Temple (2017)

Three American tourists follow a mysterious map deep into the jungles of Japan searching for an ancient temple. When spirits entrap them, their adventure quickly becomes a horrific nightmare.

Director:

Michael Barrett

Writers:

Simon Barrett, Neal Edelstein (story)

Stars:

Logan Huffman, Natalia Warner, Brandon Sklenar

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Logan Huffman	...	Christopher
Natalia Warner	...	Kate
Brandon Sklenar	...	James (as Brandon Tyler Sklenar)
Naoto Takenaka	...	Ryo
Asahi Uchida	...	Ittoku
Mei Kurokawa	...	Police Woman
Hisashi Miyazawa	...	Police Officer
Miho Tamaki	...	Nurse
Seiko Chiba	...	Hospital Cameraman
Yoshimi Tachi	...	Man at Laptop
Sawa Masaki	...	Antique Shop Owner
Yuki Sanjo	...	Woman at Nightclub with Chris
Chiaki Hiratsuka	...	Woman at Nightclub with James
Yamato Tazawa	...	Seita
Kanji Furutachi	...	Man in Bar

Storyline

Three American tourists follow a mysterious map deep into the jungles of Japan searching for an ancient temple. When spirits entrap them, their adventure quickly becomes a horrific nightmare.

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Plot Keywords:

children | japan | temple | video camera | tourist | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Horror

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

Special makeup effects artist Etsuko Egawa was one of the artists behind the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in the original Ghostbusters.

User Reviews

When cinematographers direct

Oh wow guys. This represents Western ignorance? Man, that's deep. I know I've sure never seen a horror movie before where young American idiots ignored piles of blatant warning signs and got themselves killed in the woods by supernatural forces of evil. Thank goodness this brought Japan in to teach us this valuable lesson, especially since they're known for being so respectful of other cultures. Hur hur.

Forget about that though. Let's talk about how this movie is only 78 minutes long and is made up of about 63 minutes of build-up (and credits), leaving only around 15 minutes of jumbled, unsatisfying, lukewarm horror.

Let's talk about the fact that this movie has to promote itself by trying to invoke the names of more popular movies like You're Next and Blair Witch, but if you actually look at the credits you'll find that this was only written by the same writer of those, and was actually directed by that guy's brother who has nothing but cinematography credits to his name.

Makes sense though, doesn't it? The one positive thing I can say about this is it was certainly a well-shot film. Other than that though, it's an empty waste of time. Nothing but sightseeing shots and filler.

Details

Country:

Japan USA

Language:

Japanese English

Release Date:

1 September 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Temple

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Koji Productions, Hemisphere Motion Picture Partners, Toneplus Animation Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1