The Ring (1998)
A Japanese journalist named Reiko is investigating a series of deaths. People die after watching a certain video. When the heroine's niece died under similar circumstances, Reiko set herself a goal and got hold of the fateful videotape. While watching, a mysterious voice says that the girl has seven days to live.
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Original title : Ringu Starring : Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Yuko Takeuchi Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 7.1, IMDb – 7.3 Age restrictions : 18+ Good quality : from 05/20/2010
Call
Ringu
- Japan, 1998.
- Horror, thriller, detective.
- Duration: 96 minutes.
- IMDb: 7.2.
Still from the film “The Ring”
Young journalist Reiko Asakawa, together with her ex-husband, is trying to investigate the case of an unusual tape. Those who watched this recording receive a call from a stranger and say that in a week they will die. And people actually die from cardiac arrest. Among the victims of the tape is Asakawa's niece, so the heroine feels that she is obliged to get to the bottom of the truth. The situation is further aggravated by the fact that the journalist’s little son also saw the fatal film.
Hideo Nakata's film revolutionized the horror genre and fueled international audiences' interest in Asian horror. The director deliberately abandoned the happy ending: in the finale, the heroes’ attempts to come to an agreement with evil lead to nothing, and the circle (which is why the original title means both “bell” and “ring”) is closed.
The image of Sadako, a ghost girl with black flowing hair covering her face, came from traditional Japanese mythology, and after “The Ring” it became a cult all over the world and spawned many imitators. Although this is not the only thing that frightens the picture: it is distinguished by a skillfully created atmosphere of suspense and alienation.
The gloomy color scheme, the incessant rain, the silence in the deserted rooms - all this emphasizes the loneliness of Asakawa and her husband, their self-absorption. Moreover, it was no coincidence that the heroes were made into divorced spouses.
In 2002, an American remake of “The Ring” by Gore Verbinski was released. The merit of the American creators is that they not only copied the original, but also combined the typical features of Japanese horror films with the cultural traditions of their country.
Thus, production designer Tom Duffield drew inspiration from the paintings of Andrew Wyeth, who unusually accurately conveyed the feeling of loneliness and hopelessness in his works. And Verbinski borrowed some of the visual techniques for framing the frame from the horror master Alfred Hitchcock.
Damnation (2002)
Once upon a time, in this house, a husband killed his wife, and their son disappeared without a trace. Before her death, the unfortunate woman managed to curse the murderer and the place where the last nightmare of her life took place. The picture is not replete with special effects and excessive aggression, but the tense plot allows us to classify it as one of the scariest Japanese horror films.
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Original title : Ju-on Starring : Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Misa Uehara Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 6.7, IMDb – 6.7 Age restrictions : 18+ Good quality : from 11.11.2008
Lesson of the Evil (2012)
The 9th place is occupied by the Japanese horror film “Lesson of the Evil”. It tells the story of a simple school teacher named Seiji Hasumi. All the students at school really like the man, because he knows his subject perfectly and has a charming smile. But behind Hasumi's sweet appearance lies a cold-blooded maniac. He sent more than one person to the next world. One day his students found out about his dark deeds. Now all of them will face cruel reprisals, because Hasumi does not need random witnesses at all.
Dark Waters (2001)
Yoshimi and her daughter Ikuko move to another apartment. In their new home, water is leaking from the walls and ceiling. Another oddity haunting the heroes is a mysterious red handbag. She was found on the roof by Ikuko. The horrors that await the heroes are connected with these two facts. It turns out that the bag belonged to a local girl who disappeared two years ago.
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Original title : Honogurai mizu no soko kara Starring : Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Mirai Oguchi Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 6.6, IMDb – 6.7 Age restrictions : 12+ Good quality : from 04/14/2004
Terrible Will of the Gods (2014)
The sensational Japanese horror film tells the story of a school in which the head of a Daruma doll materializes on the table during class. An unexpected guest invites the students to play a game whose price is life. Those who refuse to participate are immediately killed by the deity. Soon, out of the entire class, only Sun remains alive. The hero of the film faces a difficult choice.
