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Cursed (2004)

Cursed poster
Original title
「超」怖い話A(アー)闇の鴉
Directed by
Yoshihiro Hoshino
Genre
horror film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A convenience store in Japan becomes the focus of a haunting. The film follows the store's owners and local residents as they experience strange and deadly events tied to the store.

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What happens

Cursed (「超」怖い話A 闇の鴉, 'Chô' kowai hanashi A: yami no karasu) is a 2004 Japanese horror film. Based on the written work of Yumeaki Hirayama, it is the directorial debut of Yoshihiro Hoshino. The full Japanese title is Extremely Scary Story A: Dark Crow, and is the first theatrical release of the Cho Kowai Hanashi series. The story centres on a haunted convenience store, the disturbing effect it has on the owners and other local residents, and the grisly deaths of the customers who shop there. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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