Streaming And Screaming: ‘Ghost Killer’
by Tito W. James
Fumika (Akari Takaishi) is a young woman with the problems of many young millennials: a crappy job market, unaffordable housing, friends with bad boyfriends, and an occasional possession by a professional assassin. OK, so maybe that last one is a little unique. As Fumika struggles to handle her own problems, she gets to know Hideo (Masanori Mimoto), the ghost of the assassin following her around. The young woman decides to take revenge on the gangsters who killed her spectral friend and deal out some justice of her own along the way.
Ghost Killer in another micro-budget action flick from the creators of the Baby Assassins trilogy. Akari Takaishi shines in her new role as the spirit-possessed college student, by playing up the humor of the dual personalities inhabiting one body. Her comedic sensibilities carry the supernatural premise where special effects are absent. Masanori Mimoto also proves to be a slick action star with an incredible hand-to-hand fight sequence at the climax of the film. Currently Ghost Killer holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes — so according to the internet, Ghost Killer is better than Citizen Kane.
Ghost Killer is now streaming on Apple TV+.
