Leaving Tokyo for an Osaka destination, a Japanese airliner flies through mysterious flame red skies. When birds suddenly fly into the plane killing themselves, clearly something is not normal. When a hijacker (Hideo Ko) pulls a gun and demands the plane fly to Okinawa, a strange bright light causes the plane to crash. For the survivors, the horror is just beginning. As one passenger quips, "I have a feeling that something is going to happen that will blow our minds!". While not quite the mind blower we're promised, it's still a heady trip. This Japanese horror flick has more on its mind than the usual scary movie tricks. An alien force has plans to destroy Earth but from the frequently inserted images of war atrocities and political assassinations and passengers turning on each other, it's clear that mankind is doing a perfectly good job of destroying itself without any alien help. Bathed in lurid Fujicolor and shot in Grandscope, if you're a fan of Japanese horror (apparently the film is a favorite of Quentin Tarantino), you should check it out. Directed by Hajime Sato. With Teruo Yoshida, Tomomi Sato, Eizo Kitamura and the film's token Caucasian, Kathy Horan.
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