The Woman Who Keeps A Murderer(HKAFF 2019)

Nakata Hideo is best known for the terrifying monsters in The Ring and Dark Water. The director now tackles a different type of monster with this suspenseful psychological thriller based on a novel by the writer of Ju-on the Grudge. On the outside, Kyoko seems like an ordinary woman, but in reality, she is hiding three other volatile personalities who are hell-bent on protecting their host. When Kyoko falls for her novelist neighbor, the other personalities begin to take over with deadly consequences. Part of Kadokawa and Happinet’s project of taboo-breaking horror films, this intense thrill ride is one of Nakata’s most extreme works yet.