Friday, November 02, 2018

Noroi (The Curse)

My October horror fest is over, but I'll still be posting a horror film a coupla times a month. I think there are more horror films than any other genre, and there are a lot of good ones.

Noroi (The Curse) is a 2005 Japanese found footage horror film made as if a documentary. This isn't a gory film and doesn't have "jump" scenes but focuses on the experiences of people who've come into contact with the curse. The plot summary at Wikipedia begins with this:
The film focuses on Masafumi Kobayashi, a paranormal expert who produced a series of books and documentaries on supernatural activity around Japan. He disappeared in the process of making his most disturbing documentary, The Curse. His house burnt down and his wife Keiko was found dead in the ruins. The aforementioned movie begins to play, shown mostly through the recordings of Kobayashi's cameraman Miyajima.

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It seems to have gotten generally positive reviews.

8 comments:

  1. I don't like horror with gratuitous gore. This film sounds like it would fit the bill.

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    1. The curse and unexplained disappearances are scary enough without the gore.

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  2. Scary thought that they are everywhere....I just hope they are not here! Valerie

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    1. I do like to reassure myself that fictional scares are strictly make-believe :)

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  3. Oh my, a paranormal horror film - sounds scary to me ...lol 😉. Enjoy and wishing you a wonderful weekend! J 😊 x

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    1. Curses are a distinct sub-genre, I think. It had you thinking this could really happen.

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  4. This didn't feel like fiction to me, but I couldn't watch it all the way to the end. Too scary. I'm a lightweight, I guess.

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    1. That documentary style can really get you to thinking you're watching something that really happened. It can get under your skin!

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