Curse, Death & Spirit

Film - 1992

7,0

2.5K

Curse, Death & Spirit it's a movie with Kyôko Enami, Michiko Hada, Maiko Kawakami, Yumi Nakamura, Matsuko Oka Full cast. Directed by Hideo Nakata. Original title 本当にあった怖い話　呪死霊, runtime 65 minutes. Genre Horror.

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Balkan Castevet

Debut by Nakata, the author of Ringu and Dark Waters, who directs a horror film in three episodes, all with the presence of ghosts. The third episode is undoubtedly the best and is also excellent. It's almost a prototype of Ringu, there they are the "glacial" moments typical of the director, the ghost-woman with the white dress, the gloomy, dark atmospheres; the whole mirror sequence is excellent with the girl superimposing herself on the reflection of the ghost. There is the television, the shot from behind which will return in Ringu, it is the same full of depth and atmosphere, the girl with the long hair, the white dress, the shot on the stairs. In short, we can already see the director's stylistic features and strengths and this episode is excellent. There is also no shortage of discussions on loneliness, on society, the girl protagonist of the episode is the one who would like to be fashionable a little more, she becomes attracted by the lipstick, an element that recalls Mitsuko's red pencil case, the attraction for the object, for the commodification. The distortions of the video, another reference to Ringu, you can already see all of Nakata from here and even just for this episode or even just watching this episode, the film is recommended. Furthermore, the ending is unhealthy. The other two episodes do not have the same strength as the third, in the first there is a ghost doll, there is good management of the environment, therefore a good study of the shots that have their effect. However, it is a rather fast episode that sometimes it doesn't produce the right atmospheric force precisely because of this speed, there are jump scares, you play less with long takes; however, even here, we note Nakata's desire to tell female characters, the young protagonist struggling with her difficulties. In this case the symbolic element is fire, the color red will often return and there are also good moments impact Read all

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This is a series of three short supernatural-themed movies. The first tells the story of a teen girl who dreams of haunted doll. In the second movie, a widowed mother brings her children to a house in the woods to help them forget the death of their father. While in the woods one of the children meets a ghost that wants more than just to be friends. The last movie tells the story of three teen-aged girls who go on vacation, only to find themselves at a haunted inn.