While Sadako vs. Kayako may leave the gritty, experimental roots of both franchises behind, they conjure up hopes of a new wave of possession.

Gives you twice the amount of creepy sequences from some of your favorite J-horror ghosts and it’s silly in a fun way to see what happens when they collide, though also feels like an entry into the Scary Movie franchise.

Sadako vs Kayako is an exercise in self-indulgence. It's a lunchtime debate stretched out into the running time of a feature film, meant only to amuse you and remind you of better films and better days.

Sadako Vs Kayako, refreshingly, makes no bones about the kind of movie it is.