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This movie was sabotaged by its own PR team.

Putting "gore" in the title is supposed to be like a red handkerchief in the back pocket of your jeans, letting you know what you're getting into. I think the very title is what gave people a misleading expectation that wasn't fulfilled. And thus, a tainted view of the actual movie -- which was almost good, with some rare and surpisingly horrific moments.

And THAT was the biggest "jump scare" of them all: finding out that Tokyo Gore School was on a much higher tier than other movies of its ilk. Of course, that means that there were more BORING parts e.g., people talking to each other, kissing, introspection, etc. But the boring movie part of a supposedly GORE movie rendered the movie an almost good movie.

The lead was cute enough to keep looking at.

Seems like he actually knew his way through a mid-air swirl and twist.

The movie kept my interest WITHOUT the hoped for gore.

But still, I was satisfied.

BUT -- there WAS some gore. Don't get it twisted.

Just not all that much. Acting happened instead.

But we were tainted with a misleading brain meme that caused us to twist our balloon animal of attention a certain way, and then those expections and hopes were destroyed.

But on the bright side, there's usually a friend that isn't so much into gore, horror, and violence. So you compromise:

Tokyo Gore School is a perfect movie for you two to enjoy together.

This made my brain and eyeballs fistbump!

I accidentally wrote a review of this on the Rules Were Made to be Broken page --- but the criticisms are pretty much the same: I don't really have any.

It IS funny, it IS full of action, it IS weird (the good kind.) Do NOT be distracted by all the manga fanboys and fangirls critical reviews --- I'm NOT familiar with the series and therefore saw the movie in a pure and holy state of untainted innocence.

I LOVED it!!

Completely non-boring, funny weird and weirdly funny, filled with extra-special fx, awesome fight scenes, and over-the-top acting!

Made my eyeballs fistbump.

Watched it twice --- which I rarely do --- and I'll watch it again!

One thing that makes the movie so wonderful is that I saw it fresh and untainted by all the tedious comparisons and complaints from the MANGA crowd. None of the criticisms swayed me or wreck it for me --- and I LOVED IT!!