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Trailer - Sadako



Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker with hits such as Ring, Ring 2, Dark Water and The Ring Two. Some of his movies were remade in America, where they were highly successful as well.

Imagine my surprise when out of the blue, I stumbled upon this trailer on YouTube:



At a first look, the trailer looks incoherent. It seems like they are rechewing the story about the origins of Sadako, but now in in the 21st century with all its new technology. Somehow this didn't look appealing to me... Have we grown tired of all these Japanese girls with long black hair in front of their face climbing our of a well?

I soon discovered why I hadn't heard of this movie before. It bombed... The incoherent storytelling, which you can already notice in the trailer, is one of the reasons. But the main reason is that it is not scary enough; there are only a handful of scare jumps and the body count is very low. And after all, we do watch a horror movie in order to be scared and to see people die a gruesome death.

Looks like the master of Japanese horror movies has failed. It is probably time to look for another creepy formula, without girls with long hair. In any case, I don't think I will be able to see the movie in Spain, but there is a pretty good chance that I will buy it on DVD since I have a big selection of the Ring franchise in my collection.

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Location: Churriana de la Vega, Granada, Spain

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