Sensei Sensibility

*Trigger Warning: The Sadness strongly features many scenes of sexual violence that some viewers may wish to avoid.* Welcome to Sensei Sensibility! You are the hungry mind yearning to devour Asian horror cinema; I am the (questionably) knowledgeable Sensei , more than happy to satiate your cinematic appetite. If you’re looking for a film filled with expert character development, in-depth plot progression, providing a fresh take on an over-exhausted genre, avoid Rob Jabbaz's  The Sadness at all costs. However, if you would like to see the most shocking pandemic-themed extremity horror I think anyone has ever produced, then please, embrace The Sadness with open arms and a full heart. The “Alvin Virus” is running amok in modern day Taipei, in a fictional pandemic that initially is almost parallel with our non-fiction one. The one difference between Alvin and Corona is: Alvin has terrifying mutational possibilities, producing violent results not dissimilar to rabies. Let u...

Welcome to Sensei Sensibility! You are the hungry mind, yearning to devour Asian horror themed media; I am the (questionably) knowledgeable Sensei , more than happy to satiate your cinematic appetite.  In an ever-changing and uncertain world, the certainty of Asian found footage and their myriad of iconic tropes can be… a mixed blessing. Handled poorly, our long-black-haired, white night dress wearing jump scaring friends, or fiends, can leave us jaded. A bland “it’s been done” taste in our mouths.  Thankfully, Kevin Ko’s 2022 Taiwanese horror Incantation treads the Trope versus Terror line beautifully.  Blending found footage, folk horror and family drama, Incantation is reminiscent of Noroi: The Curse and Dark Wate r while still being a horrific entity of its own. Li Ronan, solidly portrayed by Tsai Hsuan-yen , is a single mother regaining custody of her ridiculously adorable daughter “Dodo”. Dodo has spent her first six years of life at a social services protecte...