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Kono sekai no katasumi ni (2016)
Old school Otaku, here.
1993. I've been watching anime regularly since 1993. Serious stuff. Silly stuff. Seriously silly stuff. I've had to wade through a lot of formulaic garbage to get to the good stuff.
This is a masterpiece.
Meridian (1990)
It can be made in 1990 all it wants...
...this is 80s horror cheese to the core. Delicious.
That said, while the STUNNING beauty of the two actresses probably brought you here (and do make the whole thing worth it) the best reason to stay is to see 80s horror cheese try SO. DAMN. HARD. to be a 'work of erotic Gothic film.' There's a special charm to such efforts if you watch for it. There are enough spoilers in the other reviews, so I'll elaborate on how this isn't just another 'so bad it's good' kind of charm. Specifically, while the slow motion shots and synth music must have seemed cliché even at the time, there is never one tongue in cheek or 'we know we're bad so go easy on us' moment. This is a recipe for pretentiousness or misguided sincerity, take your pick. Take it the same way you'd chose to be frightened or swindled out of your aloof cynical money at a carnival spook house.