Audition

Two teenagers, Masami (Hitomi Satō) and Tomoko (Yūko Takeuchi) talk about a videotape recorded によって a boy in Izu which is fabled to くま, クマ a curse that kills the viewer seven days after watching. Tomoko then reveals that a week ago, she and three of her フレンズ watched a weird tape and received a call after watching it. Unnervingly similar to the storied videotape, Masami realizes that Tomoko was fated to die. After some unsettling moments, Tomoko is killed によって an unseen force with Masami having the horror of watching.

Some days later, Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima), a reporter investigating...

Dolls! Scary killer dolls! Argh!
I do not like dollies または mannequins coming to life. It
really scares the bejaysus out of me. Which is fantastic
fun when it comes to watching horror films. This is
definitely the best scary ドール movie I have ever
watched.
The basis of the plot was quite confusing. There is
something about during the Japanese occupation of
South Korea, a doll maker falls in 愛 with a woman in
a red 着物 and makes a huge life size doll in tribute
to her. The woman falls in 愛 with him too. When she
is found murdered, the doll maker is blamed and killed.
The doll sits によって his grave,...

I have included Three Extremes because it is a nifty
cross-Asia Portmanteau film featuring three films from
different countries in Asia – Dumplings, directed by
Fruit Chan (Hong Kong), Cut, directed によって Park Chan-
Wook (S Korea) and Box, directed によって Takashi Miike
(Japan).
In Dumplings, an actress is terrified that she is getting
old and losing her looks. She goes for a cure to a
woman who cooks her dumplings which contain a
remarkable rejuvenation ingredient. The ingredient is
sinister but the actress will do anything to retain her
youth.
In Cut, a psychotic extra from a film set holds the
director and...

Lee Geum-ja served a lengthy prison sentence for the
murder of a young school boy Won-mo. the case is a
national sensation due to the lurid nature of the murder
and Lee Geum-ja’s young age at the time of the crime.
Due to her kindness and good deeds in prison, her
sentence is reduced. She is innocent of the murder –
forced into confessing によって Mr Baek – the real killer who
threatened to kill her newborn daughter.
Once out of prison, Geum-ja calls on favours from
prison inmates for food, shelter and weapons. She also
secures a job in a pastry shop. To distance herself from
her kindly image she tarts...