Movie Review - Jigoku

Jigoku (1960)
directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
rating: 3 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from the vaults

The thing about these Japanese ghost stories is you think you're in for an atmospheric, spooky voyage - and you are - but the price you pay is so many characters shouting or screaming every line that maybe your 9th circle of hell is soundtracks like this one played ad nauseam through gorgeous, crystal-clear headphones.