Last year, it can be described as the world of horror films, "Kunchi Rock", "A Quiet Place", "Genetic Doom" three horror films with strong sensory stimulation, concept horror and suspense three different angles to develop a new "way of playing" horror films.
However, as the originator of horror films, Japanese horror films have been silent in recent years, and no good works have been released. I still remember that the "Ghost Call" series, the "Midnight Bell" series and the "Curse" series all firmly occupied the position of No.1 in the horror film market, and the audience was also addicted to watching the movie, and even because the plot was too realistic, there were events such as the audience escaping from the theater.
Recently, the new works in the "Sadako" series announced that they will be scheduled for May 24, and the title of the film will be called "Sadako", directed by Hideo Nakata, who has directed the first two parts of "Midnight Bells". The plot mainly tells the story of a man who accidentally filmed the lady behind him when he went to the mansion where Sadako had died to do a live broadcast of the ghost. Viewers who watched and forwarded it therefore encountered a succession of supernatural events related to Sadako.
The return of Ms. Yamamura Sadako adopts the latest Internet interactive mode - live broadcasting, which is closer to the times and aims to resonate with the audience.
In the two years from 1998 to 2000, the "Midnight Bells" quadrilogy was adapted into a movie and became one of the masterpieces of Asian horror films, and even the United States followed the trend and remade three films in succession. Planting curses and killings in videotapes pioneered horror film plots, and the scene where Sadako crawls out of the TV set has become a classic horror movie.
However, after the "Grudge" series, Japanese horror films gradually declined, and South Korea and Thailand took advantage of the trend and made some good works, making the niche horror film market a lot of cake.
In 2012, "Sadako 3D" was released, which set the story in the Internet era with developed information, and the virus was no longer spread through video tapes, but accelerated in the form of Internet videos, creating a sense of substitution for the audience. However, due to the absurdity of the quality of the shooting and the development of the plot, the final ending is difficult to justify, and when it is released, even the audience in the theater burst into laughter. The film was extremely dismal at the box office and ended in loneliness.
The following year, Sadako 3D 2 was released. In 16 years, Sadako teamed up with the protagonist of "Curse" Ga Coconut, and staged a "Sadako vs. Ga Coconut". In 2018, Sadako came to China and filmed a web drama called "The Return of Sadako". I have to say that these attempts have been to develop the IP of "Zhenzi" very well, but its performance is still diving.
Now the dedicated Sister Sadako is still idle, forced by the director and the original author to continue to sell miserably, can this new work restore the appearance of the IP of "Sadako", can it justify the name of Japanese horror films in 19 years? Let's wait and see in May.