Tag: thering

BiFan 2023 Review: SANA, Takashi Shimizu Returns with J-Pop-Infused J-Horror

Takashi Shimizu, the mastermind behind the Ju-On series (he also directed the first two American remakes) is back in familiar J-horror surroundings with his second film of 2023. Sana, serving as the closing film of this year's Bucheon International Fantastic...

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: Watch Terrifying Movies and TV Series All Month Long on IMDb TV for Free

It’s that time of year when ghouls, goblins and all creatures of the night come out to play, where pumpkin spice lattes abound and everyone celebrates the weird and unusual. In other words, it is the Halloween season! Of course,...

Review: RINGS, Or, Samara, What Have They Done to You?

Darkly stylish and occasionally moody, Rings mostly lies flat on the screen, daring anyone to pay attention. Featuring not one but two different sequences before the main title appears, the filmmakers tip their hand early, in favor of the loud...

RINGS Trailer: New, Flat Screen Version

How do you update a movie that revolves around something that most people don't even have anymore? Writers in Hollywood have been slaving on this challenge for years and here's what they've come up with for Rings, directed by F....

Sadako And Kayako Invite You To Enjoy A Tasty Snack While Turning Off Your Phone

Full marks to the marketing team handling upcoming J-horror ghost versus ghost team up film Sadako vs Kayako - in which the villainous apparitions from the Ring and Grudge franchises go head to head. They've got an inherently goofy premise...

SADAKO VS KAYAKO: New Trailer Promises Ghost On Ghost Showdown

Here's the surprising thing about upcoming Japanese horror film Sadako vs Kayako: It looks like they made an actual movie, one that not only stands on its own terms but also appears to have significantly better production value than the...

It's A J-Horror Stare Down In First Proper Trailer For SADAKO VS KAYAKO!

What would happen if someone were to watch the cursed video tape from The Ring inside the house from The Grudge? That's the core premise of Sadako vs Kayako, the upcoming Japanese horror film that pits the iconic cursed villains...

It's THE RING Against THE GRUDGE In Crossover Movie SADAKO VS KAYAKO

What's on TV over at the Ju-On (The Grudge) house? Oh, look, just in case the joint wasn't cursed enough already it's the notorious video from The Ring. Yup, the two most iconic villains from the J-Horror wave are going...

Have Your Say: Tell Us Your Greatest Movie Anecdotes Ever!

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...

RINGU Director Teases His MONSTERZ

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...

Sadako Is Back For Another Round In Full Trailer For SADAKO 3D 2

The world's most popular long haired ghost is back with the return of The Ring villain Sadako in Sadako 3D 2. This one revolves around a young girl who appears to be Sadako reborn and - because 3D is clearly...

A Talk With THE COMPLEX Director Nakata Hideo. Part 2 of 2: The Celluloid Fetishist!

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...

SADAKO Returns For Another Dose Of 3D Horror

She crept off the video tape and through the TV screen of The Ring and onto the web for Sadako 3D and the villain that kicked off the J-horror wave is proving particularly persistent. Yep, Sadako is back once again,...

First Teaser For Nakata's THE COMPLEX Heralds A Return To Form

Having triggered a wave of Japanese horror films with 1998's Ringu it seems like director Nakata Hideo needed a change. You can't blame him, really. After that initial success and later - and, in my opinion, superior - effort Dark...