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Corpse Party

2015 · 93 min

A grim, claustrophobic descent into a haunted school, mixing ghostly dread with gruesome set-pieces and a tragic, friendship-driven core.

Directed by
Masafumi Yamada
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Starring
Ryousuke Ikeoka, Rina Ikoma, Jun
Overview
Facing goodbyes and graduation, Naomi Nakashima, her childhood friend Satoshi Mochida, and their classmates, are clearing up after their last ever cultural festival, when horror buff class representative Ayumi Shinozaki decides to perform Sachiko Ever After so they will stay friends forever. Instead, they were whisked away to a haunted graduation ceremony for Heavenly Host Elementary School, forced to close after a series of gruesome murders. What fate awaits Naomi and her friends at the cursed school...?

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Masafumi Yamada
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Starring
Ryousuke Ikeoka, Rina Ikoma, Jun
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • friendship
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • isolation
Places
  • school
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror8
Humour1
Realism3
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
horror, mystery
Directed by
Masafumi Yamada
Written by
Yoshimasa Akamatsu
Starring
Ryousuke Ikeoka, Rina Ikoma, Jun, Kazuhiko Kanayama, Yoko Kita, Atsuko Kosaka, Nozomi Maeda, Ayu Matsuura
Runtime
93 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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