Japanese Film Club host their first J-Horror Halloween Special

By   |  Oct 12, 2025

The Japanese Film Club will be hosting their first ever annual J-Horror Halloween Special at the Rich Mix cinema in London from October 31 – November 2, 2025.

The chills begin on Friday night with Takashi Miike’s seminal adaptation of Ryu Murakami’s novel ‘Audition’. Saturday’s film, ’s breakout ‘Cure’, offers a transcendental exploration of the darker side of human consciousness. Then on Sunday, Shinichiro Ueda’s zombie comedy ‘One Cut of the Dead’ provides the perfect antidote to a weekend of darkness.

Audition / オーディション (1999)
A widowed film producer, Shigeharu Aoyama, is encouraged by his son and a friend to remarry. They devise a plan to hold fake auditions for a nonexistent movie role to find him a suitable bride. Aoyama becomes captivated by the demure and mysterious Asami Yamazaki, a former ballet dancer with a tragic backstory. As their relationship deepens, disturbing truths about Asami’s past emerge, leading to a nightmarish descent into psychological terror and graphic violence.

Cure / キュア (1997)
In Tokyo, a series of brutal murders occurs where victims are found with identical X-shaped wounds on their throats, but the perpetrators—ordinary people with no prior criminal history—confess to the crimes yet have no memory of their motives. Detective Kenichi Takabe, a weary investigator grappling with his wife’s mental deterioration, teams up with psychologist Sakuma to uncover the pattern. Their probe leads them to Takabe’s enigmatic amnesiac suspect, Kunio Mamiya, who seems to manipulate others through subtle hypnosis and suggestion, unravelling the boundaries between sanity, influence, and evil.

One Cut of the Dead / カメラを止めるな! (2017)
In a remote, abandoned warehouse, a ragtag film crew shooting a low-budget zombie movie suddenly finds themselves in the midst of a real zombie outbreak. The director, driven by an obsessive quest for authenticity, insists on continuing the shoot in a single, unbroken 37-minute take amid escalating chaos, gore, and undead attacks.

For full details and to book tickets, please visit japanesefilm.club.

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