Stare

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Stare

2020

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Meagan Navarro

Daily Dead

Despite a few minor tweaks, the addition of gore by way of eye trauma, and a modern polish on an old trope, 'Stare' doesn't stray far from the J-horror formula introduced by 'Ringu' two decades ago.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 29, 2019

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C.H. Newell

Father Son Holy Gore

Stare doesn’t necessarily give J-horror fans anything new. Still, the film’s incredibly creepy. Adachi’s screenplay touches on themes about how / why folk tales affect us, and how the past connects with modernity through urban legends.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 22, 2022

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James Mudge

easternKicks.com

Well-made, sufficiently eerie and with a fun spectre in Shirai-san, the film is worth checking out, and is several notches above Hideo Nakata's limp Sadako

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 23, 2020

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Scott Phillips

The Movie Isle

If you're a fan of Japanese horror, and Japanese ghost stories in particular, then you'll want to give Stare a look.

Jul 23, 2020

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Marshall Shaffer

Crooked Marquee

Otsuichi does not stop with the obvious conclusion that cellphones and the internet are bad. Instead, his film pinpoints the omnipresence of meaningless details on social media as the culprit.

Aug 19, 2019

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Kimberley Elizabeth

Nightmare on Film Street

"Stare mystifies as a chilling, effective J-horror - even with a somewhat stale format."

Rated: 7/10

Aug 9, 2019

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Director: Otsuichi
Screenwriter: Otsuichi
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English