CRITICAL CONSENSUS

Robert K. Elder - Chicago Tribune

Sean Axmaker - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Richard James Havis - Hollywood Reporter

Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide Online

Rene Rodriguez - Miami Herald

Michael O'Sullivan - Washington Post

Marc Savlov - Austin Chronicle

Lawrence Toppman - Charlotte Observer

Liam Lacey - Globe & Mail

Jami Bernard - NY Daily News

V.A. Musetto - NY Post

Manohla Dargis - NY Times

Peter Hartlaub - SF Chronicle

Mike Clark - USA Today

Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times

DUELING CRITICS

"A master of atmosphere, Japanese director Takashi Shimizu leads his audience along on a celluloid leash to his pitch-black attic of horror, inviting each hair on the back of your neck to stand up"

- Robert K. Elder

"The movie may have some subterranean level on which the story strands connect and make sense, but it eluded me. The fragmented time structure is a nuisance, not a style."

- Roger Ebert