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Nightmare Detective
Nightmare Detective
6.0
/10
206 Ratings

NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE

Akumu Tantei

Directed by Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Japan, 2006
Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Synopsis

Three people in Tokyo take a surreal voyage of self-discovery through memory and nightmares. “O” intends suicide while talking on a cell-phone with a stranger he meets on line who plans a simultaneous suicide. Events take a horrifying turn.

Synopsis

Three people in Tokyo take a surreal voyage of self-discovery through memory and nightmares. “O” intends suicide while talking on a cell-phone with a stranger he meets on line who plans a simultaneous suicide. Events take a horrifying turn.

Our take

Best known for his independent collisions of steel and flesh, it looked like Shin’ya Tsukamoto was going mainstream with this foray into the realms of J-horror. Smuggling this great filmmaker’s DIY aesthetic into the commercial sphere, Nightmare Detective is a techno-chiller that hums with tension.