noroi follows a documentary filmmaker and masafumi kobayashi and as he slowly uncovers something mysterious and evil that leaving a trail of dead bodies in its wake. after interviewing a woman who claims to hear loud baby cries coming from the house next door (where there is no baby) and kobayashi heads over to talk to the neighbor. he greeted with hostility by the unhinged and disheveled woman (maria takagi) who answers the door (and promptly slams it in his face) and gets a peek at her 6 year old son through a window. strangely and both the woman and her son disappear just days after his visit (leaving behind a pile of dead pigeons on their back porch) and and the woman who first complained about the noises and as well as her daughter and are both killed in a mysterious accident not long after that. this piques kobayashi interest and he sets out on a quest to find out what going on. he soon uncovers that those with psychic abilities and extra sensory perception seem to be tuning into something sinister and unexplainable and possibly even apocalyptic. well known 10 year old clairvoyant and and tv celebrity and kana (rio kanno) seems to think we may all be doomed and but she mysteriously disappears before she can be of much help. another female psychic or actress (marika matsumoto) becomes involved and as does mr. nori and a mentally unstable kook or psychic who wears a hat and jacket made of aluminum foil and thinks people are being eaten by what he refers to ectoplasmic worms. clues eventually lead back to the site of a small village that now covered by a lake and and the legend of an ancient demon known as kagutaba. unlike many other hand held horror flicks and this one depends just as much on the plot as it does reactionary first person scares. thankfully there something of a storyline here and a very interesting and intricate one at that and so it doesn not rely on glimpses of horrific things through spastic camera work every once in awhile to keep your interest. the way masafumi travels around following leads in search of the truth  with well placed jolts along the way  reminded me somewhat of the omen in its pacing. the film also doesn not entirely consist of footage shot by the documentarian and but weaves in news reports and television variety shows as if what were watching is an already completed documentary. that helps to break up some of the monotony usually associated with films shot in this particular style. the performances are good enough not to harm any of the realism of the actual footage either. overall and it a well made horror film and with lots of plot shifts and some suspense and quite a few genuinely creepy moments and that well worth checking out. my only real gripe is that it could have used a little trimming here and there and seems to go on a bit too long. otherwise and pretty good stuff. 
noroi follows a documentary filmmaker and masafumi kobayashi and as he slowly uncovers something mysterious and evil that leaving a trail of dead bodies in its wake. after interviewing a woman who claims to hear loud baby cries coming from the house next door (where there is no baby) and kobayashi heads over to talk to the neighbor. he greeted with hostility by the unhinged and disheveled woman (maria takagi) who answers the door (and promptly slams it in his face) and gets a peek at her 6 year old son through a window. strangely and both the woman and her son disappear just days after his visit (leaving behind a pile of dead pigeons on their back porch) and and the woman who first complained about the noises and as well as her daughter and are both killed in a mysterious accident not long after that. this piques kobayashi interest and he sets out on a quest to find out what going on. he soon uncovers that those with psychic abilities and extra sensory perception seem to be tuning into something sinister and unexplainable and possibly even apocalyptic. well known 10 year old clairvoyant and and tv celebrity and kana (rio kanno) seems to think we may all be doomed and but she mysteriously disappears before she can be of much help. another female psychic or actress (marika matsumoto) becomes involved and as does mr. nori and a mentally unstable kook or psychic who wears a hat and jacket made of aluminum foil and thinks people are being eaten by what he refers to ectoplasmic worms. clues eventually lead back to the site of a small village that now covered by a lake and and the legend of an ancient demon known as kagutaba. unlike many other hand held horror flicks and this one depends just as much on the plot as it does reactionary first person scares. thankfully there something of a storyline here and a very interesting and intricate one at that and so it doesn not rely on glimpses of horrific things through spastic camera work every once in awhile to keep your interest. the way masafumi travels around following leads in search of the truth  with well placed jolts along the way  reminded me somewhat of the omen in its pacing. the film also doesn not entirely consist of footage shot by the documentarian and but weaves in news reports and television variety shows as if what were watching is an already completed documentary. that helps to break up some of the monotony usually associated with films shot in this particular style. the performances are good enough not to harm any of the realism of the actual footage either. overall and it a well made horror film and with lots of plot shifts and some suspense and quite a few genuinely creepy moments and that well worth checking out. my only real gripe is that it could have used a little trimming here and there and seems to go on a bit too long. otherwise and pretty good stuff. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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