An
abused child suddenly vanishes, but then mysteriously reappears a few
minutes later. Something fundamental has changed. The person who mistreated
the child becomes consumed with dread and is cursed to die three days
later. This is a urban legend known as the Tommy Curse, the brainchild
of Kodomo Tsukai, a living doll from an alternative fantasy world. He
collects the souls of troubled kids to act as his milky-eyeballed army
of assassins. The home-base for this bizarre underworld is an old-time
Carny Circus where nothing is real but anything can happen. Into this
David Lynch fever-dream comes a desperate couple, local newspaper
reporter Shunya and his girlfriend Naomi who have been accidentally
targeted for the three-day death watch.
The
film, written and directed by Takashi Shimizu, is a logical extension
from his earlier hits JU-ON:
THE GRUDGE and JU-ON:
THE GRUDGE 2. The basic premise of 'hellish children ghosts'
is the same. But their playground is considerably different.
A Japanese
film with optional ON/OFF English subtitles; widescreen format, uncut
(111 minutes),
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extras include theatrical
trailer.
Graphic
Violence/Scenes of Abusive Behavior
Recommended For Mature Audiences
An
abused child suddenly vanishes, but then mysteriously reappears a few
minutes later. Something fundamental has changed. The person who mistreated
the child becomes consumed with dread and is cursed to die three days
later. This is a urban legend known as the Tommy Curse, the brainchild
of Kodomo Tsukai, a living doll from an alternative fantasy world. He
collects the souls of troubled kids to act as his milky-eyeballed army
of assassins. The home-base for this bizarre underworld is an old-time
Carny Circus where nothing is real but anything can happen. Into this
David Lynch fever-dream comes a desperate couple, local newspaper
reporter Shunya and his girlfriend Naomi who have been accidentally
targeted for the three-day death watch.
