Hitori Kakurenbo (2008)

"Hitori kakurenbo", aka "Hide and Go Kill", is a low budget Japanese horror film based on the game Hide and Go Seek Alone. Essentially an urban legend, the game is played by following a set of rules that involves removing the stuffing from a doll and then filling it with rice, tying it up with a red string, placing it in water and stabbing it, all before hiding somewhere in your house. After a while you leave your hiding spot, holding salt water in your mouth, then going back to the doll and saying three times "I win". It's an interesting concept to make a movie about but the way that it is presented is boring as hell! The pacing is slow, the game's rules are repeated in detail over and over in each segment, and people keep repeating "Have you played this" or "Will you play this" before taking a slow time to actually play the game. The results all end with horrific results such as suicide, complete disappearance, or becoming possessed. Had the pacing and script been tightened up, this could have been a spooky film but the ultimate result is utterly disappointing.