The Rio Theatre‘s Rio Grind Film Festival is kicking things off on Friday, November 4 with the BC Premiere of director Kōji Shiraishi‘s supernatural thriller – a match made in horror movie franchise heaven – SADAKO VS. KAYAKO. It’s THE RING vs. THE GRUDGE in the ultimate showdown (the 12th of each series!). SADAKO VS. KAYAKO is the kind of late night crossover fans have been waiting for, in which the ghostly demons of the “Ju-on” and “Ringu” series of Japanese horror films face off against each other in a fight to the bloody, evil finish. 

A young girl A girl, Yūri Kurahashi, after watching a cursed videotape together with her friend in a haunted house, becomes trapped in a conflict between the two murderous ghosts: Sadako Yamamura and Kayako Saeki.

“Sadako vs. Kayako’ is all about giddy ghostly entertainment and on a purely crowd-pleasing level, it delivers the goods.” (Collider)

Friday, November 4

KAYAKO VS SADAKO (Screens with ‘Ghost Can’)
Doors 11:00 pm | Movie 11:30 pm

Tickets $10 advance HERE | $12 at the door

*Must be 19+ w/ID for entry and bar service.
**Groupons and passes OK! Please redeem at the door.

**Seeing more than one movie during the Rio Grind Film Festival? Why not buy a day or full film festival pass?

Rio Grind Film Festival – November 4 Day Pass available HERE

Rio Grind Film Festival – Full Festival Pass available HERE

SADAKO VS. KAYAKO (Kōji Shiraishi, 2016 / 98 mins / Japanese with English subs) After watching a cursed videotape, Natsumi has only two days before she will be killed by demonic entity Sadako. Her only hope is to pit Sadako against Kayako, a menacing spirit that inhabits a haunted house.