VIPCO & BayView Entertainment have released the Asian horror film The House Of The Serpent, which is now available on Digital Platforms worldwide including on Hoopla in the USA.
The House Of The Serpent will arrive on AVOD Digital Platforms worldwide on 30th July 2024.
Takahashi gained prominence in the horror genre with collaborations with director Hideo Nakata on films such as “Don’t Look Up” (1996) and “The Ring” (1998), contributing significantly to the J-horror boom. His other screenplay credits include “Serpent’s Path” (1998, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa), “Orochi: Blood” (2008, directed by Norio Tsuruta), and Netflix’s “Ju-On: Origins” (2020, directed by Shō Miyake). In 2004, he made his feature film directorial debut with “Sodom the Killer.” Subsequently, he directed a series of horror films including “Sea of Madness” (2007), “The Sylvian Experiments” (2010), “The Carol of the Old Ones” (2011), and “Occult Bolshevism” (2017). Takahashi is also an author and published books as well as a collection of screenplays.
Synopsis:
Naomi (Shoko Nakahara, an actress and playwright, is writing a new play at a mountain villa she rented for the summer. Naomi, troubled by her thoughts, calls her friend, actress Mizuki (Tomomi Kono, telling her that there is something in the house. Naomi hears the screams of the children. When Naomi calls Mizuki via Zoom, they talk about the new play. It is based on a strange incident about a woman’s disappearance that she saw on a TV program a while ago. The daughter claims that she saw her mother running out into the garden and disappearing
without a trace. Then she finds scorch marks on the ground where she vanished.
The House Of The Serpent was Written and Directed by Hiroshi Takahashi. The film stars Tomomi Kouno, Shôko Nakahara and Shôjirô Yokoi.
