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Mar
03
2008

Hide The Microphones!  Here Comes KARAOKE TERROR!

Posted by Todd Brown at 7:07pm.

Posted in Trailer Alerts , Thriller, Cult, Comedy, Horror, Asia.

We have long lamented the lack of an English friendly release of Japanese cult flick Karaoke Terror (aka The Complete Japanese Showa Songbook) in these parts.  If ever a film seemed destined for instant cult success this was it, telling the story of a gang of young karaoke singing men led by Ryuhei Matsuda and Masanobu Ando in an increasingly violent and bloody conflict with a group of similarly vocal-minded middle aged women.  It’s very violent, very funny and features a cast stacked with what are now big names within the Japanese film industry.  But I guess it just came a little too soon ... Matsuda and Ando are both more than big enough stars to carry a film solo now but back then neither of them had really proven themselves and while writer Ryu Murakami - of Coin Locker Babies fame, and author of the source novel here - had already acheived some western notoriety as the screen writer for Takashi Miike’s Audition his was the biggest name involved at the time and it simply wasn’t judged big enough, apparently, and so the film has slipped under the radar for about five years now.

But no more!  Synapse Films release it on DVD next month and we’ve gotten our grubby little hands on a trio of proper trailers for the film!  There’s a brief television spot, a longer teaser, and a full length theatrical trailer.  You’ll find all three embedded below the break in the Twitch Player.

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Reader Comments

  1. ChevalierAguila 03/04/2008 @ 12:00am

    Looks very good.

  2. Oldboy 03/04/2008 @ 9:50am

    speaking of Coin Locker Babies.... any news on the upcoming film adaptation of this book? Supposedly starring Asia Argento, Tadanobu Asano..... and Val Kilmer??? So the rumors go.....

  3. Todd Brown 03/04/2008 @ 11:22am

    I know some people at the sales company handling Coin Locker Babies and they’re looking into the current status for me.

  4. Oldboy 03/04/2008 @ 11:41am

    awesome! thanks Todd. Curious on where that one is going.

  5. Cairo 03/05/2008 @ 11:15pm

    I definitely have to check this one out. Thanks for the trailers!

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