Noroi: The Curse (2005)

They are both horror and pretty odd

Both are found-footage films where a journalist is investigating weird cases and interviewing people to make a documentary.
Both are atmospheric and creepy!

- both are in found footage style/documentary
- storylines about curses
- both have cults and possessions

Both Hide and Never Seek and Noroi are found footage horror movies, although Noroi is based around discovering what happened with a specific event

Both Gonjiam and Noroi are found footage horror movies, although Noroi is based around discovering what happened with a specific event

Both are japanese horror/mystery movies that feature investigations into strange happenings around the country
- deep dives into the history of these phenomena
- trying to uncover the evil in plain sight
- eerie atmosphere
- abandoned buildings, quiet towns
- ambiguous but harrowing endings

-Classic japanese horror/mystery movies
- supernatural elements
- esp characters
- creepy children
- in both movies the main characters working in journalism investigate strange happenings and deaths around the country and uncover the scary history behind them.
- they try to break the curse
- iconic and scary ending (scenes)

Cult 2009, another documentary style horror movie by Koji Shiraishi.

Both are documentary style horror movies directed by Kôji Shiraishi