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P.O.V. A Cursed Film (2012) · POV～呪われたフィルム～

Original title: POV～呪われたフィルム～

2012 · Norio Tsuruta · 92 min · Japan

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Mirai and Haruna are shooting a show streamed on smartphones which introduces different viewer submitted videos. That day the videos were all of paranormal phenomena, carefully selected alleged accurate accounts of haunted occurrences. In the middle of one video, the image gets interrupted, immediately turning back on to show a footage that was not in the script. The video capture an urban legend rumoured at Haruna’s school. A psychic on the show assesses that a certain demonological ritual must be performed in order to rid the school of this phenomena. The director, agents and the two girls go to the school accordingly to find there is more to the video than meets the eye…

A 2012 title built around found footage and Suspense. Directed by Norio Tsuruta.

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P.O.V. A Cursed Film

French: Pov - A Cursed Film
Chinese: POV 被诅咒的胶片
Korean: POV : 저주받은 필름

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