Films watched in 2023

watched in maybe March of 2023

Thought it was pretty good. Can't remember a huge amount by now though. Really liked the whole concept and the scenes where he used her phone were some good spookums.

watched on 25/6/2023

I'm a bit torn about this one.

It was a decent lower-budget spooky film, and i really liked the twists and turns, and i was rooting for the characters.

However, I really really love the original Kisaragi Station urban legend, so i came into this film with the hope that it would capture the eerie loneliness and isolation that the story contains, however, it just didn't deliver. It contained many elements of the original story, and even introduced its own interesting plot, however, it failed to replicate the same feelings as the story, largely due to these 2 factors:  1) the fact that it is daytime at Kisaragi Station, even though the story implies that it's still night time when Hasumi reaches the station,  and 2) the fact that they are not alone at the station, because the group of 5 are there.  To me, it just removed a lot of the sense of loneliness that the story has.  I know Hasumi mentioned that there were 5 others on the train, but it's also mentioned that they did not get off the train. 

Anyway, in summary, decent spooky film, but it is ruined by the fact that it doesn't replicate the appeal of the original story