If you want to know what the deal with Corpse Party is and were hoping to watch this instead of play the game, you'll be disappointed. And confused. Mostly disappointed.

Story: There's a good one in here somewhere. But they tried to crunch way too much plot into way too little time, and an otherwise gruesome, horrific mystery turned into a rushed, hackneyed, nonsensical excuse for blood and gore. Every time a new plot point blew by I thought 'this would be interesting if there had been any build up or care given to the story whatsoev-- whups, there goes another head.' If they had turned this into a full series and given the story half a chance to breathe, this could have been a gut-churning downward spiral into some of the darkest subject matter I've ever seen. Instead, they took something with decent potential and turned it into pure torture porn. You get desensitized _really _ quickly, until even the unthinkable (like children being brutally murdered) becomes so much viscera covered in so much red paint and blah blah whatever.

Characters: Cannon fodder. You get their names, told they're friends, and then they drop so fast you can barely keep anything straight. The final shot at the end would have unnerved me for days if they had let us feel anything. For anyone. At all. Any attempt to garner some empathy passes by so fast you can barely recognize it before the character is killed off.

Animation: I thought it was passable for something that came out around 2005. Then I saw it was released in 2013. Ouch.

Voice Acting: Not worth commenting on simply because the actors were given nothing to do but cry and scream.

Music: Served it's purpose.

Don't get me wrong, torture porn may be your cup of tea, which is fine. If you're looking for something more, however, save yourself the two hours and avoid this completely. Watch 'Another' instead.