Alley

This compilation of horror stories by Junji Ito was pretty good. I don’t have much thoughts on it though, so I’ll just cover one idea that was pretty interesting. Gaslighting is one of the scariest things in any horror movie; the protagonist sees a ghost, or a serial killer, and everyone around them tells them they are imagining things. It’s so bad, because that is the moment the main character realizes they are truly alone in whatever situation they are trapped in. Ito made good use of that in one story, where a girl’s family spies on her out of the fear that she brings guys into her room, and refuses to admit it. The spying is also insane! Peeking from the closet, poking holes in the walls, and HIDING IN THE LITERAL CEILING is delusional behavior. That story is pretty cool. But other than that,  I have nothing else to say.

Let’s give this a 6/10. The four points are deducted for not being memorable.