It’s been two years since production wrapped on the screenlife J-horror movie Bloat. Now, it appears as though a release date announcement may be imminent as the Lionsgate horror movie has earned an official R-rating. Bloat has been rated “R” for “language and some violent content,” which sounds like a more ominous, foreboding style of […]
It’s been two years since production wrapped on the screenlife J-horror movie Bloat. Now, it appears as though a release date announcement may be imminent as the Lionsgate horror movie has earned an official R-rating.
Bloat has been rated “R” for “language and some violent content,” which sounds like a more ominous, foreboding style of horror.
Ben McKenzie (“Gotham”) and Bojana Novakovic (Beyond Skyline) star.
The film tells of “a military officer (McKenzie) stationed in Turkey while his wife (Novakovic) is vacationing in Japan with their kids. During the stay, their younger son almost drowns in a lake. Soon after the accident, the parents realize that something is wrong with their boy.”
Bloat will also feature Bon Koizumi, great-grandson of the legendary Japanese folklorist and horror story collector Lafcadio Hearn and the director of his museum. Previously released details reveal that the film’s characters will “eventually come to him searching for answers about the mysterious Japanese folklore demons. His great-grandfather Hearn became the adopted father of the Kaidan (ghost story) and the first foreigner to retell these folktales for a Western audience. Classic Japanese ghost stories and horror tales like