Who Are The Toxic Ones? Reviewing TOXIC DAUGHTER (Japan, 2024)

Who Are The Toxic Ones? Reviewing TOXIC DAUGHTER (Japan, 2024)

What could be the reason? Do you have an idea about why Chichan is so upset? Hello everyone. I am the Arty Dans and welcome to Shock Mania, the second, third, fourth, maybe even the best Asian horror movie review channel on YouTube. Although we do review more than just Asian horror movies lately. It has been a lot of Asian horror movies, but we try to balance it up a little bit here. If you’re new to the channel, welcome and I hope you enjoy this video. We’re going to take a look in this review at a Japanese film called Toxic Daughter. But before we check out the review side of it, let’s see what this film’s about. When a new family moves into a corner house with a checkered history, their lives are quickly turned upside down when a mysterious girl dressed in red holding a pair of scissors breaks into their house and assaults Moa, their daughter. As we find out more about the new family and the mysterious girl in red named Chi-Chan, a hidden dark history is exposed, turning the tables on the real toxic member of this family. Yes, welcome back everyone. I have to say that this is an utterly captivating but odd film. It’s very typically traditional Japanese style of movie. And by that I mean that it’s a very slow burn at the start where the movie does spend a lot of its time building up the atmosphere and the story and the tension and then it hits this mark but about halfway through the movie where all hell breaks loose or in this movie’s case starts to break loose and then I feel when it did that this movie really delivered on what I expected from it and what I wanted was for the movie to fully explore toxic culture and what it does. I find the name of the movie to be quite interesting though because during the film, you are left to wonder if it’s accurate and which daughter the title’s referring to. Polite Japanese society is on full display here, but the movie attempts to peel back that layer. Our main character, Hagino, is a diligent housewife and a talented costume designer. Her husband wants to have a baby, but we can tell pretty quickly that this is not an idea that excites her. But she does what she thinks is the right thing for her husband, not for her. And as the movie progresses, we see there are quite a few things that Hageno is forced into doing that she doesn’t want to do. And then we’ve got Moa, the daughter. Now, she studies at home, fully self-paced. She wears a black glove, which isn’t explained until about 30 or so minutes into the film, leaving the audience to wonder what she’s hiding and why she doesn’t go to school. As we find out more about her, we see how she tries to hold on to things that are special to her, such as the color yellow. And an example of that happens in the film when her father asks her to design a new sweater. She obviously creates it in yellow, but he pushes her to change that color into blue. And as the movie progresses, we find out why he does that. It’s these little attention to details that I really appreciated in this film. But the movie does take a very wanted tone shift when we meet Chi-Chan. She’s the mysterious girl in red who carries a large pair of scissors. She’s a bit like a spirit. She has a connection to the house, except she’s a real person. She’s not a ghost. She’s a real person with unexplained trauma. But if you pay enough attention, you’ll realize that it’s all explained very clearly. This movie is a reflection of a part of society that isn’t spoken about in polite company. Abuse, control, violence. The real horror of our world isn’t ghosts, spirits, curses, or ghouls. It’s the things that you can see, the things that you love, and the things that are supposed to protect you and love you back. And if that makes you uncomfortable, then maybe this is a film that you should watch. So, using my patent pending ghost rating, which stands for great horror or stupid trash, I’ll give this three ghosts. I think this is worthy of three ghosts because I enjoyed the film for what it was and the story that it told. It is not a full-on scary bloody horror film. Like I said, it explores human psyche and that kind of behavior of people and how they control others around them. That’s the true horror of our world. Some of you might look at Chich Chan holding the pair of scissors and think, “Ooh, Edward Scissor Hands,” but it’s not quite at that level. The movie does have a couple of very uncomfortable scenes in it. But for everything else, it it’s a really good exploration of not just Japanese family life, but perhaps family life all throughout the world. Have you seen Toxic Daughter and what did you think of it? I did enjoy this film and it’s something that I would recommend that you go and watch. I want to have a special shout out to two channel members, Anthony and Kurt. Thank you so much. We have a discord and if you’d like to join the discord and chat along with us, there is a link at the end of this video or in the description of the video below. As I said at the start, I am the Arty Dance. You are watching Shockmania. Thank you so much for tuning in. Like, subscribe, leave a comment, join the Discord, and I’ll catch you next

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GENRE Horror Thriller
DIRECTOR Eisuke Naito
STARRING Aimi Satsukawa, Sera Uehara, Himena Irei
ORIGINAL TITLE 毒娘
ALTERNATIVE TITLE Toxic Daughter
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN Japan
RELEASE DATE 5 April 2024

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