REVIEW: Ikenie or Sacrifice, as it is called when translated to English, reminded me of the many slasher films to come out of the 80s, because the beginning of the movie took place in the woods and there was lots of sex, which is common in 80s slashers. What drew me into the film was reading about the girl coming back as a doll. I like those movies where it's a doll killer or something, and that's why I wanted to check this film out. I was very disappointed.

I knew I wasn't going to expect much from this movie, but I didn't expect it to be this bad. The acting was horrible and so was the plot. The death scenes were dull and there was way too much sex and nudity than the movie needed. It all just became pointless. The doll that the girl came back was a life-size doll that looked somewhat creepy, but that didn’t help anything, considering there's nothing scary or tense about this film at all.

I'm still left confused as to what really happened in the movie, because there were many plot-holes. I've seen many Japanese horror flicks and they all pretty much have a lot of originality and good acting, but this movie has neither. The only reason why I gave the movie a 2-rating instead of a 1 was, because it was interesting in some scenes and it isn't a crappy film to me, but it is a bad one. I was hoping to see some kind of twist or something at the end of the movie, but instead I got some dumbass scene of the doll getting emotional and walking away and I'm left thinking, this better not be the damn ending or I'm gonna be pissed. Bah to that!

OVERALL: A Japanese horror film that doesn't offer the creepiness and original story-line that many others have. I'm sure you've never heard of this movie other than today, so lets just pretend you never read this review, because the movie sucks.