http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112939/
A.k.a. Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness or Eko.Eko 1
Eko eko azaraku starts off with a woman running scared through the streets screaming for help, she ends up in an alley and on the walls poster everywhere of someone that scares here even more...later on she ain´t afraid no more due to a big beam in her face
An devilworship cult is after her, Eko Eko Azarak is (surprisingly not) the opening phrase from a Wiccan chant. This movie is based on the manga from Shinichi Koga, see more info below, and the first of 6 movies (inclueding 1 direct to Video full length movie) and a 26 episode Tv drama (made in 1997-98).
Misa Kurri (Kimika Yoshino who was a former teen model and this is her debute) has just been transfered to a new school, a school where one of the teachers are greeting some student girls by feeling their breasts and touching them under their skirts.
Another female teacher is having a sexual relationship with one of the female students.
Some of the students wanna retaliate on Mr Numata (the pervert teacher) by using black magic and voodoism on him. Mizuki (Miho Kanno) takes Misa to where the ceremony is being held, but what no one knows is that Misa claimes to know exactly how to cast magic spells.
A student; Mizuno (Naozumi Takahashi) has been investigating some brutal murders that has struck the town. He sees a connection and points out on a map and sees that each and every single event has been close to the school, what is more terryfying though is that when he draws the lines between the deaths it makes a pentagram…
Eko eko azaraku mixes horror elements (satanic) and sex/nudity with a lot of blood. Some people die in rather bizzare ”accidents” - which results in blood splatter.
Some of the bloody scenes from the movie
As stated before this is the first movie in a series of movies based on a manga. I haven´t read the manga nor seen any other of the movies, but this one got me really interrested to get the manga - for starters atleast - It is the mix of classical horror elements and a little glimpse of perverted teachers that got me hooked. Not only does a male teacher touching/foundle breasts, the female teacher also sticks her hand inside a girls underwear. Those scenes are however short so don´t expect any softporno here.
It also uses CGI effects and they are rather impressive for it´s time, the movie is from 1995, but mostly it is practical effects and the strange/creepy atmosphere that are the strenght of Eko eko azaraku.
The manga was originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion from 1974 to 1979 and for it´s time it must have been shocking and I can understand the fame it got - allthough I should say/write again that I haven´t read the manga.
Shimako Sato (director) and Shinichi Koga (story) Junki Takegami (writer) has made a interresting little horror flick that, understandably, have had several sequals.
So what are you waiting for? If you don´t watch this movie, this red caped person may swing the ax at you...
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She may be pretty, but who knows what she´s really thinking.
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Hahaha! What a shame Misa Kuroi. I wanted to introduce you to Lucifer.
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Official Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOurSHdHwa4
http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ekoeko/
http://www.ganime.jp/ekoeko/index.html
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7441
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