I watched
The Guard From Underground, a movie by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who directed Pulse. Supposedly it is a slasher movie, but it certainly didn't have the feel of any conventional slasher movie. The plot is a young woman who is an art expert starts work at company at the same time as a very large guard. The guard is a murderer who grows to have an infatuation with the woman. This is not a whodunit so the fact of the guard's violent nature is revealed right away. Even though it took place almost entirely within a office building in confined office spaces, all the shots were medium distance and not many close-ups, which gave the movie an impersonal feel. Not only that, but none of the characters are given much background or history, another move which I think was deliberate. The result is a sense of detachment which I think is intended to create a sense of absurdity for the scenario of not just this film but all slasher movies.
The movie obviously had a constricted budget, but since the story is not an ambitious in scope, it wasn't that much of a hindrance. The music was pretty cheesy though, and didn't do much to elevate the tension. I don't mind synthesizers, but they really shouldn't be used in a score that tries to emulate real instruments when they don't do a very good job of recreating those sounds. Although there was some cruel acts of violence, the movie wasn't very bloody, so anyone looking for splatter would be better off with something else. The movie is strange, but it is purposed and intelligently made, so the oddity is not a result of incompetence but rather conscious decisions to disaffect the audience. I would say if you are looking for an offbeat, slightly mellow and somewhat surreal horror film, The Guard From Underground will foot that bill, but it is more cerebral and less visceral than most horror movies.