#yutaka matsushigi
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Ringu (The Ring, 1998)
"She killed a man just by willing him dead. That's power of a different order from her mother."
"So that video..."
"It's not of this world. It's Sadako's rage. She's put a curse on us."
#ringu#the ring#horror imagery tw#japanese cinema#ringu 1998#hideo nakata#hiroshi takahashi#nanako matsushima#miki nakatani#yûko takeuchi#hitomi satô#rie ino'o#yutaka matsushigi#yôichi numata#rikiya ôtaka#katsumi muramatsu#daisuke ban#kôji suzuki#kenji kawai#hiroyuki sanada#1998#20 odd years late to the party ik. despite my love of horror films and japanese cinema‚ I've rarely strayed where the twain meet; certainly#I've never really dipped into so called J horror‚ that turn of the millennium boom in supernatural scares and spooky ghost girls‚ despite#having lived through it (and having strong memories of Ringu's uk release first time around: the poster‚ the word of mouth‚ the insistent#rumours that there was a real cursed video tape). actually that's probably what put me off: the idea terrified me as a kid (i was a wimp)#finally getting to it and.. yeah it's pretty brilliant. i get why it did so well. folk horror tradition but washed through with ideas about#and technology and media spread. it's also actually p scary‚ for a film with no real onscreen violence and very little body horror#Nakata's direction is a big part in why this film works like it does; not afraid to take his time‚ holding steady on long shots instead of#quick cutting and jumping all over the place. the sound design too is horribly effective. plus a great cast‚ some horrible details#unsettling images... big thumbs up. on board for the sequels. this was p great.
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