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Ringu (1998)
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"Tetsuo is a strange movie. The plot, what little there is, is simple. But the imagery is fantastic. This movie is a disjointed surrealistic, industrial nightmare. Or it is what Trent Reznor sees every time he closes his eyes. It is hard to describe the plot without making this movie sound stupid. A metal fetishist (director Shinya Tsukamoto) runs into the street after shoving a steel cable into his leg. He is hit by an oncoming car. The driver of the car only called Salaryman (Tomorowo Taguchi) is seen the next morning shaving when his razor touches a small wire sticking out of his cheek. From that point on his flesh begins to be replaced by various machine parts. At first he tries to hide his condition, but quick just starts to fight the transformation and his own desires. At one point he finds a woman and attempts to have sex with her, only to discover an important part of himself has been replaced by a drill bit. The metal fetishist returns from the dead also as a part machine m ... "
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A Call Worth Missing
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"It may be fading now, but Asian horror films, predominantly Japanese horror films, have had a pretty good representation on American shores of late. Prior to the turn of the century, American audiences usually thought of Godzilla-style rubber monsters when thinking of Japanese horror cinema, and most never even thought of Chinese or Korean cinema at all. That all changed in 1998, when word started to get back to adventurous horror fans of what was being touted as a completely original and utterly frightening film from Japan called Ringu. In 2002 the sub-genre burst into the mainstream consciousness when Ringu got a first class Hollywood remake courtesy of director Gore Verbinski. Say what you will about remakes in general, and I don't mean any disrespect to the original, but the American remake was a perfect translation, a great way to take the horror sensibilities from Japan and inject them into American cinema. It was familiar enough to not be offputting, but different enough ... "
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"Nakata Hideo's twisty-turny horror movie, based on series of novels by Suzuki Koji, borrows motifs from such diverse genre pics as VIDEODROME, CANDYMAN and ONIBABA. Mix in a healthy dose of one of X-FILES better episodes and a closing shot ripped straight from THE TERMINATOR and you'd probably expect an unholy mess. Well, you'd be half right because this is one of the most disturbing cinematic experiences in recent memory. The premise, a cursed videotape that dooms the viewer to a bizarre death exactly one week after watching it, may seem hard to swallow but Nakata plays it straight and an atmosphere of dread pervades the film. Characterisation is minimal but effective with good performances from the two leads as an estranged husband and wife fighting against time to save themselves and their young son from the curse. What really makes this film work though, in ways that superficially similar Hollywood efforts (including this films own remake) often don't, is a plot ... "
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The Ring Virus
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"Nuanced characters bolster the script, but this Ring comes up short on scares | ????? | IMDb | Spout "
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Rasen
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"Ingenious twist to the premise of Ringu that spins out of control | ????? | IMDb | Spout "
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Ringu
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"Presents the themes of Japanese horror in a clear (if nascent) voice | ????? | IMDb | Spout "
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Ju-on
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"Horror films made for original video should not be this good | ????? | IMDb | SpoutIt’s a very nice house.“It’s practically new,” says real-estate agent Tatsuya Suzuki. “And,” he adds, “it’s near the train station.” Also, it’s on the market for a song.The only problem is the previous occupants. They’re still there. There’s Kayako Saeki—she’s dead—and her little boy Toshio—he’s dead, too—along with Mar the housecat—dead as well. They died, implies the film, “in a powerful rage,” and their deaths unleashed a ju-on or curse, so that anyone who so much as steps foot in the house receives a phone call or a visit from one of the deceased and winds up just as dead as they are, “and a new curse is born,” or so the film explains.As it happens, at least five other curses were born, and that’s only if you count the sequels.Ju-on (2000) comes by way of ... "
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