# Ju-rei la malediction (2004)

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**Original title**: *呪霊: 劇場版 - 黒呪霊*
**Runtime**: 75 min
**Genres**: Horror
**Directed by**: Koji Shiraishi
**Written by**: Naoyuki Yokota
**Starring**: Chinatsu Wakatsuki, Miku Ueno, Eriko Ichinohe, Ichirō Ogura, Hiromi Senno, Kenji Shio

> *Terror comes in many forms... You're Next!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Rain-soaked Tokyo back alleys. A single H-phone text blinking in the dark.

One girl laughs at the cursed Ringu tape then vanishes mid-giggle. Her friends find shoes still warm by a vending machine.

Shiraishi’s cycle of VHS dread turns urban myth into arterial spray.

**Mood tags**: dread, paranoid

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