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‘Ju-on’ Director Takashi Shimizu Heads to the ‘Suicide Forest Village’ With Next Horror Movie [Trailer]
In the wake of last year’s Howling Village, the creator of the Japanese Ju-on series and The Grudge franchise, Takashi Shimizu, is back this year with new movie Suicide Forest Village.
Shimizu’s new horror movie is the latest to draw inspiration from the dreaded Aokigahara Forest at the base of Mt. Fuji, notorious for a rash of suicides and alleged hauntings.
In the film, written by Shimizu and Daisuke Hosaka…
“One day a mysterious box arrived and a curse began to spread all over. The source of the box is ‘Jukai Village’. The village is hidden in Jukai Forest, a suicide spot that once you enter it, you can never come out.”
The cast includes Yumi Adachi, Hideko Hara, Fûju Kamio, Haruka Kudo and Jun Kunimura.
Head into the Suicide Forest Village with the official trailer below.
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”
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