P.O.V. - A Cursed Film (2012)
REVIEWER RATING:
6/10
With found footage films dominating the US, other foreign countries have been following suit with their renditions, but Japan is one country that hasn't really produced much for the particular sub-genre. Aside from Noroi: The Curse I haven't witnessed much else in terms of FF to come out've the country. Director Norio Tsuruta (Ring 0:
Birthday, Kakashi, Premonition) remedies that by delivering a little flick aptly titled P.O.V. - A Cursed Film, which is a documentary-style found footage effort that focuses on a couple cute young Japanese girls that host some sort of new low-budget television program.In this segment the topic is "Ghost Videos" where they're sent footage from viewers to watch while a camera records their reaction to it. Right from the start, the first video they play is a creepy one showing the door from a bathroom stall slowly opening and the camera pans to the inside of the stall to reveal no one there. The second tape
is actually almost the same, except this time they spot a hand on the door, and as the camera moves closer to finally divulge the culprit, it's once again empty.
P.O.V. - A Cursed Film (2012)
With found footage films dominating the US, other foreign countries have been following suit with their renditions, but Japan is one country that hasn't really produced much for the particular sub-genre. Aside from Noroi: The Curse I haven't witnessed much else in terms of FF to come out've the country. Director Norio Tsuruta (Ring 0:
In this segment the topic is "Ghost Videos" where they're sent footage from viewers to watch while a camera records their reaction to it. Right from the start, the first video they play is a creepy one showing the door from a bathroom stall slowly opening and the camera pans to the inside of the stall to reveal no one there. The second tape