I don't care how elitist it might sound, J-Horror is so much better than other horror!
This is one of them found footage documentaries, only I like this one. Kobayashi is looking into a report of a strange neighbour and soon finds himself helping a local actress and a "super psychic", trying to find a child. He tracks back to a village now under water that used to perform a ritual that appeased a demon. Which they aren't doing any more. And it seems like that demon is rather pissed.
This is from back in 2001, so video tapes galore. And the effects aren't huge. But what we have is atmosphere, and that's what I love about J-Horror. Just atmosphere building up and dripping everywhere. This immediately grabbed me and although the above summary seems rather all over the place, this is well paced and keeps you engaged. I was reminded of Ju-on, where something supernatural is going on and it infects people nearby no matter what.
I'm not going to embarass myself by saying I know who the actors are, but the main leads work really well. I guess I now see to see other movies by the director Kôji Shiraishi.
Full thumbs up.
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