What I was thinking about watching Kwaidan this time is the horror of all of the scenes is not in any twist or shocking reveal, for the most part you know exactly what’s happening from the outset, and there’s time for it to be disquieting and human and sad in the slow unfolding

In the ghosts of the dead of the great battle of Dan no ura get to live again in a strange way while having their story told over and over again, and there’s something understandable and pathetic about them trying to live again, even if it’s killing the singer, even if it’s their last moments