Surprisingly good films/Hidden Gems - Page 28

On June 20 2010 09:13 cSc wrote:
I watched this my senior year of high school with my film making class. We had the opportunity
to watch one of the films in the Sundance festival. The thing that really stands out is how the movie is shot. It's a documentary but slowly evolves out of that, it's a really cool transition. Oh and don't let the fact Michael Cera is in it fool you.

On June 19 2010 09:52 EpiK wrote:

aka. noroi

generally I'm not a huge fan of horror films because the story usually doesn't make sense, and it's been a while since I've been genuinely creeped out from a film but this movie does both really well.

It's shot in mockumentary style (kind of like blair witch project except a bit more polished) with this paranormal reporter going around japan researching these seemingly random phenomena involving ghosts on variety shows and kids with psychic powers which you find out later are all connected. There were definitely a lot of creepy moments in the film (involving kids, pigeons, dogs and this old lady O_O ) and the film's pretty long for a j-horror because this one actually attempts to develop a story.

also another plus is that the japanese celebrity that gets cursed is extremely hot

So yeah even if you're not a huge j-horror film fan, I'd recommend this.