love and death become the strangest of bedfellows in this riotously kooky tale.

The acting fits this look, with people fully embracing their stereotypes, creating grotesque caricatures.

Liza the Fox-Fairy would be a perfect midnight film if that circuit still existed, and will probably appeal to that sizeable number of art house habitus whose all-time favorite film is Amlie.

When the men in her orbit can't seem to stay alive, Liza must consider whether she just might be the legendary Japanese fox-fairy in this unhinged, wonderful tale.