Paranômaru akutibiti: Dai-2-shô - Tokyo Night(2010).Haruka Yamano returns from America to Tokyo in a wheelchair, both legs having multiple fractures from a car accident. She is helped by her brother Koichi and their father. Their father travels to Singapore for business meetings and Koichi takes care of his sister and films her most of the time with his camera. The next morning, Haruka tells that her wheelchair has moved during the night and Koichi check the windows of her room to see if a stranger has broken in their house. He tells that probably a spirit had moved the wheelchair and he uses salt near the door of Haruka's bedroom to protect her against evil spirits. However, the next morning they find that the salt is spread near the door. He checks the tape and believes that the house is haunted by a ghost. He decides to tape his room too and during the days, weird noises and events happen in the house. They invite priest Saionji to purify the house against ghosts and over four days nothing unusual happens. Haruka tells to Koichi ... Written byClaudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil... Synopsis Paranômaru akutibiti: Dai-2-shô - Tokyo Night(2010)
Movie Title: Paranômaru akutibiti: Dai-2-shô - Tokyo Night(2010)
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Rating: 5.0 / 10
Genres: Horror |Thriller
Release Date: 20 November 2010 (Japan)
Director: Toshikazu Nagae
Writer: Toshikazu Nagae ,Oren Peli (film "Paranormal Activity")... and other credits
Actor: Aoi Nakamura,Noriko Aoyama
Toshikazu Nagae, the director already made a horror in 2002, Gosuto shisutemu. 8 years later he picked in on the success of Paranormal Activity. It is said that it was a sequel to the original one but I guess that it was said for promotional reasons only. This is just a remake from the original one. Funny, we are used to see it go otherwise. Normally Japanese flicks are remade by Hollywood.
You love or hate the Paranormal franchise. I like them but with this one I missed something. For me the best part were the last 20 minutes. The movie starts with the telling of a girl coming back from the states after a carcrash. Almost after 5 minutes in this flick things go wrong but what I didn't like was that her brother already guessed that an entity was in the house. And from there on it's a pure rip-off of the original. Of course the ghost is being cast out by a priest in Japanese rituals, that's the only difference but towards the end we get that typical The Grudge or Ringu girls, you know the face when you see it.
I never really jumped while watching or ever got a creepy feeling because I have seen it all before. And don't get me wrong, PA3 did give me some goosebumps. But then again I wouldn't recommend it for those who are easily afraid because it all happens at home.
It fits perfectly in the franchise (as did Paranormal Entity)but yes, I think most geeks will hate it.
Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 1/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5
