At the site of the horrific nuclear tragedy, a malevolent force lingers and consumes anyone who comes across it. That is some seriously bad news for an American man who just inherited some property in Japan. Good news for us because he’s a vlogger (he has himself a channel focused on cameras and filmmaking) and who gives a shit about the survival of a vlogger? Eric heads out to look at his new piece of land, meeting up with his cute estate rep Nori, who surprises him by being half English and more American than expected. His blog also provides a nice reason as to why the dude is constantly filming. Anyways, Hiroshima law requires that he has to spend 24 hours occupying the space in order to lay claim to it. Luckily for him, it’s a cozy little spot that withstood the atomic bomb and it looks like he’ll be comfortable for his 24-hour occupation. There’s monitoring cameras already set up and Nori is definitely up to something with her business partner on the other end of the phone. There’s no indoor plumbing, a locked attic space and a creepy kid in a creepier mask to start things off questionably. The night drags on and things get progressively spookier and Eric digs himself progressively deeper into his own grave. That wet, black hair that you’ve become familiar with thanks to the rise of J-Horror shows up in a box along with a handy Geiger Counter and then shows up being hacked out of our hero’s throat… as is the custom. A disturbing video of Eric’s uncle recounting his first-hand account of the atomic bomb dropping on Hiroshima and his mysterious survival is found in that locked attic along with that damn kid who just keeps popping up to freak the hell out of him… but the little shit isn’t the only thing wandering around the premises. Eric is a lot more likable than most vloggers, there’s a couple well-executed scares and at least the film tries to add a little depth to the haunting by setting a basis in some terrible history. The small and capable cast don’t hurt anything either. It still feels a bit too humdrum, all things considered, but it’s not a waste of time by any stretch, even if the end is a little lame.
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