Definitely check it out if you can find it, Moonsorrow. It's fantastic. The first movie to keep me awake at night since I was 7 or 8 years old! No shit . . . .
To be perfectly honest, I think I liked both the Japanese original and the American remake equally. Or at least damn close to equally. But the original holds a special place in my heart because I'd been searching for it for a while (like yourself) before I finally got to see a horrible (quality-wise) bootleg version. The chase is better than the catch, as they say. :)
Great films, both of them. Both have an atmosphere of sheer unease that other horror films of today should aspire to. And as for the remake, *that* is the way you do a remake, by God! With respect for the original, and reverence for what made its scares work in the first place . . . .
All my opinion, of course. Thanks for listening.
James
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