Seance

2000

1h 58m

Drama

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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80%

Tomatometer

5 Reviews

63%

Audience Score

500+ Ratings

Junko and her husband allow a girl to die in their home, then her spirit haunts them.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Its portrait of spiritual estrangement generates profound unease.

Rated: A-

Nov 8, 2005

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

Junko suffers from Lady Macbeth syndrome with a 21st-century careerist twist: Her ambition is strictly for herself, and she'll kill to satisfy it, quickly and coldly.

May 4, 2010

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Under Kurosawa's richly stylized direction it's kept moody, atmospheric and what seems only frivolous entertainment becomes something that's more provocative.

Rated: B

Jun 29, 2008

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Jason Gorber

Film Scouts

A mix of crime drama and psychic mysticism, the film plays like a thriller without many thrills.

Rated: C-

Jun 21, 2007

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Kurosawa's film is creepy -- the atmosphere is bathed in dread -- but rarely frightening.

Rated: 4/5

May 10, 2006

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william s

Thin.....this movie is just thin.There is no real meat on this carcuss of a film.Should've,could've been more.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

A supreme quiet brilliance, horror never felt so human and vulnerable

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

Un thriller malin et original, dont le rythme tres lent deroute un peu au depart pour mieux saisir d'effroi a l'arrivee. C'est l'histoire d'une medium qui, alors qu'elle propose ses services a la police, se retrouve elle-meme impliquee, avec son mari, dans la disparition d'une fillette. En parallele de l'intrigue, "Seance" traite habilement de la crise d'un couple et du "mal d'enfant".

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

This is a very slow movie. It really didn't have much of a scare factor at all. I mean don't get me wrong. It did have a little girl ghost and a couple other freaky ones, but not enough to give you nightmares. The movie did have a small build up and I was really hoping for a jam packed ending. But at the last 15 minutes of the film, it is as if they just; gave up. I was really confused. I actually found myself rewinding the movie because I thought I missed something. In the end though, the movie was uncomfortably silent in the dialog and story area. I could see this movie being really freaky if they just put it together right. I can't really tell if the cast was decent or not in the fact that their lines were so monotone. I will have to give credit to the little girl though. She had a little creepiness to her.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

One of the best in the genre and sadly overlooked due to its tv movie production.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Synopsis

Junko and her husband allow a girl to die in their home, then her spirit haunts them.

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Screenwriter: Tetsuya Onishi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Japanese
Runtime: 1h 58m