J-Horror Jitters: Cure (1997)
Nightmare on Film Street - A Horror Movie Podcast
Kimberley Elizabeth & Jonathan Dehaan
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Madness. Terror. Murder. Join your horror hosts Kim & Jon as they close out their J-Horror double-bill Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cure (1997). Coincidentally, another existential nightmare puzzle box! This one's a doozy, but also a brilliantly taught and complex thriller with a serial killer that has mysteriously orchestrated a series of brutal murders like a psychic puppetmaster. Join usssss…
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| 0:54.0 | The current time is 66. Traffic is clear ahead from here to the afterlife, but it's hell outside. |
| 1:04.0 | For the next hour, you're on Nightmare Time. |
| 1:09.0 | So, let's give a grave welcome to our hosts, John and Kim. |
| 1:18.0 | Hello again, Fiends and welcome to Nightmare on Film Street. |
| 1:23.0 | The horror movie podcast for the casually obsessed and the J-horror obsessed. |
| 1:28.0 | I'm John. |
| 1:29.0 | I'm Kim. |
| 1:30.0 | We're here today talking about another film from Kiyoshi Kurosawa. |
| 1:35.0 | Just like last week's episode, it is just as depressing and bleak and a lot deeper and philosophical than you're maybe looking for in your standard J-horror movie. |
| 1:47.0 | But we are talking about the cure. |
| 1:49.0 | I think it's just cure. |
| 1:51.0 | Right, cure. We're talking about cure. |
| 1:53.0 | It's the kind of movie where a THE changes the whole movie, I think. |
| 1:58.0 | Out the gate, I have no idea what this movie is about. |
| 2:01.0 | We can talk about the title. I have very little imp. |
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