"Sadako 3D" Japanese Theatrical Poster
The static on your TV might not just be bad reception – that evil little girl from Ringu and The Ring is back. Based on the forthcoming novel from original Ringu author Koji Suzuki, Sadako 3D is a 3D horror film continuing the tragic tale of Sadako, the long-haired ghost with a penchant for climbing out of wells. Sadako 3D hits Japanese cinemas on May 15th but for now we have a teaser trailer.
The movie looks admittedly low-budget with some rough production values and an overbearing emphasis on the 3D effect but, hey. At least the producers are updating the formula for the 21st century: this time around it’s not a video tape that kills you after seven days, it’s an internet viral video. Then again, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Kairo (AKA Pulse) kinda did that whole thing to perfection way back in 2001.
Update: If you’re terrified every time your browser hits a dead link, this latest batch of images from Sadako 3D might just scare the pants off you! Here’s the full-length trailer.
BREAKING NEWS: A new batch of spooky images, courtesy of Beyond Hollywood.
I still think Pulse was ahead of its time. There might have been other similar themed horror films that dealt with similar subject matter before it, but it did it in such an interesting and effective way, even if it wasn’t perfect.
I still have both the Japanese Ring films in my Netflix queue, I really need to hurry up and check them out.
I couldn’t agree with you more. I’ve seen “Kairo”/”Pulse” at least two or three times at this point and, to this day, i still think it’s the pinnacle of Asian horror. Kiyoshi Kurosawa has this way of starting his films as intimate and claustrophobic as possible, and then you get to the end and realize that whatever personal apocalypse the characters are facing has actually spread out to an almost global scale.
“Kairo” is just plain scary as hell too, and it caught the whole ‘web paranoia’ and suicide cult vibe before it became a big part of today’s culture.