# The Spiral (1998)

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**Original title**: *らせん*
**Runtime**: 97 min
**Genres**: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
**Directed by**: George Iida
**Starring**: Koichi Sato, Miki Nakatani, Hinako Saeki, Shingo Tsurumi, Shigemitsu Ogi, Yutaka Matsushige

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Tall apartment in July, cicadas scream through open windows. A medical examiner traces a friend’s autopsy, finds the same glitch in home video—now her apartment fridge hums when the tape plays.

**Mood tags**: dread, mindfuck

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