2002 ‘もうひとりいる’ Directed by Issei Shibata
Three aspiring young Japanese models are on their very first fashion shoot at an abandoned school one hot summer day. Without warning, strange events begin occurring around the set that causes the models and photo crew to question their sanity, as one by one they begin to die agonizing and painful deaths that are seemingly caused by none other than themselves.
Japan
Japan
Not a great movie by any means but there's something about weird 2000's horror that's like a comfort food to me, granted the food is covered in blood but it's still comforting nonetheless.
A group of teen models and their crew get harassed by their Doppelgänger during a photo shoot in an empty school building...
A fun concept which would have worked great in an anthology movie but is too stretched out here even for a movie with only an hour running time.
So, everybody who sees their double will die and there are some computer-generated grimaces thrown in which look more unintentionally funny than disturbing. Also the death by bend limbs looks way too funny.
So, nothing great in terms of effects work and most of the time it's people running around in an empty school building, something 50% of J-Horror can be accused of.
The cast is pretty bland but it's…
Creepy doppelgangers terrorize participants of a photo shoot in an abandoned school, cheesy bad but easy to digest.
Such a snooze fest don't even bother with this trash. At least it's only a hour
“From Takashi Shimizu, director of The Grudge and Ju-On horror films” — according to Amazon. Takashi Shimizu is one of my favorite horror directors of all time, and I was a bit surprised to find something of his that I hadn’t seen already. When I realized he didn’t direct it, I understood; the actual director is Issei Shibata, someone I’ve never heard of and who has only three directing credits. This is a pretty silly movie, about three models who are doing a fashion shoot with some creepy old men at an abandoned (haunted) school. The special effects are mostly ridiculous video effects, like distorting the characters’ faces when they’re manifesting the evil.
I don’t have anything against direct to video — the original Ju-On (The Grudge) was direct to video as well, and it was one of the first horror movies to scare me in a long time. This is no Ju-On, however. It’s a terrible silly movie.
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This was a short, low-budget horror film that was never scary but nearly always weirdly fun.
very low budget, with bad camera work
I can’t deny I was invested and at the bare minimum liked my experience watching. But I will say: the effects for the faces being distorted are just awful and the last like 20 minutes are the worst part.
It’s so very obvious they had like the smallest budget ever, but it at least has an interesting concept and doesn’t completely overstay it’s welcome. The middle section was probably my favorite as it used its concept in a really fun way.
Super cheap Japanese horror flick. I'm no horror afficianado but this didn't strike me as the least bit interesting.
I remembered watching this at some point last year and thinking it was unpalatably bad.
I've grown fond of it on this second viewing. It's rough but it had potential, and honestly the poor special effects are entertaining in its way.
If only this film had had a better budget...
A fun premise badly executed. If you encounter your mysterious doppelgänger, it kills you. But if your double gets injured, you suffer the same injury. So how do you fight it? Too bad it’s a cheap shot on video affair with poor morphing effects substituting for gore. This one could make for a fun remake in the hands of a more competent director given a halfway decent budget.
Super short with a couple of 90s J-horror touches. An interesting glimpse into a pre Ringu world. Some super sleezy men and enjoyably shonky special effects.
