7 articles from 2009
Hideo Nakata’s Kaidan on R1 DVD.
8 July 2009 11:43 AM, PDT
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Without so much as a whisper of PR, horror maestro Hideo Nakata’s period scare movie Kaidan has just slipped quietly out on R1 DVD via Liongate entertainment. The artwork for the DVD is surpringly sympathetic to the original, though we couldn’t help but notice someone at LG could'nt resist having a go at least once with that special Photoshop - “add more blood!!” - button of theirs. Gore hounds take note - even though they've subtly named dropped "Ringu" on the cover - Kaidan marks a departure from Nakata’s previous films, going more for classical themed chills, rather than an all out scare fest. Synopsis: Years ago, a debt collector was slain by a samurai. Before falling to his death, the debt collector placed a curse on the samurai who went on to kill his wife and himself.
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Hideo Nakata’s Kaidan on R1 DVD.
8 July 2009 11:43 AM, PDT
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Without so much as a whisper of PR, horror maestro Hideo Nakata’s period scare movie Kaidan has just slipped quietly out on R1 DVD, via Liongate entertainment. The artwork for the DVD is surpringly sympathetic to the original, though we couldn’t help but notice someone at LG could'nt resist having a go with that special Photoshop - “add more blood!!” button of theirs, at least once. Gore hounds take note - even though they've subtly named dropped "Ringu" on the cover - Kaidan marks a departure from Nakata’s previous films, going more for classical themed chills, rather than an all out scare fest. Synopsis: Years ago, a debt collector was slain by a samurai. Before falling to his death, the debt collector placed a curse on the samurai who went on to kill his wife and himself.
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Hideo Nakata’s Kaidan on R1 DVD.
8 July 2009 11:43 AM, PDT
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Without so much as a whisper of PR, horror maestro Hideo Nakata’s period scare movie Kaidan has just slipped quietly out on R1 DVD via Liongate entertainment. The artwork for the DVD is surpringly sympathetic to the original, though we couldn’t help but notice someone at LG could'nt resist having a go at least once with that special Photoshop - “add more blood!!” - button of theirs. Gore hounds take note - even though they've subtly named dropped "Ringu" on the cover - Kaidan marks a departure from Nakata’s previous films, going more for classical themed chills, rather than an all out scare fest. Synopsis: Years ago, a debt collector was slain by a samurai. Before falling to his death, the debt collector placed a curse on the samurai who went on to kill his wife and himself.
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DVD releases for Tuesday June 30, 2009
30 June 2009 3:14 PM, PDT
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This is the first dvd release post we've done in a while because there's been quite a dry spell over the last month or so. Well not this week! There a few Quiet Earth faves hitting the shops this week so lets go through them.
First up is the short film comp, Tokyo!, (review here) featuring vignettes from Michele Gondry, Bong Joon-ho, and Leos Carax. I've heard mixed things about the film so I'm looking forward to checking it out for myself.
Next up is Fred Durst's The Education of Charlie Banks which comes to us from Anchor Bay. We've been eying this indie throwback for a while now.
Also out this week are three sweet Asian titles, Hideo Nakata's Kaidan , Minoru Kawasaki's Kaiju extravaganza Monster X Strikes Back, and Elliott Hong's 1982 classic They Call me Bruce?.
And how could we forget, The Asylum's Transmorphers: Fall of Man DVD!
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DVD Details, Art for Lionsgate Release Kaidan
13 April 2009
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Lionsgate has passed along the details on their DVD release Kaidan , Hideo Nakata's film which opened overseas in '07 and is finally making its debut Stateside.
From the legendary director of Ringu and The Ring Two comes this eerie tale of ghostly vengeance. The unwitting victim of a terrible curse, a young man accidentally injures his wife, a jealous teacher who soon dies from her wound. Running away with one of her students, he fails to heed the dead woman.s warning that if remarried, she.ll haunt him to the grave. And now for an unfaithful husband, the real terror is about to begin.
Kaidan streets on June 30th.
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Nakata's Kaidan DVD Coming June 30th
11 April 2009 12:11 PM, PDT
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It must be Hideo Nakata Day! First we got news of free tickets to screenings of his Death Note: L, Change the World, and now comes word from UpcomingHorrorMovies.com that his 2007 film Kaidan is set to hit DVD on June 30, 2009.
According to Uhm Lionsgate Home Entertainment will be dropping Kaidan onto our shores this summer, but no additional details are available as of yet. Haven't heard much about the flick, but here's the premise:
250 years ago Soetsu, a humble moneylender, is murdered by Shinzaemon, a cruel samurai, and his dead body is disposed of in the Kasanegafuchi, the pool of a river where it snakes around and, where legend has it, those who sink into the water will never float to the surface again. 20 Years later, in a chance encounter, Shinkichi, the handsome son of Shinzaemon, meets Toyoshiga, the daughter of Soetsu, and they fall in love. When Toyoshiga dies from a mysterious disease,
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Hideo Nakata’s Kaidan gets U.S. DVD date
10 April 2009 9:22 AM, PDT
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Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced that it will release the Japanese chiller Kaidan on U.S. DVD June 30. It’s the latest venture into ghostly territory by director Hideo Nakata, who helmed Ringu, Ringu 2 and the American The Ring Two.
Originally announced as part of producer Taka Ichise’s J-horror Theater series, Kaidan was not officially released under that banner when it opened in Japan in August 2007. Based on a tale from the 19th century, it tells the story of a young man who accidentally injures his teacher wife, leading to her death. He then takes up with one of her students, little knowing that as an infant, he was placed under a curse, and the ghost of his dead spouse begins haunting him. The movie will be presented in 16x9-enhanced widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio (both subtitled Japanese and English) and no special features currently announced. Retail
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