Japan horror king Nakata returns with evil doll

Japanese filmmaker Hideo Nakata (AFP Photo / Kazuhiro Nogi) TOKYO (AFP) – Japanese horror director Hideo Nakata, best known for terrifying audiences by bringing the vengeful demon Sadako through a television set in the smash-hit movie “Ring”, wants to make a romantic comedy. But the godfather of the “J-horror” genre is not ditching his day job just yet and proves he still has plenty of devilish tricks up his sleeve in his new film “Ghost Theatre,” which opens next week at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Spine-chillingly claustrophobic, Nakata’s new release revolves around a troupe of actors haunted by an evil mannequin, marking something of a departure from his previous works. “Traditionally in J-horror, a ghost — something which isn’t supposed to exist — appears faintly as an apparition behind you, often out of focus,” the 54-year-old told AFP in an interview. “Like Sadako in ‘Ring’: when the TV gets [...]