Tag: nakatahideo

This is a true story. Though I wasn't there when it happened, I fully trust the source. You may even know it already, as I've told it before on this site in abbreviated form. The reason I'm about to tell...

It really wasn't that long ago that Nakata Hideo was not just one of the most intriguing directors in Japan but in the entire world. Riding a string of success that peaked with - but wasn't limited to - Ringu...

The slow but steady decline of the once-great Nakata Hideo (The Ring, Chaos, Dark Water) continues unabated with his latest, Monsterz. This is a remake of Haunters, the 2010 Korean film by Kim Min-seok that itself was no classic, but had...

Remarkably intense and perfectly intriguing, this might be one of the best trailers I've seen in quite a while. Nakata Hideo's Monsterz looks like a bloody good time, and for all the right reasons. The indisputable Master of J-horror is definitely...

Nakata Hideo - director of the original Japanese versions of The Ring and Dark Water - returns to screens in 2014 with Monsterz. A remake of 2010 Korean film Haunters, the film stars Battle Royale's Fujiwara Tatsuya as a powerfully...

Nakata Hideo, best known for Ringu, is remaking the Korean thriller Haunters, according to Variety. Production is set to begin later this month; Fujiwara Tatsuya and Yamada Takayuki will star. Our own Charles Webb reviewed Haunters when it screened at...

A few months back, the International Film Festival Rotterdam welcomed the Japanese director Nakata Hideo as a guest, famous for horror films like Ringu, Dark Water, and The Complex. Twitch was allowed an interview with him, the first part of...