Azarak: Misa the Dark Angel

Eko Eko Azarak: Misa the Dark Angel (1998)

R 15 Jan 1998 • Horror • 1h 35m
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I got the first three of these films in a set and thought this the big finale, but apparently more episodes have come out - I'm not sure why....Although the word "homoerotic" ought to include art concerning lesbians as well as gay men, it is usually used for the latter, so we will have to coin a new word here, "lesbo-erotic". The "Eko Eko" series is a lesbo-erotic witch story about a young white which battling the dark forces of Satan and his kin. Earlier entries had explicitly sapphic material, this operates a little more implicitly and will be more accessible for main-stream audiences.I also found the story easier to follow and easier to bear here. The series as a whole is amusing at best, but let's face facts - it's trash. Considerable effort has been made to duplicate the old Hammer Vampire films of the early 1970s. Well, there's nothing wrong with that, that's why this series is amusing; but "art"? The best horror film you're likely to see in quite a while? Afraid - not. Although the story is tighter than the other entries, the fundamental problem with these films altogether is their lack of coherence. You will get confused here - very confused.What the hell is Satan doing in Japan anyway? And how did H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulu suddenly pop out of nowhere here? And why am I watching a Japanese direct-to-video remake of Hammer horror films from the early '70s?well, I had a couple hours to waste....well, that's about it, folks; you could probably do worse, you can certainly do better.

Katsuhito Ueno
Director
Sôtarô Hayashi, Kengo Kaji, Shinichi Koga
Writer
Hinako Saeki, Ayaka Nanami, Missy Bolden
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Language: Japanese
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Country: Japan
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4.9

IMDb (256 votes)
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