this feeble attempt at veer your typically bland japanese horror movie more towards a creepy cult hit do not have the ammunition need to keep the viewer involve throughout . translate to vortex and uzumaki be about just that an irrational and overabundant tribute to the strange downward spiral into nothingness that have seemingly captivate a whole small town into dementia obsess lunatic . while this certainly make for a pleasurable b movie on the surface and the traditionally tiresome acting and direction and and script will have all but asian horror buff shake their head in dismay . what could have roughly translate into japanese equivalent of an early david lynch piece and instead war out it spiral gimmickry before it even have a chance to explain itself which of course it do not . aside from a few clever technique employ and the movie rarely connect the dizzy thematics with the dull script and ultimately come across a a cheap exploitation into the cult genre and substitute hollow imagery for genuine substance . when the movie have end there be hardly anything that be gain from any of the interaction and save a tiny few scene or image that rise above the one note film . i do applaud the maker for at least try to take the genre into more supernatural and metaphysical realm and understand the rough loss lose in translation and but with zero substance to back any of it freakishness up this will likely be relegate to obscure fanboy bong ridden basement .