Films with a similar vibe?

[CrunchYAAAAAN]

Kind of a weird topic but I've been a long time Fatal Frame fan, since the first, but I really love the medical horror vibe that comes with this one. Does anyone know any movies that has a similar feeling? Shutter Island sort of scratched that itch but if anyone has any recommendations, that'd be sweet.

[Salty Juniper]

Gonjiam is a Korean found footage movie about a haunted mental institute. I personally didn't like it, but apparently it did get good reviews.

[Akeashar]

Theres always the Fatal Frame movie? Although thats not really Medical horror and more gothic horror romance.

[CrunchYAAAAAN]

Sorry for the HUGE gap in replies, but I checked out those movies! Thanks for the recommendations.

Gonjiam was a delight, it took what I liked about Found Footage films and the location shooting really carried the mood along with being sparing with the outright haunting moments until it was the most fun time for a jumpscare. Very exciting movie, adored the gimmick and will likely become a once-a-year Halloween watch for me.

I also never saw the Fatal Frame movie till now, and it's...interesting. It felt like it was trying to maintain three plotlines at once and I didn't like the last ten minutes being so dedicated to outright telling me what the plot of the film was, the Silent Hill movie did that as well, strangely enough.

As a drama mystery it was a success and it did have me thinking about it a lot after the credits rolled; the soundtrack was phenomenal and the location choice was peak for that beautiful-horror vibe the series is famous for. It wasn't remotely scary, but it was very clear by the first ten minutes it was intending to be a slow burn and that the fear wasn't the focus. Fatal Frame to me has always been about a ritual going wrong and how it's affecting victims caught in the now. I wasn't too upset at the lack of the Camera Obscura, Shinto imagery, or hostile ghosts since that key aspect was still in the Kiss Ritual and how that affected the schoolgirls. I think the pacing needed dire work and some editing could have really elevated it, but it was definitely worth the watch just for how unique it was.

Thanks again for the recs!

[Salty Juniper]

If you like found footage movies and movies about a ritual going wrong then I'd also highly recommend Noroi. A lot of the horror comes from shocking reveals so it's best if you watch it without knowing anything about it.

[mdesaleah]

I think the Fatal Frame movie was based on a novel that was also for Fatal Frame.

So it having some issues that a lot of book-to-movie films have makes sense.

[tv]

the Shutter 2004/2008 movies.

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Thirteen Ghosts (aka Thir13en Ghosts 2001)

[Karosu-Maker]

Check "Noroi", deals with shinto curses as well and in general it's one of the best fake documentary movies out there. Quite underrated.