Carved: Child Abuse at it's finest

Carved is a Japanese horror film that is all about child abuse. I actually really enjoyed this movie because not only was it all about bringing awareness to a relevant issue but it focused on the supernatural entity as an idea rather than actual creature. An idea that would infect others causing them to commit hanses acts. I mean, yes, in the end it was a ghost and the introduction to the teacher/son was a tad odd overall but the idea that the more a rumor spreads and grows the more real it becomes I thought was an interesting point. It goes into a lot of fables and the origins of them and how do these stories get started? Well someone tells someone and that person tells another and so on and so forth. I like that which touches on the roots of the topic. Like also in alot of Japanese tales the Japanese are ot afraid to show violence towards children which I think is definitely interesting as compared to our westernized culture where generally the child or children end up safe in the end.

I personally like stories where the children do get hurt. Now, not in a sadistic I hate children sort of way but it usually brings to light issues that have gone unsaid about something. Like in this movie it was all in your face about child abuse and the silent nature in which children handle it. We watch and we mourn after each child is either hurt or killed and it brings to the surface, like a pimple, the head of the issue. Which is parents and repeating of a cycle and abuse.