Gekijô rei (2015)

Gekijô rei: Directed by Hideo Nakata. With Rika Adachi, Toshihito Kokubo, Keita Machida, Haruka Shimazaki. Sara, a young actress, is able to land the leading role in big theater play, but soon learns that somebody or something is trying to end the production at all cost, which puts Sara in deadly danger.

“Initially I was somewhat looking forward to sitting down to watch this 2015 Japanese horror movie from director Hideo Nakata. Sure, I had not heard about the movie, prior to getting to sit down and watch it in 2020, but it was a Japanese horror movie, and they usually have a tendency of being great.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo it was with some interest and expectation that I sat down to watch u0026quot;Ghost Theateru0026quot; (aka u0026quot;Gekijô reiu0026quot;). However, the movie wasnu0026#39;t overly thrilling, nor did it really offer much of anything new to the Japanese horror genre, especially the genre with ghosts.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Ghost Theateru0026quot; was just too generic and bland. Sure, if you are new to the Japanese horror genre, then you might find the movie quite good and suspenseful. But if you are a seasoned horror veteran and well-traversed in the Asian cinema, then u0026quot;Ghost Theateru0026quot; offers you very little.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNow, donu0026#39;t get me wrong. The movie is watchable and entertaining enough for what it turned out to be. I had just hoped for a bit more than just a run-of-the-mill ghost movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI will say that the doll aspect to the movie was good, but it could only do so much to salvage the rest of the movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe acting in the movie was adequate, but the performers didnu0026#39;t really have all that much of elaborate material to work with.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy rating of u0026quot;Ghost Theateru0026quot; is a mediocre five out of ten stars.”