#7 - Cure (1997)
(dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
A series of bizarre murders is plaguing Tokyo, all committed by different people who seem to have no connection to each other. What they do have in common is that the killers had no apparent motive and in each case they have carved a giant X into the necks of their victims. Detective Takabe struggles to put the pieces together, but is always one step behind the next murder. Meanwhile, a young drifter with severe amnesia appears, but his connection to the killings is unclear.
Despite being structured more like a police procedural and containing few outright horror elements, this film is absolutely permeated with a Lynchian sense of dread and unease. It's more of an existential and nihilistic horror - yeah, the murders are disturbing, but what is really scary are the questions that the film asks about ourselves. I don't want to go into detail on this because it would mean sharing spoilers here, and also because it's probably best to come up with your own interpretation of the film. A good question to keep in mind is: why is it titled Cure?
This is brilliant and certainly the best film I've watched so far. There isn't much in the way of shocks and scares, but the implications are bound to stick with you for some time. Very highly recommended.
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