Okaruto (2009 film)
Okaruto, AKA Occult and The Unidentified (2009 film)
Summary
A documentary film-maker investigates a strange, indiscriminate murder spree at a sightseeing resort. He goes behind the camera to investigate the circumstances surrounding strange occurrences and interview the survivors, including a man with strange runes carved into his flesh by the killer.
Details
- Release Date: 2009
- Country/Language: Japan, Japanese with English subtitles
- Genres/Technical: Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, mockumentary/found-footage
- Runtime: 1 hr 50 min
- Starring: Mika Azuma, Horiken, Kôen Kondô
- Director: Kôji Shiraishi
- Writer: Kôji Shiraishi
- Producer/Production Co: Creative Axa Co. Ltd., Image Rings
- View Trailer: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: (not rated) (perhaps equivalent to PG-13 for Violence)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- SS___ (Two Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; could be a very loose adaptation)
There are weird leech-gods, deranged and suicidal cultists, strange hellish dimensions that the killers "escape" into, mysterious runes, disappearing grottoes, and of course semi-visible tentacle-monsters described as "miracles", "UFOs", or "Ghosts". The special effects failure of the video-taped scene from "hell" are kind of adorable.
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
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A documentary film-maker investigates a strange, indiscriminate murder spree at a sightseeing resort. He goes behind the camera to investigate the circumstances surrounding strange occurrences and interview the survivors, including a man with strange runes carved into his flesh by the killer.
Notes
Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
- Tome: video tape journal recorded by a cultist
- Race: "Miracles" - jellyfish/leech-things also referred to by characters as "Ghosts" and "UFOs"
- Artefact: Rune Stones
- Deity: Hiruko, a weird god with the form of leech
- Location: Kutoro Rock, literally "Nine-Headed Spine Rock") in Mount Ohiruyama (literally "Mount Leech"), dedicated to Hiruko, and riddled with grottoes that appear only temporarily, containing weird rune-stones
