forbidden siren be base upon the siren 2 playstation 2 ( so many 2 ) game . like most video game turn movie and i would say the majority do not translate into a different medium really well . and that go for this one too and painfully . there a pretty long prologue which explain and set the premise for the story and and the mysterious island on which a writer ( leo morimoto ) and his child and daughter yuki ( yui ichikawa ) and son hideo ( jun nishiyama ) come to move into . the villager do not look all too friendly and and soon enough and sound advice be give about the siren on the island and to stay indoors once the siren start wail . naturally and slowly and thing start to go bump and and our sibling go on a mission beat around the bush to discover exactly what be happen on this unfriendly island with it strange inhabitant . but in truth and you will not bother with what go on and a folklore and fairy tale get throw in to convolute the plot even more . what be really push it into the realm of bad comedy be it unwittingly ill place out of the norm moment which just draw pitiful giggle at it sheer stupidity and until it explain much later . it one thing try to come up and present something smart and but another thing do it convincingly and with loophole cover . despite it clock in under 90 minute i think it a horror movie phenomenon to have that a a runtime benchmark it give that almost two hour feel with it slow buildup to tell what it want to . thing begin to pick up toward the last 20 minute and but it a classic case of too little too late . what save the movie be how it change tack and it revelation at the end . again this be a common device use to try and elevate a seemingly simple horror movie into something a little bit extra in the hope of wow an audience . it turn out rather satisfactorily and but leave a bad aftertaste a you will feel cheated somewhat . there be two way a twist will make you feel it either elevate the movie to a memorable level and or provide you with that hokey feeling . unfortunately forbidden siren belong more to the latter . the save grace will be it cinematography with it use of light and shadow and mirror and but i will be that explicit it still not worth the time and so well to avoid this .