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The Forbidden Play

The Forbidden Play

2023 · 110 min · JA · 5.5 (40 votes)
Dir. Hideo Nakata · Starring Kanna Hashimoto, Daiki Shigeoka, Mayu Hotta, Shinobu Hasegawa, Kenta Izuka, Minato Shougaki · Music Hiroaki Tsutsumi

“Don't call the dead.”

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A boy, after tragically losing his mother in an accident, performs a resurrection spell in the hope of reviving her. However, he ends up awakening something evil.

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This film feels like a creeping, inescapable dread born from profound loss and desperate, forbidden acts. It's a journey into the unsettling depths of grief, where a child's yearning for what's lost awakens something ancient and malevolent, leaving a lingering chill and a sense of tragic inevitability.

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resurrectioncursemadnessfamily tragedyloss of parentspsychological horror
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