JAPANESE HORROR IS BACK WITH A VENGEANCE!

From the people who brought you the original Ring trilogy, the Ju-On movies, Dark Water and the re-make of The Grudge, comes an exciting new wave of films that will once again re-invigorate the horror genre and prove that Japanese cinema has lost none of its ability to scare the living sushi out of audiences.

Takashige “Taka” Ichise, the producer of these hugely successful movies, all of which have spawned Hollywood remakes, is currently producing a new ongoing series of six horror films under the banner of J-Horror. Three films have already been completed.

“I found myself inundated with emails from distributors around the world asking, ‘What are you doing next and how can we get a piece of it? It was very tiring having to answer all of these, so I hit on the idea of J-Horror Theatre. I spread the word that I had six highly respected directors and would make one movie with each…fortunately they all said they’d be glad to take part.”

Tartan’s Asia Extreme label has introduced audiences to many of the cult favourites from Japan, including the Ring trilogy, Dark Water, and Audition. Taking the genre back to its roots these new Japanese chillers will shock to the core and remind us how great Japanese horror can be. Premonition is the first released in June, followed by Infection in July and Reincarnation in August.
PREMONITION - RELEASE DATE: 26 JUNE RRP: £19.99

Premonition sees director Norio Tsuruta (Ring 0) weave a chilling tale of a man who can foresee the future. When Hideki picks up a newspaper he knows what he will see...death. Foreseeing the fate of everything from slayings to train crashes, there is nothing Hideki can do to stop the event... or is there? When the paper predicts the demise of his daughter in a car crash, Hideki seeks out others like himself, searching for a way to change the future. Atmospheric suspense with shades of Don’t Look Now.

Special Features: Making of Documentary, Japanese Press Conference,

Visual FX Exposed

INFECTION - RELEASE DATE: 24 JULY RRP: £19.99

A patient in a hospital dies due to malpractice. In a panic, the doctors responsible stage a cover-up. Shortly thereafter, another patient is left at the hospital doors dying of bizarre symptoms. When the patient dies, the doctors involved in the cover-up begin acting strangely…then one by one develop the same mysterious and deadly symptoms.
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