Angels of Death
2018
Original language: Japanese
- action & adventure
- animation
The story
Most girls waking up without any memory and meeting a serial killer would panic, but not Rachel. In fact, far from being her biggest problem, killer Zack might just prove a convenient resource when it comes to finding a way out of the building in which they're both trapped!
What it’s like
Clean digital animation with hard-edged linework, a restrained palette of cold blues, greys and sterile whites, and sudden bursts of arterial red that land like punctuation. Much of the action unfolds in confined corridors, elevator shafts and dim industrial rooms, lit by flat fluorescents and the occasional flickering bulb, so the spaces feel claustrophobic and clinical rather than atmospheric. The score leans on pulsing synth and tense, sparse percussion that drops out abruptly before violence. Its vibe is bleak, brisk and darkly comic: a late-night binge for someone who wants suspense with a sardonic edge. Intensity is high: frequent, graphic gore, bloody deaths and cruelty, with dread and psychological menace running throughout, and some sexual undertones. Pacing is fast and episodic, with cliffhanger endings, and the central relationship is an uneasy, shifting alliance between two unreliable survivors who keep testing each other's trust. Not suited to anyone seeking something gentle. Made for viewers who enjoy grisly horror-thrillers, video-game-style escape puzzles, and morally murky anti-heroes.
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