They have both gone onto spawn numerous sequels and stateside remakes. Both movie franchises are similar in that they revolve around a scary curse and an evil spirit.

Sadako Vs Kayako actually started out as an April Fool's Day joke that went viral. Now, the central characters in those two films are going to clash in Sadako Vs Kayako, which arrives in Japan next year. But perhaps the two biggest entries in this genre, which are still going strong today, are 1998's Ringu and 2004's Ju-On.

The J-horror craze began in the early Aughts, and we were inundated with plenty of shocking thrillers from overseas. And we have the first teaser trailer from this J-horror treat. That all changes in 2016, when the malevolent spirits from both Ju-On and Ringu climb into the ring together.

Jason have we seen two horror icons going at it in the same movie. Production on The Ring 3 has been delayed numerous times, and The Grudge 3 went straight to DVD.Not since 2003's Freddy vs. While the two films have previously been remade into American classics, their sequels did not perform well. It looks pretty frightening, as expected, and will probably turn you off the VHS medium for the rest of your life.ĭirected by Kôji Shiraishi, the film hits Japanese theaters on June 18. So far, there's no word on whether the film will be adapted for American audiences. The current inhabitants of the home don't take too kindly to the foreign extraterrestrial being and begin an all-out war of the underworld. The Grudge.Īs Slash Film reports, the concept for the film was originally an April Fools' joke, but came to fruition after NBC Universal Japan saw fans' enthusiastic responses to the idea. While the English subtitle-lacking trailer doesn't technically tell us much, it shows us that an unknowing group watches The Ring video and summons Samara from inside The Grudge house. Now, after years of making us look over our shoulders at night, writers Kôji Suzuki and Takashi Shimizu, who wrote The Ring and The Grudge respectively, have teamed up to make one mega film: Sadako vs. No matter how hard the rest of the world tries, no country can churn out utterly terrifying, nightmare-inducing horror films quite like Japan can.

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