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X Game

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2010 ·1h 59m · ★ 5.2 (18)

After a childhood friend's suicide, Hideaki and his former classmates reunite to pay their respects. Soon after, a DVD, marked X arrives revealing a man being tortured, triggering a flashback in Hideaki, reminding him of witnessing a schoolmate being subjected to humiliating batsu (punishment) games. One evening, Hideaki is kidnapped and when he awakens the next day, he discovers he is in a recreation of his old school-room, along with his fellow classmates. Trapped and held captive by mysterious hooded figures, each of them must now play a brutally violent, version of the punishment game, in order to survive.

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4 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
57
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
33
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
43
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
67
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
0
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
28
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
50
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Content Warnings

Taboo ContentDehumanizationTorture
Phobia triggers

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TMDB Keywords

bullyingjapanpunishment gamesuicideurban legendvigilante

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