Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Gekijô-ban

Would be a cult classic if the Series version didn't overshadowed the film. It's a hidden GEM. It has 8 different stories with different directors. It's terrifying enough for you to not watch it alone. It also gave me nightmares for a week 'cause some of the settings resembled the environment I'm living on.

This is a very clever collection of eerie tales pieced together meticulously by the creators. I say clever because it is easy to see two meanings to each of these stories. Are they tales of ghosts and spirits or mental instabilities? Each tale is interesting and lures its audience in all the way through. I wouldn't call it a scary movie but it has a very strong eerie atmosphere which is present in all the five creepy stories. The acting is top notch, the camera work near perfect, always giving the viewer just enough to intrigue then wham! Well worth watching and very professionally executed film.

I recommend you watching this movie. you find comedy genre with horror for some parts like "The Promise" and "The Nightwatchmen". if you hate blood and blood and...., if you like short stories, if you like enjoyable movies, if you don't like boring stories and characters like "Annabelle" and ..., I recommend you this japanese movie.

The other two reviews are WRONG, because they are referring to the show as opposed to the actual MOVIE, which this IMDb site is dedicated to.

The movie, is a jewel of a film and very enjoyable to say the least. It's no JU-ON or Ringu but it's still fun to watch, as a guilty pleasure, not only because of the foray into Japanese culture, but also because it mixes horror with some comedy and suspense as well.

For people that enjoyed this I would also recommend you watching the show which is available on ama zon in it's entirety in a single collection. I would also recommend "Scary True Stories: Ten Haunting Tales from the Japanese Underground" and "Dark Tales of Japan"

So the first tale, The Nightwatchmen, is not only interesting but it also starts off by adding some comedy into the mix which was a great addition to the movie. Probably the best or second best story, along with "The Promise"

The second story, Wisps of Smoke, was alright, nothing very memorable. It seems like an analogy for how people die suddenly from smoking cigarettes ?

"Gloves" was interesting and creepy, one of the better stories, I would say 3rd best after "The Nightwatchmen" and "The Promise" Unlike many of these stories, in the end, it actually makes sense and there's nice music in the background at the last moments.

"The weight" seemed like pure filler and it also seemed incomplete actually. The ghost was not horrifying at all and it didn't make ANY sense. Probably the worse story.

"Full length mirror" was well done but a little short and leaves much to be desired. No real back story about mirror. For fans of THE GRUDGE. This was directed by the same guy that directed "The Grudge: White Ghost" and it includes the same old lady ghost with the basketball, except in this case she's holding the basketball because she's in a high school gym and she doesn't croak like in "The Grudge" Probably the 4th best ?

"Line of Sight" was well done and it includes the same nurse from the end of "The Nightwatchmen" when the Chief was being surrounded. Maybe a tie for 3rd or 4th best ?

"The Promise" Now this one, I thoroughly enjoyed. The creepy lady in the end was classic. It could be a movie franchise but like many of these stories it leaves something to be desired, with no explanation of why the ghost is there... 1st or 2nd best tied with "The Nightwatchmen"

"Hisao" A bitter sweet, sad story about a bullied boy who was killed, whose mother speaks to his ghost. It worked in some ways, but also felt like filler, no suspense really no climax...

Overall yea it was a descent movie. I would recommend it to any horror fan but especially to fans of J horror. Check it out and enjoy.

Tales of Terror (Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: gekijô-ban) is a collection of 33 short horror films from different Japanese directors. Among these horror films there are few more light hearted one's with bits of black comedy. All of them are made with very low budget so it can be seen in the quality (especially in the quality of special effects).

The word suspense would, in my opinion, describe better the contents of these stories. There's not much (as in: not at all) gore, blood, violence; only a couple of them hold enough horrific elements to actually be called horror. Mainly the stories are at most just thrilling or plain bizarre. Horror fans won't probably get too much out of these, but if one likes suspense, mysteries and Japanese oddities - this might be worth seeing.