This movie begins with a man named "Kazuhiko Sagawa" (Atsuo Nakamura) taking a taxi from Tokyo to a remote area of the country to see his fiancé "Yuko Nonomura" (Yukiko Kobayashi) who he hasn't seen in 6 months. When he finally gets to her house he meets Yuko's mother "Shidu Nonomura" (Yôko Minakaze) who sadly informs him that Yuko died in a car wreck 2 weeks ago. Stricken with grief and unable to get transportation back home he is invited to spend a few days at the house. That night he sees Yuko. Eight days later his sister "Keiko Sagawa" (Kayo Matsuo) gets concerned because he hasn't called her or returned to Tokyo. So she asks her fiancé "Hiroshi Takagi" (Akira Nakao) to drive her to Yuko's house to see what is going on. Now rather than reveal any more of the story I will just say that, having already seen the other two movies in the "Bloodthirsty Trilogy", I was a bit disappointed. Part of the reason for my disappointment was the fact that this film didn't have the same Gothic foundation as the other two and I felt that this deviation wasn't for the better. To be more specific I was expecting a "classic" vampire picture but got what appeared to be an "old style" zombie movie instead. At least, that's how it seemed to me. Having said that I realize that vampires are portrayed differently in various cultures but even so the other two movies in the series-even if they had no thematic relationship with one another-were more similar to a "Hammer" movie than this particular film. In any case, whether a ghost, zombie or vampire movie it seemed both out-of-place and rather lackluster and because of that I rate it as slightly below average.
Review of The Vampire Doll
