Whether it be automobiles, electronics, or horror films, the Japanese always manage to find a way to fine tune the hell out of a primarily Western innovation. In NOROI, we have the fully realized state of what a horror mockumentary should look like and it joins [REC] and Paranormal Activity on the higher end of the genre. The puzzling part of the equation is the director. I have to admit that I am completely confounded by the career of Kôji Shiraishi. Kôji Shiraishi is the director of noteworthy cinematic disasters such as Kuchisake-Onna (Carved) and Ju-Rei; two films so legendary
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