Korei aka Seance (2000)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's this slow paced horror film loosely inspired by the 1964 film
Seance on a Wet Afternoon. But here the director (who also directed acclaimed Asian Horrors like
Kairo &
Cure) portrayed the plot quite differently. The story starts with Junko...the psychic housewife (who can see & make contact with the spirits) and her husband (a sound technician) become burdened with a kidnapped girl who escaped her assailant. Junko didn't let her husband to call the hospital or the police for the fear that the police will then suspect them as the kidnappers and also for somewhat selfish reasons. The girl dies while still in their house and her ghost begins to haunt not only Junko but also her husband.
The ending was a big disappointment, it could have done a way better.
>>: B-