misa kuroi be the new mysterious girl at a japanese high school and who know about witchcraft and this and be what have draw her to this place . something evil be lurk and she there to put an end to it . she gain respect from her fellow pupil when she confess to be a witch and when she perform curse on a hat teacher and it work . however it all change and when the teacher actually turn up in a very severe accident . she get the blame and a gossip spread that people close to her die . during an after school exam and misa and twelve student get lock in for the night and their teacher have disappear . when they try to escape and there seem to be some sort of force stop them from leave and try to kill them off . there only chance rest on misa and but try to convince them to trust her be another matter . we get a change of pace with this quirky and surrealistic and lurid and highly bold low budget occult or supernatural or slasher j horror film and which be inspire by shinichi koga 70 manga comic . yes and there no vengeful spirit here . the film basically exploit it risqué moment at every opportunity with candid lesbian act ( teacher and student relationship ) that follow onto unpleasantly gruesome detail in what you can call spicy camp . director shimako sato stylishly paint an edgy shocker with grisly set piece work into a claustrophobic atmosphere of dread and which hang over the latter half of the film . the cheap feel to it all work to it advantage with it limited set ( basically all set in the school ground ) and and the adept special effect and macabre make up come off extremely potent and well organise . while the majority of the pacing in the opening half slowly kick off in first gear and it not until just after the halfway mark where the tempo get frenetic and the blood splatter hit the fan . lurk within the haunting context be a cold and creepy tenor and which make the inventive death incredibly blood curdling . the sweeping camera work that dream up can capture some uncanny frame and lighting be keep rather under lit to breath a really unsteady gloominess . in the background be a faintly effective and wistful music score . the story be nothing we haven not see before and but it still come off fresh and stable with it interesting idea and which silly overtone can feature and convoluted action creep up . nonetheless it keep a disorientating and tense feeling on how thing be go to turn out in the end . there not much of a background to the witch misa in this story and a she pretty much thrown right into this one and we get to accept it and even though this vagueness could frustrate . this would be the first of four chapter of this character . and the second entry ( which isn not too bad and remind of the terminator ) would go onto be a prequel and which explain a lot about misa past and how she become to be a witch . the static script throw around plenty of witchcraft mumbo jumbo and let the mystery unfold perfectly fine with few well disguise red herring and pawn figure . the usual twist be also throw in for good measure . performance range from brood to flamboyant and but either way it always amuse . kimika yoshino in the lead part bring a quiet determination in her strong performance a misa . naozumi takahashi life it up and in the part of the jealous and wannabe wizard student and miho kanno keep it all innocent and soft a misa friend . a stellar ryoka yuzuki look steamy and but strike up a flinty barrier in her small part and mio takaki make for a stoically steely turn a the teacher shirai . a dark and forebode teen j horror film in the area of black magic and which it bumpy pace can get just too causal . well worth the peek for fan .