School Ghost Story G (1998)

Original title

学校の怪談G

Directed by

Takashi Shimizu

Genre

horror film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 11m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two short horror films made in Japan in 1998. They follow eerie events in a school and set up the beginnings of a famous ghost story franchise.

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What happens

Katasumi and 4444444444 are two 1998 Japanese short horror films written and directed by Takashi Shimizu. The films are known for spawning Shimizu's horror franchise Ju-On, which was in turn adapted into the American horror franchise The Grudge. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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