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Original title : Kamisama no iu tôri Starring : Sota Fukushi, Mio Yuki, Ryunosuke Kamiki Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 6.6, IMDb – 6.5 Age restrictions : 18+
Terrible Will of the Gods (2015)
Takahata was dissatisfied that his life was too boring and ordinary - home, school, friends - everything, like all children of the same age. For unknown reasons, toys began to appear to students, inviting schoolchildren to take part in an entertaining game, defeat in which would cost them their lives, as well as refusal to take part in it.
One Missed Call (2003)
Several young people died under strange circumstances. Before their death, each of them received a voice message with the recorded voice of the owner of the phone. Yumi is one of the survivors. She begins her own investigation. To create an atmosphere of horror, the film was shot on the territory of an abandoned Japanese hospital building.
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Original title : Chakushin ari Starring : Ko Shibasaki. Shinichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 6.6, IMDb – 6.2 Age restrictions : 18+ Good quality : from 06/09/2005
"Woman with a Slit Mouth"
In one of the Japanese towns, children begin to mysteriously disappear. Then a rumor begins to spread among the residents about a woman with a slit mouth, who terrified the people of Japan more than 30 years ago. Hoping to find the missing children, two school teachers begin their own investigation.
An excellent picture that tells the viewer an interesting and entertaining story. An eerie and at the same time addictive atmosphere develops over 90 minutes and keeps the viewer in suspense all this time. You feel like a little child who is being told another horror story. The story seems to be terrifying, but at the same time you want to wait for the end, to find out how it all ends.
Perhaps most frightening is the fact that the film is based on a very real story. In Japan, there is an urban legend (kuchisake-onna) that tells the story of a woman who was killed by her husband and later returned to the world of the living as an evil, vengeful spirit. At the turn of the 1970s and 1980s, this legend caused a real surge of panic. Classes at some schools were canceled, parents dropped off and picked up their children from school, and police patrols were on campus around the clock. The cause of such chaos was an incident that occurred in 1968. Then the skull of a young woman was found in Japan. Her mouth was cut from ear to ear. But why was this incident remembered only after 10 years? Perhaps the catalyst was an incident that occurred on June 21, 1979 in Himeji. A mentally ill woman named Mayumi Sawago was arrested by local law enforcement authorities. The girl was wandering down the street with a kitchen knife, which she had previously used to cut her mouth to her ears.
Screen test (1999)
Japanese Aoyama lost his wife seven years ago. Since then he has lived with his teenage son. His friend, producer Yoshikawa, arranges fake screen tests so that Aoyama can find his chosen one. The hero chooses the girl Asami. Yoshikawa warns a friend that this actress is strange. To Aoyama's horror, the film producer's premonitions are soon confirmed.
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Original title : Odishon Starring : Ryo Ishibashi, Eii Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 6.3, IMDb – 7.2 Age restrictions : 18+
Bilocation (2013)
Shinobu is a young artist. One day the heroine is arrested by the police on suspicion of counterfeiting. However, the detective takes Shinobu not to the station, but to a strange building. There she learns about the existence of her double. But the most terrible news for the heroine of the Japanese horror film was the existence of a whole world of people indistinguishable from each other.
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Original title : Bairokeshon Starring : Asami Mizukawa, Yosuke Asari, Chukichi Kubo Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 6.1, IMDb – 6.3 Age restrictions : 16+
Takashi Miike
Another well-known Japanese author who organically combines mysticism and torn out entrails in his films. He has been actively working in the genre since the late 1990s, when his first hit “Screen Test” was released, which quickly became a cult not only in Japan, but also abroad. He is extremely efficient, releasing 2-3 films a year: the last one - “The Terrible Will of the Gods” - was just recently released.
