Ah, 2001, a much simpler time. The technology in this movie looks so quaint now, but back when this movie came out it was state of the art. We were still pretty reliant on computers back then, and the thought of ghosts reaching out into our world through computer screens was just as creepy then as it is now. I know i saw this movie years ago and i didn't like it, but as i can't remember anything about it, I fogure it's time to give it another watch and see what i think this time around.
In this movie, a group of friends is shaken when one of them commits suicide. Soon, however, their grief turns to terror as they start seeing terrifying images transferred on the internet. Scenes of horror and death and ghostly apparitions that appear vaguely human. When people throughout the city start disappearing, it appears that the dead don't want to stay dead but instead want to take the living, who possess one thing that the dead cannot have: life. Following three separate plot threads, this movie tells the story of Michi (Kumiko Aso), Ryosuke (Haruhiko Katô) and Harue (Koyuki) who try to solve the mystery of why the dead won't stay dead.
When I first saw this movie, I didn't like it. I don't remember anything about it really, so i don't know why i didn't like it. I remember the US remake fairly well, and i know i didn't like that one either. I know i didn't find this one scary when i first watched it, which is a stark contrast from now, when i jumped and even recoiled in terror a few times. I guess things change. I like this movie's idea that the space that holds the dead is finite, and when it fills to the brim, the spirits of the dead start spilling out into our world. That's a scary idea, but one that actually sounds plausible enough to be real. This movie is kind of disjointed, and the three separate storylines never really gel together for me, but the movie was still pretty good.
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