Japanese horror movie Ox-Head Village is a good, spooky ghost story. The narrative begins seemingly impersonal, as if the supernatural events could be happening to anyone investigating a certain abandoned building, but it unravels into a personal story about one character’s journey of discovery into her past and identity.
I really enjoyed some of the scare-effects. My favorite was when a character would see an omen in a reflection. When it happened, there was no doubt the person was going to die.
Ox-Head Village was a good contribution to J-horror and ghost stories!
Shimizu, Takashi. Ox-Head Village, 2022.
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