Siren (2006)
Writer Shinichi arrives with his daughter Yuki and little son Hideo to Yami Island. They learn about the main rule of this place - do not go outside when the siren is wailing. The girl is trying to establish the reason for the strange behavior of local residents when the horn sounds. Soon the heroine of the film unravels a terrible secret, but can no longer hide from the siren.
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Original title : Sairen Starring : Yui Ichikawa, Reo Morimoto, Naoki Tanaka Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 6.1, IMDb – 5.6 Age restrictions : 16+
Ring 0: Birth (2000)
This Japanese horror film provides the backstory of the famous film, which evokes a piercing fear when viewed. The main character of the film is an unusual girl named Sadako. She's weird and a little introverted. But at the same time, she has some inexplicable mystical power, which was clearly passed on to her from her mother. The girl dreams of playing in the play, but she is not given the role. Then he becomes angry and furious. Later, Sadako still gets the role, but her mother is killed.
Pulse (2001)
People are disappearing en masse in Tokyo. After the disappearance of a young programmer, Taguchi, a friend visits his apartment. There she discovers a strange silhouette, which disappears a moment later. Soon the girl learns that spirits want to take over the world of the living. The heroine of a horror film about ghosts will have to defend the Japanese capital from an invasion of ghosts.
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Original title : Kairo Starring : Haruhiko Kato, Kumiko Aso, Koyuki Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 6.0, IMDb – 6.5 Age restrictions : 16+ Good quality : from 09/29/2011
Ghost Train (2006)
Nana was shocked when she saw an accident on the subway on the way to school. The girl heard a story that there was a ghost inside the subway, whose spirit never rested after the horror that happened. The heroine’s sister suddenly disappears, but she has no doubt that it was the ghost from the subway who was involved in the disappearance.
Premonition (2004)
Hideki and Ayaka and their daughter go on a trip by car. On the way, a man parks on the side of the road to call a friend. In a telephone booth, he discovers a scrap of tomorrow's newspaper, which reports about a car accident and the death of his daughter Hideki. The next moment something terrible happens - the car and the girl are demolished by a truck.
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Original title : Yogen Starring : Hiroshi Mikami, Noriko Sakai, Maki Horikita Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 6.4, IMDb – 6.2 Age restrictions : 16+ Good quality : from 09.20.2007
Godzilla (1954)
This is not the first time that radars have recorded Japanese ships suddenly disappearing somewhere in the ocean. So far, experts do not have answers to the question of where they went and what could have caused the disappearance of the ships. The only thing they have are fragments of torn radiograms, which say that giant flames are erupting from the ocean.
Suicide Club (2001)
There is a spate of child suicides in Tokyo. During the investigation, police find a link to an unusual page on the computer of one of the victims. The site keeps statistics of such incidents, even before the misfortune occurs. The horror film tells the story of an unusual suicide syndrome that has engulfed Japan.
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Original title : Jisatsu sâkuru Starring : Ryo IshibashiE, Masatoshi Nagase, Mai Hosho Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 5.9, IMDb – 6.6 Age restrictions : 18+
How were you scared?
Japan, as mentioned above, is not Europe and especially not America, where everything is relatively clear, even if we are talking about different countries. Japanese horror mixes a lot of components, taken from both the West and the East, sometimes in completely crazy combinations. If you still try to highlight the key features of the Japanese school, then it is worth mentioning the following.
“Suicide Club” is a cult film of the early 2000s, playing up the problem of suicide in modern Japanese society (remember that Japan is one of the first in the world in the number of suicides), and combining horror, social satire and black comedy.
Firstly, Japanese horror ranges over a very wide range, from bloodless, purely psychological films about ghosts and spirits, to surreal trash films filled with the most sophisticated violence. Secondly, a completely different approach to the depiction of violence, where it exists: in Japanese horror violence is not only abundant, but also, so to speak, banalized - there is so much of it that it is not something specially emphasized. Thirdly, and most interestingly, Japan was the first country in which horror films began to be massively placed in the context of modern technology. It is this aspect that strongly distinguishes the Japanese school from others: if in Europe technology in horror is either not present at all (due to the historical setting, for example) or does not stand out (due to the fact that history does not depend on them), then in Japan (one of Let me remind you that the most technologically developed countries in the world were able to firmly associate high-tech with mysticism, despite the fact that outwardly these categories are weakly related to each other.
