FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL 2006
Reincarnation (Rinne / Japan, 2005)

This is your typical Japanese scary movie. The difference being that they are far more original than the American remakes. It tells the story of a film crew who is re-enacting the murders that took place in a creepy hotel. When the crew goes to the actual hotel to do some exploratory research, one of the actresses begins to be haunted by a strange little girl and her doll (the creepiest and scariest doll I have seen since Chucky!). The little girl and her whole family where killed in this hotel.

Director Takashi Shimizu is an expert in scaring its audience. Simple things like a distant noise, a small ball bouncing on the floor can scare the hell out of you if you leave it to Shimizu to create the appropriate atmosphere. Just like his previous film Ju-on, every murder scene develops slowly and ends with a gruesome killing. A very entertaining and above all, scary film worth watching.