Haunted School: The Curse of the Word Spirit (2014)

Profile

• Movie: Kotodama: Spiritual Curse (English title)
• Romaji: Gakko no Kaidan Noroi no Kotodama
• Japanese: 学校の怪談　呪いの言霊

• Director: Masayuki Ochiai
• Writer: Toru Tsunemitsu (novel), Masayuki Ochiai
• Producer:
• Cinematographer:
• Release Date: May 23, 2014
• Runtime: 105 min.
• Genre: Teen-Horror / School
• Production Company: LT Corporation
• Distributor: LT Corporation
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Ayano, Miyu, Yuri and Mei are high school students. They learn about a fatal gas accident which occurred at a school in the past. The girls then experience unusual occurrences like hearing breathing from closed classrooms and seeing a person’s shadow.

Hitomi then sneaks into an abandoned school to shoot a horror video for the internet. Hitomi hears from her colleague Kimio about a fox’s window which leads to the spirit world.