Infection (2004)
One night a patient is admitted to the hospital in serious condition. The staff was unable to promptly take the necessary measures, and the patient died. To avoid inspection and possible punishment of doctors, the shift supervisor orders the diagnosis to be falsified. It soon becomes clear that the death of the patient is far from the worst event of that day.
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Original title : Kansen Starring : Michiko Hada, Mari Hoshino, Tae Kimura Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 5.8, IMDb – 6.1 Age restrictions : 16+ Good quality : from 12/21/2006
Very Japanese horror: 7 films that make you really scared
Critics have noted the paradoxical mixing of genres for a horror film in Takashi Miike's Screen Test: the melodramatic plot of a family drama turns into a brutal thriller that can shock less than the most impressionable viewers. The picture is practically devoid of mysticism and traditional demons and ghosts, but it is replete with the horrors of everyday life and variations on the theme of sexual oppression of women in Japan. This picture was undoubtedly influenced by the rich national tradition of soft porn with sadomasochistic features and victimized victims. After several scandalous screenings at film festivals, where the film caused indignation and anger among Western women's rights activists, Takashi Miike became the second most popular Japanese director in Europe after Takeshi Kitano. And Quentin Tarantino called Screen Test one of the best films since 1992.
Plot. Widower Aoyama accepts the offer of an old friend, a film producer, to use screen tests for the new film as screenings. While still looking through the girls' resumes, Aoyama falls in love with one of them, a young, former ballerina, the beautiful Azami Yamazaki. After a night spent together in a hotel, the girl suddenly disappears, and Aoyama, distraught with love, tries to find her and comes to the ballet school where Yamazaki once danced. From the memoirs of a dance teacher, the viewer learns about the bullying the girl was subjected to. For about half of the film, the viewer is perplexed as to why “Screen Tests” hooked Tarantino and when this psychological family drama will turn into the promised bloody thriller. But very soon it becomes clear that the silent beauty with whom Aoyama fell madly in love turns out to be a real sadist, ready to take revenge for childhood traumas with rage and sophistication worthy of a restless evil spirit - a yurei.
Source of evil. Miike chose as the object of evil a young beautiful woman who, according to Freud, was disfigured as a child. Sexual violence, the fetish of childishness in women of any age (it’s not for nothing that all traditional women’s names end with the hieroglyph “ko” - “child”) had an undeniable influence on “Screen Test”.
A terrible scene. Sitting in a chair at home, Aoyama drinks whiskey, into which the girl has already mixed a paralyzing drug. The man hallucinates and sees meetings with Yamazaki, where she tells how her relatives and stepfather bullied her, sees his dead wife who is trying to dissuade him from meeting with Yamazaki. He also sees a man without a tongue, legs or fingers, hidden in a bag in his beloved’s room. Aoyama wakes up to find Azami nearby, wearing a leather butcher's apron and elbow-length black rubber gloves. She carries with her a set of acupuncture needles, which she sticks into her boyfriend’s solar plexus and eyes, saying in a childish voice: “Deeper, deeper, deeper.” Even as she cuts off the hapless man's legs with jagged wire, Azami looks like it's all child's play to her, and her satisfied face constantly appears in the frame. "Terror Stories from Tokyo"
A collection of fifteen short films based on both traditional Japanese kaidans and modern urban legends collected throughout Japan.
Catching up with death (2015)
Izumi survived a terrible accident and suffers from memory loss. Periodically, she strangely finds herself in different places and has absolutely no idea how she ended up here. The heroine feels healthy, but she is haunted by nightmares in the form of terrible creatures. The girl is desperately trying to find herself in order to get rid of her obsession.
