Just watched the cold open. I'm 100% in. This got me from the first scene. So glad this anthology series is back. Also so happy to see George Takei in a role that has so much personal connection to his family.
Loved the premiere. I read somewhere from one of the show runners or writers that they were paying homage to Japanese horror genre, which I'm a big fan of. So just like Stranger Things paying homage to some of the 80's horror greats, I think it is to be understood that these are intentional tips of the hat and not seen as tropey.
I first got hooked on Japanese horror through Ringu. I randomly picked it up at the video rental store like "what the fuck? this looks cool. why not?" 2002 before twitter and YouTube so I had no heads up about what I was about to see. When Sadako crawled through the TV I lost my shit. That was the scariest thing I had seen and I was alone in a dark room watching on a big square CRT TV. Since then I have collected all that stuff. I have DVD's of Ringu 1& 2, Ju-On 1 & 2, Dark Water, Premonition, etc. So I'm stoked for this season. I'm really rooting for it to be good.
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So glad this anthology series is back. Also so happy to see George Takei in a role that has so much personal connection to his family.
I first got hooked on Japanese horror through Ringu. I randomly picked it up at the video rental store like "what the fuck? this looks cool. why not?" 2002 before twitter and YouTube so I had no heads up about what I was about to see. When Sadako crawled through the TV I lost my shit. That was the scariest thing I had seen and I was alone in a dark room watching on a big square CRT TV. Since then I have collected all that stuff. I have DVD's of Ringu 1& 2, Ju-On 1 & 2, Dark Water, Premonition, etc. So I'm stoked for this season. I'm really rooting for it to be good.