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The director of this film recalled a producer telling him that the studio greenlit the project because they were losing money on films that were “comprehensible,” and they deemed this film “completely incomprehensible.” The director of this film noted that kids “can come up with things that can’t be explained” when discussing his decision to incorporate several ideas from his young daughter into the script. For a death scene in this film, the director poured blue paint onto actress Ai Matsubara to make it appear as if she was dissolving in blood. (15[1])This film was originally meant to have a similar script to the recently released (*) Jaws. Other bizarre deaths in this film include a man being turned into a pile of bananas, a girl being eaten mid kick by a hanging light, and Melody being consumed by a piano. For 10 points, give this 1977 cult film by Nobuhiko Obayashi about several young women traveling to a haunted domicile. ■END■

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