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Original title : Riaru onigokko Starring : Reina Trindl, Mariko Shinoda, Erina Mano Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 5.8, IMDb – 6.1 Age restrictions : 16+
Death Note 3 - L: Change the World (2008)
Now L will have a hard time, this time he does not have an assistant, but this does not reduce the problems that need to be solved urgently. In addition, the hero has heard rumors that someone owns the most terrible weapon and, if L cannot stop him in the remaining 23 days, this could all result in terrible consequences for all living things.
Reincarnation (2005)
The top Japanese horror “film about a film” continues. Japanese director Mitsumura is making a film about the incident at the Genma Hotel that took place many years ago. Then the guest killed all family members and hotel staff. After this, the anti-hero, fed up with death, with eyes full of madness, committed suicide. The heroes of the film are actors who must portray victims in the last minutes of their lives.
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Original title : Rinne Starring : Yuka, Karina, Kippei Shin, Tetta Sugimoto Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 5.7, IMDb – 6.2 Age restrictions : 16+ Good quality : from 11/13/2008
Top 10 Japanese horror films of the last 15 years
“I screamed throughout the entire cinema hall in fear!” – ARD author Zhanna Idymova once told about her first experience of watching a Japanese horror film. It seems like the movie “The Ring”...
Japanese horror films are attractive due to their presentation style, and the scary girl climbing out of the well is simply a masterpiece of suspense.
You definitely can’t deny this to the Japanese. Deadly pale faces with inevitably large, frightening eyes, long wet hair covering the face, and a special, incomprehensible to Western viewer, and therefore even more attractive depressing atmosphere - Japanese horror films are significantly different from other world horror films.
For more than fifteen years, the best Japanese horrors - Japanese horror (J-horror, J-horror) have been confidently winning the attention of horror movie lovers all over the world. Unlike Americans and Europeans, well-mannered residents of the Land of the Rising Sun do not allow themselves to splash out negative emotions on others.
Therefore, Japanese horror seems lighter and at the same time oppressive. Without copious splashes of blood and dismembered bodies, Japanese horror directors know how to create dark, violent films with apocalyptic contours. The greatest emphasis is usually placed on the psychological component of horror and the potential expectation of an unexpected outcome. It is this thriller orientation that forms the world army of fans of Made in Japan horror.
Permanent characters of J-horror are ghosts, poltergeists and yokai - mystical humanoid creatures with different characters, who came into cinema from Japanese folklore. Japanese folk and world magic are also used: exorcism, foresight, shamanic rituals. The wet girl from the videotape not only brought the famous film by Hideo Nakata the highest box office in the world among films of this genre, but also successfully appeared in the South Korean and American counterparts.
This is a yurei - an ethereal spirit, making itself felt with heavy breathing and heartbreaking groans behind the wall, with quick steps in the corridor. In general, the image of a long-haired girl with oriental features in a long white robe is a kind of calling card of the Japanese horror film, which appears in a significant part of these films and is actively exploited by the world's horror story authors. It seems that there is nothing scary in this image, but a terrible unpleasant feeling inside the stomach appears from just looking at the official poster of the film, not to mention the picture itself.
Manga comics, anime cartoons and unsurpassed horror films - this is Japan's contribution to world cinema. The irresistible desire to watch Japanese horrors to the end can be explained quite simply. Not a single self-respecting director of Japanese horror will leave a grateful viewer without a solution, nor will he disappoint with a blurry and unfinished ending of the film. There is always food for thought and a strong desire to better understand the mystical facet of Japanese culture.
ARD presents its top Japanese horror films of the last 15 years.
Call/Ringu
Production: Japan Genre: fantasy, horror, detective, thriller Type: feature film, 96 min. Premiere: 01/31/1998 Director: Nakata Hideo Cast: Matsushima Nanako, Nakatani Miki and others Original author: Suzuki Koji.
