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Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre — s01e03 — "Hanging Balloon"

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Duration: 25 min.
Released: 19.01.202319.01.2023 15:00
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1 season
s01e03
s01e01 - "The Strange Hikizuri Siblings"
s01e02 - "The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel" "Ice Cream Bus"
s01e03 - "Hanging Balloon"
s01e04 - "Four x Four Walls" "The Sandman’s Lair"
s01e05 - "Intruder" "Long Hair in the Attic"
s01e06 - "Mold" "Library Vision"
s01e07 - "Tomb Town"
s01e08 - "Layers of Terror" "The Thing that Drifted Ashore"
s01e09 - "Tomie・Photo"

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zerafim
zerafim
21 Jan 2023, 00:34 # Show original
It's a really creepy story, it's good that the whole episode was highlighted
Scheusalwirt
Scheusalwirt
21 Jan 2023, 16:49 # Show original
Something about this story, unlike the previous ones, really scared me so that I could hardly sleep later))) Those crazy eyes of inflatable heads...
Scheusalwirt
Scheusalwirt
21 Jan 2023, 16:53 # Show original
I haven't read Junzdi Ito before, I've only seen excerpts from The Spiral (they even suddenly sell coloring books on it, I came across it in a bookstore in Thailand), I'm getting to know myself fully for the first time in this series.
And suddenly his stories remind me of our typical Soviet horror stories from pioneer camps, about a coffin on wheels, etc. Not in the bad sense that ridiculous horror stories, but just in the sense that our horror stories also always have some kind of inevitable horror, a hopeless end and the absolute inexplicability of what is happening, and it scares you more than Classic zombies/monsters that can be shot or blown up, like in American horror movies. Apparently, in this our horrors are closer to the eastern than to the western ones.
Amiko_Novich
Amiko_Novich
16 Feb 2023, 03:02 # Show original
@Scheusalwirt: Yes, that's his thing for me. It reminds us of all sorts of horror stories that we used to poison at night sitting around a campfire in the village, the book series "Goosebumps" from the 90s and the series of the same name, which was played on Ren-TV in the noughties called "Goosebumps". But this particular story is very weak — he has creations that are much more creepy and much funnier.
Bairum
Bairum
22 Jan 2023, 06:14 # Show original
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Terumi in an outfit with a hat has already, like, managed to show a glimpse in one of the past novels. In my opinion, just as part of a news story or an interview in the background. I hope that there will be more moments showing that the action of the plots takes place in the same world.
I agree with the commentator above about children's horror stories. It was this episode that reminded me of a casket on wheels and others like it. The best series so far.
kimhanbabo
kimhanbabo
22 Jan 2023, 13:24 # Show original
@Bairum: if I understood correctly, then yes, in the story about the ice cream man, when they watched TV after their son returned from a bus ride, there was news with an interview with Terumi :)
kimhanbabo
kimhanbabo
22 Jan 2023, 13:19 # Show original
One of the best stories of Junji Ito, but there is too little horror in this adaptation : (The drawing reminded of True sadness/Paprika is more than a series of Ito. Especially in the faces of the balls that have already been hung, there is very little of the "death" that can be seen in the manga. But in the beginning, when Terumi's body was shown, the details were in place 👍🏻
shapkanevedimka
shapkanevedimka
22 Jan 2023, 18:36 # Show original
What a clumsy cgi here.
mara_sun
mara_sun
26 Jan 2023, 23:17 # Show original
In the manga, this story felt creepy, but here at the level of "attack of killer tomatoes". Well, at least I had a laugh from the 3D cringe
Amiko_Novich
Amiko_Novich
16 Feb 2023, 02:55 # Show original
Probably the stupidest Ito horror story I've ever read. So far, the choice of stories for the film adaptation is depressing. It would be better to choose a comic about creepy stand-up girls, at least you can laugh there)
Мася
Мася
13 Apr 2023, 06:56 # Show original
It's a really exciting story, unexpected and catchy.
forestfog
forestfog
18 Jul 2023, 00:22 # Show original
To be honest, this is my favorite episode in two seasons.
It is so hopeless and sad that there is nothing to say
ProntoHERO
ProntoHERO
25 Oct 2023, 02:46 # Show original
about the heads is a cool series))
TTOSS
TTOSS
12 Mar 19:50 # Show original
That was really creepy, finally)
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