Movie

Tomie: Beginning

2005 · 74 min

A queasy, creeping dread settles in as ordinary school life curdles into obsession and body horror, leaving you unsettled long after.

Tagline: I'll show you what Hell is really like
Overview: Within days after the mysterious new student Kawakami Tomie joins a high school classroom, all hell literally breaks loose. Simple in-fighting between boys and girls over Tomie's oppressive shadow soon gives way to mind-breaking violence, culminating in a grizzly dissection that ultimately leads to suicide, insanity, and even more violence.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, madness, identity, violence
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
madness
identity
violence
betrayal
Places: school
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild