The Complex

The Complex

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Release Date

5/13/2013

Runtime

106 mins

Genres

Overview

Nursing student Asuka has just moved into an apartment complex with her parents and younger brother. On the first night in her new room, she is awoken by a strange scratching sound coming from the apartment of her neighbor, a reclusive old man who has refused all attempts at communication. Concerned over his well being, Asuka enters his home only to find him dead from malnutrition. Worse, it looks as if he had been trying to claw his way into her room. Asuka learns that there have been a number of strange deaths in the complex over the years from Shinobu, the handyman cleaning up the old man’s apartment. Even the girls at school whisper rumors of it being haunted.

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

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Revenue

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A slow-burning Japanese haunting that seeps into you through atmosphere rather than scares, as a young woman becomes entangled in the malevolent history of her new home. The film treats supernatural dread as an extension of loneliness and decay.

Mood

UnsettlingDread-soakedClaustrophobicContemplative

Themes

IsolationMortalityObsession

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHandheldDesaturated

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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