Hiruko the Goblin

1991

★★★ Added

There were so many great ideas in this movie that was unfortunately bogged down by the unnecessarily long emotional scenes. Aside from suffering from pacing issues, it sometimes felt like a mix of the Evil Dead and The Goonies. It had the fun monster effects, the frantic camera and ancient tomb adventure moments. This could really benefit from a shorter cut where they cut all the emotion and lean into the splatter.

Also, the uncle and nephew relationship is reminiscent of LMFAO