Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan is a horror movie that is more frightening to its characters, than its audience. A synopsis:
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, Kwaidan features four nightmarish tales in which terror thrives and demons lurk. Adapted from traditional Japanese ghost stories, this lavish, widescreen production drew extensively on Kobayashi’s own training as a student of painting and fine arts.
Saw, it ain't.
So if you like your scares fast and cheap, the film's deliberate pace may not work for you. Otherwise, check out Criterion's primo edition on DVD. The colors really pop. You cheap bastards can also watch the entire film on YouTube.
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