Rating: NR
Length: 90 minutes

Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)

JAPANESE: Dolby Digital 5.1

English

Uzumaki is apparently Japanese for spiral. A young woman first notices that her boyfriend's father is acting strangely while staring at a snail on a fence. He won't be the only villager to become obsessed with items shaped like spirals. What is happening in this village?

The Japanese have a way of making horror movies more interesting than we (Americans) do. We desire lots of violence/gore, some nudity/sex and a well-defined explanation at the end (unless, of course, the movie people are already thinking sequel); they do not and this film is a prime example of that. I enjoyed how the viewer was slowly pulled in and the surprise and abrupt ending.

Now you know what not to expect and the ending will leave many people dissatisfied.

• Behind the Scenes Featurette & Interviews
• Trailer

Japanese horror films are not for everyone but this might not be a bad movie to start with. You have good character development and a mystery that, at least for this film, isn't completely solved; I for one would like to see this story continued. And, while you're at it, see if you can spot spirals on the screen at different times during the film.

Sadao Abe - Mitsuru Yamaguchi

Denden - Officer Futada

[Ju-on]

Fhi Fan - Shuichi Saito

Eriko Hatsune - Kirie Goshima

Masami Horiuchi - Reporter Ichiro Tamura

Asumi Miwa - Shiho Ishikawa

[Jo-on]

Yuki Murakami - Yukky

Saori Nakane - Little Kirie

Ren Osugi - Toshio Saito

[Audition, Nightmare Detective]

Hinako Saeki - Kyoko Sekino

[Rasen]

Eun-Kyung Shin - Chie Marayama

Taro Suwa - Yasuo Goshima

[Ju-on]

Keiko Takahashi - Yukie Saito

Yasuki Tanaka - Little Shuichi

Tooru Teduka - Yokota Ikuo