Japanese horror movie, why not?
So I had to look at a plot synopsys to fully get an idea of what is going on. Ghosts are invading the real world via the internet, it seems. Okay? We see people seeing creepy images of people on the computer, and then they go away (in various meanings of that term). It's all about being alone, and loneliness is death, so if you are alone, are you a ghost?
There was something bugging me as I watched this movie... that I felt like I'd seen it before. Certainly I could have, it is the sort of thing I would watch, and certain moments did feel very familiar. And then again, parts of this was completely unknown to me. Did I just remember the "good bits"? Did another movie do some of this and I'm remembering that? Any and all options are possible!
But this is very low key horror. Seeing where ghosts inhabit is enough to "infect" someone, so don't expect jump scares or anything. I like me some atmospheric horror, and Japanese horror does tend to be atmospheric, but this... this isn't that.
It's like Suicide Club in that this is likely saying something about how Japanese people see themselves as disconnected, but it comes across as very abstract.
There's an Americanised version in 2006 that I suspect is nowhere near as subtle.
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