Premonition
A grieving professor confronts a cursed newspaper that predicts deaths and challenges his belief that fate can be rewritten.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- eerie
- brooding
- dread-filled
- late night horror
- j-horror marathon
What critics said
Critics found the film a flawed but endearing second-tier j-horror whose distinctive supernatural premise and striking final reel stand out despite uneven early performances and inherited genre conventions.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Hideki discovers newspaper scraps depicting future fatal events, making the newspaper the story's central supernatural mechanism.
The film's supernatural logic connects altered futures, mental constructs, and the overlap between life and death.
Hideki and Ayaka's divorce and continuing trauma over Nana's death motivate their attempts to understand and resist the curse.
The roadside phone booth and internet transmission frame the first encounter with the prophetic newspaper, blending modern technology with occult threat.
Films like Premonition, and why
Ringu
shared j-horror tradition, supernatural forewarning, cursed media, and existential dread
One Missed Call
shared Japanese supernatural horror, technological communication, and fatalistic suspense
The Eye
shared time-displacement mystery, grief, and unsettling premonitions of death
Movie Details
- Director
- Norio Tsuruta
- Release Date
- 2004-10-02
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (140)
Cast
- Hiroshi Mikami
- Noriko Sakai
- Kazuhiro Yamaji
- Maki Horikita
- Mayumi Ono
- Kei Yamamoto
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki
- Tarō Suwa
- Daisuke Ban
- Gaku Adachi
Common questions
- What is Premonition about?
- A grieving professor confronts a cursed newspaper that predicts deaths and challenges his belief that fate can be rewritten.
- What is Premonition like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Premonition as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Premonition violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Premonition as moderate.
- What did critics think of Premonition?
- Critics found the film a flawed but endearing second-tier j-horror whose distinctive supernatural premise and striking final reel stand out despite uneven early performances and inherited genre conventions.
- Which films are like Premonition?
- Films with a similar feel include Ringu, One Missed Call, and The Eye.
- How long is Premonition?
- Premonition runs 95 minutes.
