LEAFF 2023

HALLOWEEN HORROR SPECIAL

LEAFF celebrates the Halloween season with Japanese horror thrillers, screened as UK premieres. We see a return of Director Takashi Shimizu, the mastermind behind Ju-on, as well as filmmaker Takumi Saitoh’s latest captivating drama thriller.

HOME SWEET HOME

Dir. Takumi Saitoh | Japan | 2023 | 113 mins | 18

Sunday October 22, 21:00
ODEON Luxe West End Buy tickets →

In the harsh winter located Nagano, Kenji Kiyosawa, a sports instructor, is fascinated by a model house touted as a "magical house." Kenji decides to build a house for his wife and daughter, who are sensitive to the cold, with a single air conditioner that can warm every corner of the house. With the new house completed and a second daughter joining the family, the family is at its peak of happiness. However, as soon as they move into the house, strange things begin to happen. A terrifying shadow in a baby's eyes, Something who caught the girl in the basement… The wear things surrounding the "house" is not limited to only the family, but it begins to spread to those involved, and accelerates towards the ending of the shock that exceeds expectations.

IMMERSION

Dir. Takashi Shimizu | Japan | 2023 | 109 mins | 18

Friday October 27, 21:00
The Cinema at Selfridges Buy tickets →

Genius neuroscientist Tomohiko Kataoka (Daigo Nishihata) relocates to a secluded island to join ‘Shinsekai’, a research team studying the connections between virtual reality technology and neuroscience. However, things take a dark turn when the VR duplicate of the island created by the team flags an eerie glitch in the shape of a mysterious woman in red. When violent drowning deaths start to occur, the island’s deeply rooted shamanic superstitions seem to be the only key to uncovering a terrifying curse claiming lives from beneath the ocean surface.