Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- eerie
- paranoid
- dread-filled
- late night horror viewing
- j-horror marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film an effective and imaginative supernatural horror with strong meta-cinematic ideas and pacing, though its later developments were criticized as inconsistent and overly convoluted.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Nagisa acts in a film dramatizing a hotel massacre while filming at the actual site, causing the production to intersect with the haunting.
Ghostly visions and the massacre’s history increasingly invade Nagisa’s present experience and sense of self.
The film-within-the-film is shot at the hotel where the professor killed eleven guests and his children.
The fictional horror production mirrors the real hotel killings, making the actors’ scripted scenes and supernatural encounters difficult to separate.
Films like Reincarnation, and why
The Grudge
supernatural japanese horror, vengeful ghosts, and escalating psychological dread
Cigarette Burns
meta-cinematic horror, haunted performers, and reality blurring with a film production
Dark Water
japanese ghost story atmosphere, investigative mystery, and disturbing supernatural revelations
Shadow of the Vampire
self-referential horror production, unstable reality, and escalating occult terror
Movie Details
- Director
- Takashi Shimizu
- Release Date
- 2005-10-27
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (156)
Cast
- Yûka
- Kippei Shiina
- Tetta Sugimoto
- Shun Oguri
- Marika Matsumoto
- Karina
- Hidekazu Mashima
- Mantaro Koichi
- Atsushi Haruta
- Miki Sanjō
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Reincarnation about?
- A Japanese actress filming a massacre reenactment at the original crime scene is drawn into a haunting that collapses the boundaries between performance, memory, and supernatural revenge.
- What is Reincarnation like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Reincarnation as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Reincarnation violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Reincarnation as graphic.
- What did critics think of Reincarnation?
- Critics broadly found the film an effective and imaginative supernatural horror with strong meta-cinematic ideas and pacing, though its later developments were criticized as inconsistent and overly convoluted.
- Which films are like Reincarnation?
- Films with a similar feel include The Grudge, Cigarette Burns, Dark Water, and Shadow of the Vampire.
- How long is Reincarnation?
- Reincarnation runs 96 minutes.
- Where can I watch Reincarnation?
- In United States, Reincarnation streams on MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel.
