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White Ghost, Black Ghost in ‘Ju-On’ Sequels
Kadokawa Pictures revealed to Bloody Disgusting that their latest Ju-On sequels have new American titles (it makes it so much easier, don’t it?). Mari Asato’s Ju-On: Kuroi Shoujo has been retitled to Ju-On: Black Ghost, while Ryuta Miyake’s Ju-On: Shiroi Roujo has been retitled to Ju-On: White Ghost. Beyond the break you’ll find Japanese posters for both, along with synopses and trailers.
JU-ON: WHITE GHOST—- In a certain house, a son who failed the bar examination kills five members of his family one by one. He then dies by hanging himself. At the moment of his death, he made a cassette tape recording in which he can be heard saying “I’ll go. I’ll go soon…” On the same tape can be heard the eerie sound of a young girl’s voice. The entire family is slaughtered. A former friend, Mirai, is murdered, her throat slit… In the midst of her despair, a young girl, Akane (Akina Minami), sees…
JU-ON: BLACK GHOST—– Nurse Yuko (Ai Kago) is left in charge of a young girl named Fukie, and begins to experience strange things. Medical examination reveals that there is a `cyst’ in Fukie’s body. The hatred of the unborn one is feeding off of the young girl, and curses the people around her. This is the grudge of someone that could not be born… Filled with an unimaginable `hatred’, people are killed one after the other with a curse.
Fangoria Studios and Panick Studios are turning horror comic Black Diamond into a film, and Variety reports that Ernest Dickerson (Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight) will direct.
Black Diamond comic book creator Brendan Columbus will write the screenplay.
Black Diamond follows Owen and Victoria Welch on a family ski trip that spirals into a nightmare. When their son is abducted by a mysterious cult, the couple is pushed to the brink and faced with a soul-crushing ultimatum: sacrifice another child or lose their own forever.
The comic book series from Panick Entertainment is described as a “chilling folk horror thriller blending Hitchcockian psychological tension with the dread of The Wicker Man.”
“Black Diamond was my attempt to put everything I love about thrillers on the page,” Columbus tells Variety. “I want to make sure it feels like you physically can’t leave the theater or else you’ll miss the next twist or turn. With his masterful cinematic eye and his great story sense, Ernest is going to scare the hell out of everyone with this one.”
“Black Diamond immediately grabbed me because its horror is rooted in impossible human choices,” says Dickerson. “It taps into parental fear, morality, isolation, and survival in a way that is so unsettling and emotionally real. That combination will make for a very suspenseful and exciting cinematic experience.”
Ernest Dickerson is directing and executive producing the feature film. Black Diamond will notably be Ernest Dickerson’s first feature film as director since Double Play in 2017, though he has in more recent years been directing for an impressive string of television shows including “The Man in the High Castle,” “The Purge,” “Raised by Wolves,” “Bosch,” and “DMZ.”
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