It’s been twenty-one years since Hideo Nakata unleashed Ringu on the world, and since then there have been sequels, prequels, remakes, and sequels to remakes abound. Not to mention that Vs. movie.
This year he’s attempting a triumphant return to horror after some disappointing recent films, and this time he’s going back to the err…well, and bringing his horror icon Sadako with him.
The new film is set to premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival later this month, and they were kind enough to give us a synopsis of what to expect from the plot;
“A young girl with amnesia is admitted to a Tokyo hospital’s psychiatric wing. Raised in secrecy, she barely managed to survive a fire started by her mother who, because of the former’s telekinetic powers, believed her to be the reincarnated Sadako. Psychologist Mayu Akikawa quickly grows fond of her, seeing herself reflected in her solitary past, a lifetime of loneliness. Meanwhile, Mayu’s brother Kazuma, a producer of absurd online videos, attempts to boost his viewership by broadcasting an excursion into the burned ruins of the girl’s house, when he suddenly disappears. Alarmed by the last-seen images of her only family and by several supernatural events linking her new patient to Sadako’s curse, Mayu sets off in search of Kazuma.
Here’s hoping Nakata’s got something interesting up his sleeve because Sadako definitely deserves better than what she’s been getting recently.
I mean, the fact that Sadako 3-D actually exists is still painful to me.
Check out the new trailer and let us know what you think below!
