Janus Films has provided a new trailer for Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Chime (2024), which will begin screening together with the new 4K restoration of Serpent's Path (1998) on March 27. Blu-ray releases of the two films are expected to be made available this Summer.
Descripción: A masterclass in escalating dread and shocking violence, Chime reaffirms Kiyoshi Kurosawa as one of modern horror's most innovative and unpredictable visionaries. During a class, culinary instructor Matsuoka (Mutsuo Yoshioka) witnesses the suicide of a young student (Seiichi Kohinata), driven to insanity by what he claims is a chiming sound that controls his mind. Soon, Matsuoka begins hearing it, too, and descends into a mental abyss that warps his perception of reality and gives vent to his darkest impulses. Expertly blending psychological portraiture and hallucinatory mystery, Kurosawa offers a chilling depiction of madness that interrogates the very stability of our everyday existence, with the director's patented creeping tracking shots and complex sound design fashioning an immersively terrifying and unnerving cinematic experience.