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Ju-on: Origins Preview Images: Old Horrors Hit Home for Honjo

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Two decades since it was first released and Takashi Shimizu's Ju-On: The Curse still continues to maintain its cold, creepy grip on horror fans around the world. Considered by many a modern horror classic, the film would go on to inspire a new generation of filmmaking, as well as a number of sequels and the occasional remake. On July 3, Ju-on: Origins crawls its way into "The Grudge" horror franchise and onto Netflix screens, and now we're getting a look at preview images from the upcoming Originals series. Written by Yo Takahashi and Takashige Ichise, and directed by Sho Miyake, the series focuses on paranormal investigator Odajima and television personality Haruka Honjo to expand the "Grudge" universe.

A scene from Ju-on: Origins (Image: Netflix).
A scene from Ju-on: Origins (Image: Netflix).

Honjo has been hearing disturbing footsteps in her apartment, drawing the duo into the franchise's cursed house and into terrifying encounters with otherworldly forces. An eerie connection between a number of horrifying incidents that took place between 1958 and 1997 is found: they all stemmed from the same house. Set over the course of four decades, the series explores the nature of these incidents, building on the established premise of the films while elevating the story (and the horror) to new heights.

The J-Horror classic franchise Ju-On was actually based on real events that occurred over four decades – and the truth is even more terrifying. Can the people haunted by this house escape from its curse? And what kind of grim incident occurred in this cursed house in the past?

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A scene from Ju-on: Origins (Image: Netflix).
Ju-on: Origins
A scene from Ju-on: Origins (Image: Netflix).
Ju-on: Origins
A scene from Ju-on: Origins (Image: Netflix).
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A scene from Ju-on: Origins (Image: Netflix).
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A scene from Ju-on: Origins (Image: Netflix).

Miyake's film Playback was officially entered into competition at the Locarno International Film Festival, while his previous work And Your Bird Can Sing was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, with critics agreeing that Miyake is an emerging talent on the international entertainment scene. The folks behind Ju-on: Origins promise a series that stays true to the core appeal of Japanese horror, while also digging deeper to expose the human drama beneath.

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Ray FlookAbout Ray Flook

Serving as Television Editor since 2018, Ray began five years earlier as a contributing writer/photographer before being brought onto the core BC team in 2017.
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