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The Cursed Sanctuary X (2021)

The Cursed Sanctuary X poster
Original title
聖地X
Directed by
Yū Irie
Genre
horror film
Country
Japan
Rated
G
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A brother and sister travel to South Korea and wander into a piece of land that has been cursed. They soon find themselves trapped and threatened by the supernatural forces there.

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What happens

The Cursed Sanctuary X (Japanese: 聖地X) is a 2021 Japanese horror film directed by Yu Irie, starring Masaki Okada, Haruna Kawaguchi, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Maho Yamada, Sho Yakumaru, Yōko Maki and Naoto Ogata. It follows a pair of siblings who unknowngly stumble into cursed land while in South Korea. The film is an adaptation of the Tomohiro Maekawa play Holy Ground X. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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