Ju-on: Origins (2020)
Dir. Shô Miyake | 6 episodes, approx 29 mins each.
Presumably, that's the same 'real' events that the original films were based on, which were dreamt up by Japanese filmmaker Takashi Shimizu.
The series also makes the claim that its story is "far more frightening than the movies" were.
The first falsehood enables it to benefit from the groundwork and reputation of Shimizu's works without being wholly tied to them, while simultaneously implying a level of spurious credibility by suggesting that it's more factual - more 'real world' and less 'fantasy' horror.
With regards the second half of the claim, and keeping in mind that fear is as subjective as humour, nothing in Origins came close to the horror of Ju-On: The Grudge (2002). The horror in Origins is more shock value grotesqueness than spine-chillingly supernatural happenings.
The first falsehood enables it to benefit from the groundwork and reputation of Shimizu's works without being wholly tied to them, while simultaneously implying a level of spurious credibility by suggesting that it's more factual - more 'real world' and less 'fantasy' horror.
With regards the second half of the claim, and keeping in mind that fear is as subjective as humour, nothing in Origins came close to the horror of Ju-On: The Grudge (2002). The horror in Origins is more shock value grotesqueness than spine-chillingly supernatural happenings.
If the events depicted were genuinely real, it would be frightening indeed to think that they could be happening to youths near where you live, but both claims are fictitious.
I'd write some more about context and pacing if I could remember much about either, but I lost my notes. Normally I'd be a little pissed-off about that, but on this occasion I don't care because Origins is a 'Netflix original', which should give you some indication of its quality. 💩
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