anyone familiar with horror film know that most of them be not scary at all . some people enjoy gorefests with subpar story line and character development . i personally enjoy horror film that focus on atmosphere and interesting concept ( e. g. and a tale of two sister and kairo and etc . ) . whatever the type of horror film one personally like and there be only a select few that really scare you . noroi be one of them . this be a documentary style movie and which mean that the entire film be a compilation of video clip that be link by the legend of a demonic entity name kagutaba . the premise be that a journalist film his own footage by interview people associate with the demonic ritual associate with kagutaba and then compile footage from other source that link with his research . what result be a relentlessly chill experience that feel very real and very disturbing and despite the fact that the story itself be fake . some have compare noroi with the blair witch project and but the only similarity be the documentary style . one obvious difference between the film be that noroi scar the viewer by link event to one another use different source . for example and the journalist record the exterior of a house that he be research and see something strange on the porch . later in the film and a clip from another character home video introduces that very same strange occurrence . the viewer memory link the two incident and chill start run down their spine . another example involve a television show with a child psychic who answer every single question correctly except for one . in fact and her answer be so wrong that the viewer may wonder what the filmmaker be think . later on and however and that wrong answer turn out to be link to an extremely disturbing event . this be intelligent film make indeed . another difference between noroi and blair witch be that noroi provide not one and but two very long finale and the second of which be place a minute after the credit start to roll and be the single great scare scene in the history of horror cinema . i do not say such thing lightly . it totally wreck me in a wonderous way . other aspect of film making be well do . the legend and ritualistic background of kagutaba be very interesting and most of the actor do a good job . the only over the top performance come from a guy who suppose to be crazy anyway and so that expect . the cinematography be intentionally gritty because all of the footage be suppose to represent video shoot on camcorder . japanese film be not know for their special effect and but the effect use here be awesome . in some case they create an other worldly feel ( e. g. and the static interference or the first finale ) but in other case they be alarmingly realistic ( e. g. and the second finale ) . when all be say and do and noroi go down a the scariest film i have ever see . i would go so far a to say that there be no film in existence that provide such sheer terror from begin to end like noroi do . see it now .