Ghost Train

Japanese horror films seldom have coherent storylines. Ghost Train is no exception, with a poorly constructed plot entirely lacking in logic and imagination.

The film stars Erika Sawajiri as Nana, a responsible high school girl who has to take care of the family while her mother is in hospital. One evening, her younger sister disappears after picking up a railway pass from the train floor.

While searching for her sister, Nana meets Kanae, whose boyfriend mysteriously fell into the path of an approaching train. The two young girls, bonded by misfortune, decide to fight against the evil that lives inside the train tunnel.

Brave female characters are always great to watch. But their bravery is due to the filmmakers' laziness.

Why doesn't the train company seek help from some kind of ghostbusters when they know there is a vengeful spirit in the tunnel? Why don't the police conduct a search after so many train passengers disappear? Above all, why is the tunnel haunted?

Since director Takeshi Furusawa appears to be as helpless as Nana and Kanae in the face of these questions, the film quickly falls apart after an interesting start.