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Sadako (Movie Review)

PLOT: Whan a young girl survives a tragic occurence, she finds herself under the care of a young and sympathetic doctor. However, when the doctor's YouTube celeb brother disappears, she realizes that the girl may be a key to something...

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The F*ckin Black Sheep: The Ring (2002)

THE BLACK SHEEP is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATH. We’re hoping this column will...
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Original Vs. Remake: The Ring

The responses were as I expected in regard to the outcome of our last Original Vs. Remake that had both versions of RoboCop battling it out. You pretty much can’t top the original, but I was surprised (as was many...

Ringu & Dark Water director Hideo Nakata scares up Ghost Theater

Japanese director Hideo Nakata—the man behind horror classics RINGU and DARK WATER—is gearing up to return to his roots with GHOST THEATER, inspired by his 1996 horror GHOST ACTRESS, according to Screen Daily. Japanese studio Nikkatsu is attending EFM with...
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New trailer for Ringu director Hideo Nakata’s Monsterz

Japanese director Hideo Nakata—the man behind horror classics RINGU and DARK WATER—is gearing up for the release of his latest film, MONSTERZ, over in Japan on May 10th, and we've got the full trailer right here! And no, I haven't...
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Review: The Complex (Fantasia)

PLOT: Asuka (Atsuko Maeda) – a young nursing student- moves into a new apartment building with her family. Following some strange nocturnal activity, Asuka is horrified to discover the body of her neighbor, an elderly man who died of neglect,...
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Kill of the Day: Ringu (1998)

You guys remember that Japanese horror craze that overtook our beloved genre? Sure, some of the original flicks were actually pretty creepy but the constant US remakes just butchered the whole thing. Today’s Kill of the Day rewinds to simpler...
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Hideo Nakata is remaking Korean horror flick Haunters

RINGU and THE RING TWO director Hideo Nakata is set to remake the Korean thriller HAUNTERS (read our review of the original from a few years ago HERE). According to Variety, the remake is using the working title MONSTER production...
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