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An utterly terrifying, beautiful, yet at times confusing movie. The visuals are stunning and draws you in while the horror or the geek looms constantly.

I wish Steven Chao was the director. The film may have been saved. The script is perfect, costume sublime, sets gorgeous, and acting is suitable. But the tone is all wrong. It's oddball direction clashes uncomfortably with the serious script. A better director may have toyed with the craziness as in Aeroplane, but we weren't so lucky.

An easy to watch version that sits alongside classics. Very in your face with the subtext, but that's ok