Reincarnation (Rinne) - 2005 Japanese Horror Movie

Directed by Takashi Shimizu
Written by Takashi Shimizu & Masaki Adachi
Starring Yûka Sugiura, Karina, Kippei Shiina Matsumura, Tetta Sugimoto, Shun Oguri, Marika Matsumoto, Mantarô Koichi, Atsushi Haruta, Miki Sanjo
Tartan Asia Extreme
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Reincarnation Tagline

Death Is Only The Beginning.

Reincarnation Synopsis

Representing the third J-Horror release, this terrifying ghost story from the director of the critically acclaimed Grudge is yet another high calibre instalment. In a film that merges stories from past and present, a young actress gets a role in a new film that is based on a series of horrific murders committed in the 1970s. During pre-production she appears to experience the murders as though they are happening around her, resulting in the discovery of an 8mm camera that she consequently has developed, with terrifying consequences. A supernatural whodunnit that's handled with real style.

One of the year's most atmospheric and involving mysteries that has put Japanese horror firmly back on the map.

Additional Info for Reincarnation

Rating: R
Feature Length: 95 minutes
Language: Japanese

Infection Movie Review

Reincarnation is an atmospheric and creepy J-Horror Movie, filled with twists and turns as the mystery unravels. The movie is like a whodunnit with horror injections which suprisingly works really well. The storyline is solid, well acted plus the occasional bit of surrealism as I have come to expect with Japanese Movies.

The movie begins when a young actress gets a role in a movie which is a recreation of a horrific murder that happened a number of years earlier, where a father kills his wife and two children and then goes on a rampage killing a number of people in the hotel in which he is staying. All of which he films home-movie style with an 8mm camera. The actress begins to experience flashbacks to the murder scene as if she was really there and is haunted by a little girl with one ugly little doll.

Before long there are others experiencing the murder-scene flashbacks and they start to investigate the cause in order to understand why it is happening to them and their role in the tragic incident. All paths lead to the hotel where the horrific murders took place, and eventually the murderous father's motives and spiritual beliefs become clear.

Soon the lines between reality and the afterlife becomes blurred as the dead return to relive the murderous rampage with the new stars of the show in leading roles. Towards the end it turns into a true Horror movie once the mystery is no longer a mystery, which builds up to possibly one of the spookiest scenes I've seen in J-Horror cinema.

Low on gore but high on scares, definitely a must see movie.

Rating: Reincarnation gets four stars out of five

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