Séance

Séance

Is there a hell?

NR 2004 · 97 min · ★ 7.1 · Drama, Horror, TV Movie

A psychic housewife and her husband accidentally find a kidnapped girl. Instead of informing the police, they hatch a scheme to get famous by working with the police as a psychic consultant to 'find' the girl. Just when it all seems to go right, everything goes horribly wrong.

Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

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