What if some mastermind of horror movie work together to create a new horror story? Ken Oishi, The author of Japan horror blockbuster “The Grudge” and Ataru Oikawa, the director of manga based horror “Tomie” with the cinematographer who also worked on “The Grudge”, Tokusho Kikumura. From their handwork it’s came the new J-Horror movie “Apartment 1303”, from the title we can guess that the story will set most on an apartment room, like what we have seen on previous Korean horror “A.P.T”. So, is there anything new from this apartment 1303 set horror? Just check out the synopsis below, before Tartan Asia Extreme release the region 1 DVD to frighten home cinema market on October 23rd.Apartment 1303 is white, bright and airy with a sheer white curtain blowing from the wind off the balcony, and is on the 13th Floor of a large building. The view onto the sea is magnificent, but the history of the Apartment is awful. Numerous young women have committed suicide by jumping off the balcony and it is now about to happen again!
When Yuka, a young woman, moves into this stunning apartment, she can’t believe her good fortune, however as she unpacks the moving boxes she feels as if someone is there in the room. Yuka shrugging off her fear knowing her boyfriend will soon be there. As her boyfriend come up to the building he surpasses a mother and young daughter who live next door. The little girl grabs his arm pulling him and pointing up to the top floor of the building. There he can see Yuka screaming as she comes over the edge of the balcony and falls.A few weeks later, Sayaka Midorikawa moves into Apartment 1303. Her older sister, Mariko, who has chosen to continue living at home with their mother, is proud of her sister renting an apartment of her own. Sayaka’s boyfriend, Ryota, and other friends come over to help unpack and celebrate with Sayaka. During the party, Sayaka enters the bedroom and a mysterious force draws her to the closet. When she returns to the living room, Sayaka behaves strangely with a blank stare. Suddenly, she puts on a scooter helmet, and with deliberate intention runs for the balcony and over the edge. Her friends are stunned and horrified.
Mariko can’t believe her sister committed suicide, knowing she was very happy and had many plans for her future. Moments later Mariko sees her sister’s ghost and thinks Sayaka is asking for her help in uncovering what happened Mariko goes back to Apartment 1303 to pack her sister’s belongings and soon convinces herself something terrible “lives” in the Apartment. Mariko begins to investigate and learns the history of Apartment 1303 in order to stop the curses before her or someone else becomes another victim of the terrible grudge.
Actually there’s nothing new on this tale of horror. In fact, it seems like this horror masterminds have ran out of their ideas to give something fresh to the J-Horror nowadays. The plot is only a repeating of what have been told before in a lot of horror movies ever made, a haunted unit where someone once lived, after being died very terribly, they haunted and spread their grudge to anyone who in touch with their remain facilities. The only fresh thing on this movie is the appearance of Japan actress Eriko Hatsune who played Mariko character. But this movie is still recommended if you are planning a fright night with friends over pop corns in weekend, while waiting for any Asian horror movie that will come with more fresh idea and new terrifying formula.
Product Details:
* Actors: Noriko Nakagoshi, Eriko Hatsune, Yuka Itaya, Naoko Otani, Arata Furuta
* Directors: Ataru Oikawa
* Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
* Language: Japanese
* Subtitle: English, Japanese, Chinese
* Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
* Number of discs: 1
* Rating: NR
* Distributor/Studio: Tartan Video
* DVD Release Date: October 23, 2007 ( Order your copy now ! )
* Run Time: 94 minutes
Source: Amazon.com & www.apartment1303.com(official movie site)
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