Showing as part of DIFF’s Midnight Mayhem program, Kotoko is a psychological horror movie about one delusional young mother. The movie spans a few years during which Kotoko, the woman, suffers various paranoid episodes that put her, her child’s and her lover’s lives at risk. Told from the prospective of Kotoko, the movie blurs the lines of imagination and reality, as is want of such movies. While most of the movie’s horror elements work (psychological, as well as gore), the movie falters because of its haphazard narrative. Details are left out, and some guess-work is required to explain some situations. It also features extended scenes of singing, owing to the fact that the lead actress is a popular singer-composer. This may please fans of the actress, but it does not help the movie. Yet, for the part of the movie that does work, i.e. horror, the short running time makes it an effortless watch.
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