Summary: After the mysterious death of her niece Tomoko Oishi (Yuko Takeyuchi), journalist Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsusoma) decides to independently find an explanation for what happened, distrusting what she considers to be a typical urban myth that after watching a certain videotape the phone rings, and a week later, the man dies with his face contorted in horror. However, everything predicted begins to come true for Reiko herself - and she, having overcome her initial skepticism, understands that there is no choice left but to understand the reasons for what is happening, asking for support from her ex-husband Ryuji Takayama (Hiroyuki Sanada). The ongoing investigation leads Asakawa and Ryuji to an abandoned house where a tragedy occurred many years ago: a girl named Sadako (Rie Inou) was buried alive in a deep well. Reiko realizes that time is almost up - and does everything to help the soul of the innocent murdered find peace...
Ring 2 / Ringu 2 Production: Japan Genre: horror film Type: feature film, 95 min. Premiere: 06/10/1999
Director: Hideo Nakata Starring: Miki Nakatani, Hitomi Sato and others
Summary: The sequel to The Ring picks up the sinister theme of the deadly videotape and begins immediately after the death of the main character of the first film, journalist Ryuichi. His friend Mai Takano is trying to figure out what happened. The trail leads her, firstly, to the mysterious tape, and secondly, to Ryuichi's ex-wife, Reiko Asakawa, and her son, Yuichi. Mai gradually begins to realize that Yuichi has the same sinister paranormal abilities as Sadako Imamura, the ghost living in the tape. Sadako's spirit has taken possession of the boy and he begins to commit one murder after another. A veil of evil begins to hang over the heroes. Will they be able to handle it?
The Grudge Production: Japan Genre: horror film Type: feature film, 92 min. Premiere: January 25, 2003
Director: Shimizu Takashi Starring: Okina Megumi, Ito Misaki and others
Summary: The most terrible of all curses is the dying curse. At the moment when life leaves the body of a person who dies a violent death, all the powerless rage and frantic anger of the unfortunate victim against the tormentor falls on the place where the murder was committed. The soul of the deceased will not find peace. The restless ghost will begin to appear where he was during life, and, obsessed with a thirst for revenge and blind malice, kill everyone who dares to enter his domain. There is no escape from this terrible curse.
Curse 2
Production: Japan Genre: horror film, thriller Type: feature film, 95 min. Premiere: 05/16/2003
Director: Shimizu Takashi Starring: Sakai Noriko, Niyama Chiharu and others Summary: A curse born from the enraged mind of a dying man cannot disappear without a trace. The image of an innocently ruined soul appears again and again to everyone who tries to comprehend the secrets of its terrible fate, freezing the blood in the veins of the unfortunate, with the icy horror of the inevitable... Some time after the inexplicable events in the cursed house, where the bloody drama that took place many years ago marked the beginning of a chain of terrible deaths and mysterious disappearances, the charming Kiyoko, the Japanese “queen of horror”, is obsessed with the idea of making an investigative film in this ominous place. She is sure that she is creating a sensation, and even the terrible and inexplicable events that have haunted Kiyoko since the beginning of filming are unable to change her fatal intentions, which have become a death sentence for the movie star and everyone around her...
Curse 3
Production: Japan Genre: horror film, thriller Type: feature film Year: 2007
Director: Shimizu Takashi
Dark Waters Director: Hideo Nakata Japan, 2002 Horror film, mystical thriller Duration: 101 minutes The film is presented by the association “Cinema Without Borders”
Summary: After a divorce, Yoshimi Matsubara is looking for a new apartment where she will live with her daughter. She finds accommodation in a strange house, where there are puddles and severe dampness everywhere. The manager will explain this by the rainy season. Nevertheless, the woman decides to move. On the roof, her daughter Ikuku finds a red children's bag with toys, but her mother forbids her to take it. In one of the corners of the room there is a damp spot on the ceiling, which is gradually growing.
