Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Sadako DX (2022)

Sadako DX poster
Original title
貞子DX
Directed by
Hisashi Kimura
Genre
ghost film, supernatural horror film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
14
Rating
4.4 of 10 from 43 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A college student tries to solve the mystery of a cursed videotape that kills viewers in 24 hours. Her sister watched it and she must find a way to break the curse.

fast-pacedplayfulcomedicsuspensefulquirkylightheartedtensesilly

What happens

Sadako DX (Japanese: 貞子 DX) is a 2022 Japanese supernatural comedy horror film directed by Hisashi Kimura. The film is an installment in the Ring franchise, and a distant sequel to 1998's Ring ignoring the events of the Spiral and Ring 2 timelines respectively. Sadako DX stars Fuka Koshiba as a quick-witted college student who has to unravel the cursed videotape after finding out her sister has seen it, discovering that the curse now claims the victim's life only 24 hours after viewing it. Sadako DX also stars Kazuma Kawamura and Mario Kuroba. Sadako DX premiered at the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival. It was released in Japan on 28 October the same year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?