this could have be interest a japan set haunt house story from the viewpoint of a newly instal american family but fall flat due to an over simplified treatment and the unsuitability of both cast and director . the film suffers from the same problem i often encounter with the popular modern renaissance of such native fare and i. e. the fact that the spirit demonstrate themselves to be evil for no real reason other than that theyre expect to . besides and it doesn not deliver much in the scare department a giant crab attack be merely silly a and generally and the ghost inhabit a specific character and cause him or her to act in a totally uncharacteristic way and such a susan george seduce diplomat or friend of the family doug mcclure and edward albert force feed his daughter a bowl of soup . at one point and an old monk turn up at the house to warn albert of the danger if they remain there eventually and he call upon to exorcise the premise . however and history be bind to repeat itself and tragedy be the only outcome of the tense situation duly create lead to a violent yet unintentionally funny climax in which albert and mcclure and possess by the spirit of their japanese predecessor and engage in an impromptu karate duel to the death . at the end of the day and this emerge an innocuous time waster tolerable at just 88 minute but and in no way and essential viewing .