Enjoyed Ju-on: The Curse? Start here.
Find your next watch through shared stories, themes and filmmakers. See why each film connects, then explore the map.
Your starting film
Film · 10 connectionsWhen elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed.
Directed byTakashi Shimizu
Follow a connection
A feature-film shortlist from the cached Film Atlas engine. The interactive map may include more titles or newer results. These are similarity matches, not a guarantee of age suitability.
Same saga
2000 · 76 min · Horror · Mystery
On his request, the sensitive sister of a real estate agent visits a house he intends to put up for sale, only to cross paths with its resident curse.
Same saga
2002 · 92 min · Horror
When a social worker is sent to check on a traumatized elderly woman whose family have moved in at the site of a notorious murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that transmits via its victims.
Strong story similarity
2014 · 91 min · Horror
A school teacher visits the home of a boy who's been absent from school for a long period of time, unaware of the horrific tragedy which occurred in the boy's household many years ago.
Same director
2001 · 100 min · Horror
Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends, Takumi and Shunichi, arrive on the scene and help him dispose of the body. To cheer him up, the boys take the unwitting murderer to the nearest bar for a party... but a mysterious girl named Tomie shows up, bearing a few odd physical resemblances to the dead girl in the ground.
Similar atmosphere
2003 · 112 min · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent deaths, along with the exact date and time of their future death, listed on the message log. The plot thickens as the surviving characters pursue the answers to this mystery which could save their lives.
Same director
2020 · 108 min · Horror · Mystery
After her brother goes missing, a young psychologist visits an infamous haunted and cursed location known as ‘Howling Village’ to investigate his disappearance and uncover her family’s dark history.
Strong story similarity
2012 · 129 min · Horror · Thriller
Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer who concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.
Strong story similarity
2013 · 64 min · Horror
The 11th installment in the "Sealed Videos" series, investigating the truly dreadful in horror videos. "Kill me": Iwakutsuki's VHS has been posted by a director who works at a local TV station. It is said that the moment of suicide is reflected. Other segments include "Tegata", "Blackness", "Squeaking voice", "Curse behind the ceiling" and "Fear Documentary".
Same director
2023 · 102 min · Horror · Mystery
Takashi Shimizu's newest film is about a mysterious cassette tape containing a melody. People who hear this melody gradually begin to hum it themselves and become involved in a mysterious incident. What is the mystery behind this melody ?
Strong story similarity
2019 · 99 min · Horror
A psychologist connects her missing brother to the strange case of a mysterious little girl believed to be Sadako reincarnated.
Film Atlas combines story similarity, movie metadata and TMDB relationship signals. Shared studios can support a match; audience and film-format safeguards help avoid poor fits. The explanations above come from the engine’s recorded evidence—not invented reviews.
A similarity match is different from a quality rating. Use the map to explore the connections and decide what fits your mood.
Start with Ju-on: The Curse