Alexander says: “A widescreen black & white tour de force, this film casts a hypnotic spell over all who see it.”

Two women in feudal Japan survive by killing weakened samurai and selling their clothes. When they take in a soldier, lust, rage, and treachery threaten to undo them. Perfect for Halloween.

“Onibaba is a chilling movie, a waking nightmare shot in icy monochrome, and filmed in a colossal and eerily beautiful wilderness: a Japanese susuki field, or pampas-grass field — the movie was shot in the north-western section of the Inba swamp in Japan’s Chiba prefecture.” — Peter Bradshaw