Ayano, Miyu, Yuri and Mei are high school students. They learn about a fatal gas accident which occurred at a school in the past. The girls then experience unusual occurrences like hearing breathing from closed classrooms and seeing a person's shadow. Hitomi then sneaks into an abandoned school to shoot a horror video for the internet. Hitomi hears from her colleague Kimio about a fox's window which leads to the spirit world.
Direction
Ochiai crafts genuinely unsettling classroom dread.
Practical Effects
The fox's window set piece is gloriously cursed practical work.
Editing
Found footage and traditional horror blend surprisingly well.
Director
Masayuki Ochiai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is actually the seventh film in the 'Haunted School' franchise, which somehow keeps getting theatrical releases despite diminishing returns.
The 'fox's window' (kitsune no me) is a genuine Japanese folklore concept about spiritual portals, though the film takes violent liberties with the tradition.
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