“Dollmaker” (2005) / Doll Master
Duration: 90 min. horror Director: Yong-ki Jeong Cast: Yu-mi Kim, Yun-Kyong Lim, Hyong-tak Shim, Chi-yong Ok, Hyong-chun Lim From the moment you abandon them, their sadness turns to horror.
Have you ever had the feeling that someone is watching you? Horror pierces you, and drops of sticky sweat run down your back... You turn around, but there is no one and nothing behind you except the doll. The cold shine of her glass eyes evokes thoughts of a long and painful death...
Cello/Chello
Year of release: 2005 Genre: horror, mystery Production: Country: Korea Director: Lee Woo-cheol / Woo-cheol Lee/ Cast: Jeong Ho-bin / Ho-bin Jeong/, Jeong Yu-mi / Yu-mi Jeong/ , Park Da-an /Da-an Park/, Seong Hyeon-a /Hyeon-a Seong/ About the film: A mystical horror film that tells the story of a house in which an entire family died while listening to cello music in various places. There are no signs of forced entry and no signs of violence on any of the victims. The only survivor is a cellist. She constantly mutters that it was the cello music that killed them all...
One missed call (Japan)
Chakushin ari (You've Got a Call) (2003)
Briefly : A message sent by you three days later will be sent to your mobile phone. This is a death warning
Director : Takashi Miike / Takashi Miike
Starring : Ko Shibasaki, Kazue Fukiishi, Atsushi Ida, Renji Ishibashi, Goro Kishitani, Yutaka Matsushige, Anna Nagata, Mariko Tsutsui, Shinichi Tsutsumi
Your mobile phone is ringing. But instead of the usual signal there is a strange, unfamiliar melody. You don't have time to answer. The display says “1 missed call.” The caller's number is your own. The time of the call seems very strange - it is shifted into the future from today's date by exactly three days. There is one message on the answering machine. This is your own voice, meaningless words, some extraneous sounds and suddenly - a chilling death cry. This seems like someone’s stupid joke, but you have exactly three days left to live...
Second missed call ( Chakushin ari 2)
Year: 2005 Genre: horror
Director: Renpei Tsukamoto
Cast: Mimura, Yuyu Yoshizawa, Renji Ishibashi, Haruko Wanibuchi, Asaka Seto, Peter Ho
Kyoko works full-time at a daycare center and studies child therapy in the evenings, leaving little time to date her photographer boyfriend Naoto. One day, Kyoko runs into a Chinese restaurant where Naoto works part-time. On the threshold, an eerie call is heard from her cell phone. They recognize this sound as the one that preceded the “death forecast” calls made last year. They remember what happened... a recording of their own voice screaming in horror... the inevitability of the end. And soon a grim death enters the world of Naoto and Kyoko, and it becomes obvious that the curse has not been lifted.
Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night (2010)
Japanese girl Haruka hits pedestrian Katie while traveling in America. Upon returning home, strange things begin to happen to the heroine. Haruka's brother notices to his horror that a creepy demon has appeared in their apartment. The film is a spin-off of the 2009 film Paranormal Activity.
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Original title : Paranômaru akutibiti: Dai-2-shô — Tokyo Night Starring : Aoi Nakamura, Noriko Aoyama, Kosuke Kujirai Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 5.8, IMDb – 5.1 Age restrictions : 16+ Good quality : from 16.03 .2011
A curse
Noroi
- Japan, 2005.
- Horror, thriller, detective.
- Duration: 115 minutes.
- IMDb: 7.0.
Still from the film “The Grudge”
Journalist Masafumi Kobayashi is a professional investigator of paranormal phenomena. One day he takes on a simple case, but during filming, terrible things begin to happen to him and his team.
In the Russian translation, the film is called “The Curse,” although it has nothing in common with the series of films of the same name by Takashi Shimizu. This film was directed by another talented director, Koji Shiraishi, who usually shoots in the mockumentary genre, that is, pseudo-documentary.
