After studying in Tokyo, Kaori returns to Aina Academy to finish her prep classes for art school. Quickly outshining her jealous classmates, she soon becomes the star of the class when she discovers a bag of old, mysterious clay and uses it for sculpting assignments. Things begin to get strange, however, when students’ projects are destroyed and one of Kaori’s classroom rivals disappears. As the students uncover that the clay is possessed by a starving artist who died tragically in the building years ago, the school finds itself attacked by a gang of murderous, bloodthirsty clay “vampires.” The monsters begin to impersonate – and subsequently devour – the students, thus answering the age-old question: can art be so bad that it kills?
When it comes down to it, this trailer had me at “From special effects master Soichi Umezawa”; because if there is one thing I care most about in horror, it’s practical effects. And boy, is this trailer packed full of them. Set in an art school where students create sculptures, special clay starts mixing with human blood, causing them to come to life and attack. Simple, silly, campy, and all around awesome looking.
I’ll be eagerly anticipating this film until its (mostly) midnight theatrical and VOD release on April 20th.
