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Howling Village

2020 · 108 min

A slow, unsettling drift into a cursed place where family secrets and folklore blur into a quiet, lingering dread.

Tagline
Horror comes home.
Overview
After her brother goes missing, a young psychologist visits an infamous haunted and cursed location known as ‘Howling Village’ to investigate his disappearance and uncover her family’s dark history.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • family
  • isolation
  • death
  • fate
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror7
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
horror, mystery
Directed by
Takashi Shimizu
Written by
Daisuke Hosaka, Takashi Shimizu
Starring
Ayaka Miyoshi, Ryota Bando, Rinka Otani, Tsuyoshi Furukawa, Hina Miyano, Renji Ishibashi, Takamasa Suga, Megumi Okina
Music
Shunsuke Takizawa, Shogo Kaida
Cinematography
Jun Fukumoto
Runtime
108 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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