MartinHafer Back in 1984, there was an episode of the series "Tales From the Dark Side" that was a lot like this Japanese short film. In episode 9's "A Case of the Stubborns", Grandpa dies and yet he is so incredibly stubborn that he refuses to admit he's dead or believe it when his daughter and grandson tell him that he died! And he is truly dead but manages to move about the house doing his usual routine...and slowly decomposing! It's all very dark and twisted--but also quite funny.Today I just watched a Japanese DVD with the English title 'Dead Girl Walking" and I think it originally was part of some Japanese TV show. All I know is that at 44 minutes, it sure doesn't seem like it was intended for the theaters.It begins with a hilarious introduction by the writer. He explains how the story you are about to see is so horrible that you should NOT continue watching. Then, when you do, he tells you that you are damned to hell and to enjoy the show! Pretty kooky! The story is set in the home of what initially appears to be a normal sort of Japanese family. However, inexplicably, their teenager's heart stops and she's pronounced dead by the doctor. But, just after this she wakes up and wonders what all the fuss is about--and everyone's reaction is strangely muted. After all, they have a zombie living with them--yet there isn't any excitement or yelling...at least at first. Later, however, the girl starts to decompose and stink and the family's reaction once again is odd. They first try to embalm her at home--then the family attacks her in a particularly bloody scene. Realizing she isn't wanted, she leaves home and begins wandering about....and decomposing more and more as time passes--the bits and pieces dropping off here and there! What happens next you'll have to see for yourself.While the film sounds totally disgusting, the gross scenes are really not that gross. Plus, to save the trouble of making her look nightmarish, much of the time she walks about with a black sheet wrapped around her. While this is a cheap device, it does solve the problem of making the film too gross for all but the most twisted viewers! While not exactly brilliant, the film is funny...and gross...and a bit horrifying...but well wroth seeing if you have a high tolerance for the very weird. Well made and probably best seen with some friends so you can all laugh together at this poor girl's plight.

sevdah I really like J-horror, the weirder the better. That's why I was looking forward to finally seeing " Dead girl walking" - the reviews sounded promising. Unfortunately, that's where the fun started and ended for me. With the reviews.As far as I'm concerned,almost everything in this movie sucked. Directing, acting, screenplay, make - up, special effects, you name it. There was not a shred of anything eerie, ghastly or convincing. Behavior of the girl who inexplicably dies but is still "alive" is simply laughable. Her mother's acting is Z - grade ( the scene where she aimlessly swings the hatchet was stupid beyond belief ). The basic premise of the movie is interesting, but it is executed in such a clumsy, cheap, amateurish and childish fashion that I'm not able to take any of it seriously. No budget, no acting, no characters, no atmosphere, no redeeming value. 1/10.

monsterflick What an odd little movie. At 44 minutes and shot on digital video, this is more of an art piece than a full-length film. Creepy and poetic, it proves that Koji Shiraishi is am extremely talented director. His underrated movie "Ju-Rei: The Uncanny" has been heavily trashed by American viewers online, but I think it's the very model of Asian horror. Deceptively simple cinematography filled with unexpected surprises, quietly creepy atmosphere, and a few good shocking jolts. "Dead Girl Walking" looks great for video, the story is surreal and haunting, and the ending is heartbreaking. Interesting. But I'd only recommend it to hardcore J-horror fans and avant-garde film buffs.

oowawa This short is both very grim and quite funny. The dead girl is such a good girl--a real sweetheart. Nevertheless, in spite of her inner goodness, she is subjected to horrible abuse by fate in general and by her parents in particular. The fact that she is such a sweet and dutiful daughter makes her posthumous abuse by her family the most unfair and confusing part of her death. And still, she literally plods on in misery, losing body parts and suffering humiliation with stoic resignation. In one sense, the film plays off of a universal teenage-girl fantasy of self-pity: "I'm always so good, and look how they treat me. I really don't deserve this. If I dropped dead, they'd be sorry." But part of the horrible joke is that she does in fact drop dead, and instead of being mourned, she only becomes a garbage disposal problem. By twisting this daydream to ludicrous extremes, the film both amuses and horrifies. The images are both surreal and laughably gory. Good job!