Tomie (1998)
The fatal beauty Tomie is the happiness and destruction of men. She is a demon in the flesh and makes obedient slaves out of guys. Besides, she is immortal. Young Tsukiko is the only one who is ready to fight the monster for the sake of her loved one. This Japanese horror film is the best of the non-format films in our selection without the usual rivers of blood and corpses.
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Original title : Tomie Starring : Miho Kanno, Mami Nakamura, Yoriko Douguchi Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 5.1, IMDb – 5.2 Age restrictions : 18+
"Tomie"
Tomie is a demon of lust (something like a succubus) with incredible beauty. Tomie can make a man do anything. The plot of the film tells about a young girl named Tsukiko Izumisawa. Tsukiko is forced to fight Tomie for the soul of her boyfriend, who has fallen under the control of an evil demon of lust. Will the young girl be able to defeat Tomie? Will sincere love conquer lust and debauchery?
The picture evokes fear due to its atmosphere, which frightens and at the same time enchants. The atmosphere, in turn, is created by a delightful soundtrack that fits perfectly into the overall concept of the film.
Grotesque (2009)
A young couple, Aki and Kazuo, are in love and happy. They walk around the city during a romantic date. Suddenly, at the entrance to the tunnel, a maniac with a hammer attacks them. He stuns the lovers and drags them into his lair. Now the heroes of the film, distraught with fear, will experience cruel torture with cutting off body parts.
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Original title : Gurotesuku Starring : Tsugumi Nagasawa, Hiroaki Kavatsure, Shigeo Osako Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 5.0, IMDb – 4.7 Age restrictions : 18+
Nobuo Nakagawa
One of the fathers of Japanese horror, similar to Roger Corman, Jesus Franco and Mario Bava at the same time. Nakagawa actively used European and American techniques in his paintings (“House of the Phantom Cat,” “Lady Vampire”), but placed them in a traditional Japanese context, achieving their organic interweaving.
Last Call (2008)
High school girls are in trouble. One of them can’t pass her exams, and the teacher offers her help for intimacy. The second girl is forced to live next to a depraved father who sexually harasses his own daughter. The heroines believe in the legend that if you call the phone at midnight and turn to the devil, he will fulfill any wish. Japanese directors love making horror films about school, and judging by the ratings, they are doing a good job at it.
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Original title : End Call Starring : Yuria Haga, Asami Usuda, Tasuku Nagaoka Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 4.9, IMDb – 4.5 Age restrictions : 16+
Parasite: Part 1 (2014)
The story of this creepy horror film begins on a very ordinary night. But it was on this night that terrible cannibal parasites attacked the Earth. They penetrate the human brain through the nostrils or ears, eat it and take complete control over the person. The focus is on an ordinary Japanese high school student named Shinichi Izumi. He was able to prevent the parasite from entering his brain, but it settled in his right hand. He is called Migi, which is interpreted as "right".
Damned. Confrontation (2016)
Two girls watch a videotape with a strange recording, after which a curse hangs over them. Numb with horror, the girls feverishly search for options for salvation. As a result, the heroines come to an abandoned house, which is notorious for the existence of evil spirits in it. The friends hope that in this place their demons will fight to the death.
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Original title : Sadako vs. Kayako Starring : Mizuki Yamamoto, Tina Tamashiro, Aimi Satsukawa Country : Japan Rating : Kinopoisk – 4.2, IMDb – 5.1 Age restrictions : 16+
Goosebumps (2012)
Hikari is an ordinary girl who works as an incoming line operator at a call center. She has a close relationship with her boss. Also at work, Hikari often gets calls from the same woman. One day, upon arriving home, the heroine learns about a strange coincidence: her neighbor and that annoying client have the same names.
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Original title : Torihada: The Movie Starring : Mitsuki Tanimura, Haruka Kinami, Aimi Satsukawa Country : Japan Rating : IMDb – 6.3 Age restrictions : 16+
