For a low-budget J-horror flick based on a video game this is surprisingly pretty good, and trust me I know how bad those can get. You will have to put up with stuff like silly voice-overs for the film's prepubescent specters which naturally doesn't do the supernatural element any favors, but this has always been more of a gore porn franchise where one of the main appeals is seeing the myriad number of graphic, gruesome ways these characters die anyways, and while occasionally marred by spots of cheap practical effects and CGI it does deliver the expected grisly, stomach-churning moments of mutilation and disfigurement. This is also just a solid adaptation of many of the most memorable moments from that first entry in the series in general. Honestly the biggest issue fans could have with this is simply how familiar it all is. This is essentially a beat for beat live-action remake of the earlier animated miniseries Tortured Souls, which itself was the bleakest retelling of the source material possible, so if you've already seen that then there really isn't anything here that will surprise you. For newcomers however, this won't be a problem. The biggest thing they'll have to contend with is the pacing. Corpse Party has always had a fairly complex, rather twisty plot, and the resulting downtime that comes from the cast uncovering the mystery of the haunted school they're trapped in when you'd prefer to see them dying horrifically to it has the unfortunate consequence of making the runtime feel quite a bit longer than it actually is. While I would recommend watching the aforementioned and easier for English-speaking audiences to find subtitled anime version over this any day, I can still call it a worthwhile option for those who don't mind a Japanese B-movie. It's a tad cheesy in some parts and ultimately doesn't hit quite as hard, but delivers enough gross, macabre thrills to capture the property's demented magic regardless. Overall making for an enjoyably sick teen slasher worthy of the brand.