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Gakkō no Kaidan (1995)

Gakkō no Kaidan poster
Original title
学校の怪談
Directed by
Hideyuki Hirayama
Genre
horror film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of schoolchildren explore an abandoned wing of their elementary school and encounter spirits and supernatural events.

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What happens

School Ghost Stories (Japanese: 学校の怪談, Hepburn: Gakkō no Kaidan), also known as Haunted School, is a 1995 Japanese horror film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama. It follows a group of schoolchildren who encounter spirits and other supernatural happenings in an abandoned wing of their elementary school. The film is the first installment in the School Ghost Stories film series, and was followed by School Ghost Stories 2 in 1996. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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