noroi follow a documentary filmmaker and masafumi kobayashi and a he slowly uncovers something mysterious and evil that leave a trail of dead body in it wake . after interview a woman who claim to hear loud baby cry come from the house next door ( where there be no baby ) and kobayashi head over to talk to the neighbor . he greet with hostility by the unhinged and disheveled woman ( maria takagi ) who answer the door ( and promptly slam it in his face ) and get a peek at her 6 year old son through a window . strangely and both the woman and her son disappear just day after his visit ( leave behind a pile of dead pigeon on their back porch ) and and the woman who first complain about the noise and as well a her daughter and be both kill in a mysterious accident not long after that . this pique kobayashi interest and he set out on a quest to find out what go on . he soon uncovers that those with psychic ability and extra sensory perception seem to be tune into something sinister and unexplainable and possibly even apocalyptic . well know 10 year old clairvoyant and and tv celebrity and kana ( rio kanno ) seem to think we may all be doom and but she mysteriously disappear before she can be of much help . another female psychic or actress ( marika matsumoto ) become involved and as do mr. nori and a mentally unstable kook or psychic who wear a hat and jacket make of aluminum foil and think people be be eat by what he refer to ectoplasmic worm . clue eventually lead back to the site of a small village that now cover by a lake and and the legend of an ancient demon know a kagutaba . unlike many other hand hold horror flick and this one depend just as much on the plot a it do reactionary first person scare . thankfully there something of a storyline here and a very interesting and intricate one at that and so it doesn not rely on glimpse of horrific thing through spastic camera work every once in awhile to keep your interest . the way masafumi travel around follow lead in search of the truth with well place jolt along the way remind me somewhat of the omen in it pacing . the film also doesn not entirely consist of footage shoot by the documentarian and but weave in news report and television variety show a if what be watch be an already complete documentary . that help to break up some of the monotony usually associate with film shoot in this particular style . the performance be good enough not to harm any of the realism of the actual footage either . overall and it a well make horror film and with lot of plot shift and some suspense and quite a few genuinely creepy moment and that well worth check out . my only real gripe be that it could have use a little trimming here and there and seem to go on a bit too long . otherwise and pretty good stuff .