More Takashi Shimizu news for you (after word spread that yet another GRUDGE film is possibly on the way): Two of the director’s recent Japanese films, TORMENTED and THE SHOCK LABYRINTH have been acquired in the U.S. by Well Go Films. Both films were shot in 3D. The acquired rights cover theatrical, DVD, Digital, VOD and Television.
TORMENTED centers on a young boy whose family seems to be unraveling around him. His sister is grappling with the reality of life or death, while his storybook illustrating father walks a line with insanity. The situation intensifies when the boy manifests a dangerous friendship with a stuffed toy rabbit that comes to life. Is he crazy or are they all delusional? Shimizu ventures once more into the terrifying corners of the mind where the lines between fact and fiction are blurred.
THE SHOCK LABYRINTH follows a group of teenagers dealing with the disappearance of one of them, Yuki, at an amusement park’s ghost house. On a rainy day 10 years later, Yuki inexplicably returns. However, no sooner is she united with her former friends than she collapses, and the group rushes Yuki to a nearby hospital. But after checking in, they discover that things are not quite as they seem at the medical center. As the night wears on, the group sinks deeper and deeper into the events from a decade ago that led to Yuki’s disappearance.
Neither film has a release date set yet, but we’ll update you when we learn more…
Star of THE GRUDGE remake, Sarah Michelle Gellar