THEME EXPLORATION

cursed videotape

15 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 · Gore Verbinski
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017 · Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning
Tales of Manhattan
Tales of Manhattan
1942 · Julien Duvivier
The Gorgon
The Gorgon
1964 · Terence Fisher
Baron Blood
Baron Blood
1972 · Mario Bava
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
2014 · Christophe Gans
The Monkey
The Monkey
2025 · Osgood Perkins
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1998 · Takashi Shimizu
Dead Before Dawn
Dead Before Dawn
2012 · April Mullen
Djinn
Djinn
2013 · Tobe Hooper
Ghost Lantern
Ghost Lantern
1993 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Kaidan
Kaidan
2007 · Hideo Nakata
Poison Sangga: The Homewrecker's Curse
Poison Sangga: The Homewrecker's Curse
2024 · Rizal Mantovani
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
2018 · Sonny Laguna & Tommy Wiklund
The Accursed
The Accursed
2010 · Adrián García Bogliano
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hideo Nakata Japan

He directed the original 'Ring' (1998), the definitive cursed videotape film that established the entire genre and cultural phenomenon.

 Gore Verbinski United States

He adapted 'Ring' for American audiences (2002) and explored how cursed media could be reimagined for Western horror sensibilities.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

He created 'Pulse' (2001), which extends the cursed media concept to the internet and explores technology-based supernatural dread in contemporary settings.