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Today I'll show you a horror film: "Hashima Project"
Spoiler ahead, watch out and take care
The movie begins with a group of five friends, venturing inside an abandoned building
They are aspiring filmmakers, and came there to catch paranormal activity on camera
The group finds the phrase "you will die," written on a wall in red paint
The room itself was the site of a vicious murder;
and the burn marks around the room indicate that the place was set on fire too
The undisputed leader of the group, Playboy,
pans the video camera across the room, as the four other friends crowd behind him
They all see a woman's face flash on the screen for a second; and they shout in shock
Sure enough, when Playboy lowers the camera,
there is a ghost of a girl with long dark hair,
and bloodstains all over her body standing in the corner of the room
Terrified, the group quickly run out of the room as fast as they can
The scene freezes; and it is revealed that the events being shown,
are part of the footage the group submitted to a producer
He definitely thinks that what they caught on camera is promising;
and he tells the friends that he will contact them later
The group leaves the producer's office, feeling dejected
He is not the first producer they pitched their idea to, and they all gave the same vague answer
The friends complain about their film degrees and tuition fees going to waste;
and Playboy suggests that they just upload their footage online to drum up interest
That night, Playboy's girlfriend, Nan,
is mulling over his suggestion of posting the video on the internet
Playboy convinces her to go ahead; and she leaves the room to take a shower,
after she uploads the video
Left on the bed, Playboy notices someone walking along the hallway across the room,
in his peripheral vision
He thinks it was his girlfriend;
but her emerging from the bathroom on the opposite side of the room,
quickly confirms it was someone else
His eyes widen in disbelief; and he looks at the hallway once more; but there's no one there
Meanwhile, their camera friend, named Camera-Boy,
sees the uploaded video and watches it in his own apartment
The footage shows that after they ran out of the haunted room,
Nan was freaking out, because someone had touched her shoulder
In the distance, the ghost's face is illuminated by a white light
The video becomes a viral sensation, and gains 190,000 views in just a week
The group celebrates their success;
and they see that a blogger, who specializes in paranormal activity, has commented on their video
Camera-Boy also receives a call,
and finds out that he got the VJ internship position he applied for
Meanwhile, the rest of his friends meet with the blogger
The blogger reveals that his team is actually working on a similar documentary
It will be filmed on the haunted island of Hashima, off the coast of Japan
The remote island has a reputation for being extremely haunted;
and the blogger wants to sponsor Playboy's team to film the documentary there
Playboy meets with his regular debtor
He likes betting on games; but he's been losing money
He assures the debtor that he can pay off his debts soon
Their video hits over a million views; and the group sits down to discuss the blogger's offer
Camera-Boy refuses to go, since he has his internship
But one of the blogger's conditions is that Playboy's whole team has to come
Eventually, Camera-Boy says yes
The group excitedly starts their journey, and flies to Japan
If they do well in the Hashima Project, they can choose the location of their next sponsored shoot
When they land, they are greeted by their tour guide
On the bus, the tour guide asks them why they chose the deserted Hashima island
Playboy explains that they're shooting a documentary;
and the tour guide tells them more about the island's history
It sits silent and empty, with gray and dilapidated buildings
But it didn't used to be this way
Hashima was originally a thriving island
But when its coal mine closed down in 19 74, the community living there fled for a better life
Later on, the friends visit some of the tourist spots in a nearby city; and they have a good time
Afterward, they travel to their hotel near the port
They'll spend the night there, before taking a boat to Hashima
Playboy asks the tour guide why they can't just directly go to the island;
and the guide replies that no boats go to the island after dark
The boys check in at the hotel, while Nan and the girl Beauty go to the beach to take pictures
Playboy and Camera-Boy encounter a pretty Japanese girl,
wearing a kimono in the hallway; and she shyly smiles at them
The other friend, Dog, follows the two girls to the beach like a dog;
and he glimpses a girl in a white kimono by the rocks
In the distance, the austere Hashima island can be seen on the horizon
That night, Camera-Boy tosses and turns in his sleep;
and a ghost of a girl creeps up under his blanket
He freezes in horror, as the girl mutters some Japanese words
Playboy wakes up, and steps outside his hotel room
He sees Camera-Boy walking inside his own room, with the cute Japanese girl they saw earlier
He assumes that the two are hooking up;
and he quickly goes back inside, and peeks at the vent that connects to Camera-Boy's room
Playboy sees the two of them naked; and he gets his video camera to film them
However, the girl turns, and stares directly at him through the vent
When he peeks again, Camera-Boy is alone on his bed; and the girl suddenly pops up at the vent
Her face is now gray, and her eyes red; and she's uttering words in Japanese too
The next thing Playboy knows, he wakes up the next morning
He gets dressed, and goes down to the lobby to meet his friends
Camera-Boy sees a portrait of a Japanese girl,
and recognizes her as the woman wearing a kimono that they saw last night
Playboy confronts him, and says that he saw the two of them together
But Camera-Boy just dismisses his claims, and thinks that Playboy is joking
Playboy then asks the tour guide who the girl in the picture is
the tour guide asks the hotel concierge,
and tells them that the girl is Miko, the daughter of the hotel owner
She also died years ago
But Camera-Boy argues that they saw her just last night,
and says that the tour guide must just be trying to scare them
But the tour guide really is telling the truth
She was in love with a boy; and he promised her that he will marry her at Hashima island
However, the boy went to the mainland to find work, and never returned
Heartbroken, Miko waited for her lover
Eventually, she got sick and died
Ever since then, a curse hangs upon the island
Everyone who goes there, experiences unfortunate events
The group gets on a boat, and travels to Hashima
They arrive there, and marvel at how desolate and rundown the whole island is
They start setting up their equipment;
and Beauty suggests that they pay respect to the spirits on the island before they film
Nan answers that they're Japanese ghosts anyway; and they wouldn't understand their prayers
The group goes to the spot where Miko died; and their tour guide stays behind, because he is scared
One wall in the apartment is completely covered in Japanese writing
Since they're Thai, they do not understand what was written;
but they guess that these were the names of all the people who died here
Playboy writes his own name on the wall; then Dog's and Beauty's
But right then, he gets a strange feeling, and hears a Japanese woman speaking
His girlfriend berates him for adding names to a wall for dead people
but he answers that he's just having fun
They decide to go to the top of the abandoned building
Once again, the tour guide is too scared to go with them
The top floor is full of apartments, with the furniture still inside
The rule is that they can't touch any of the items, since they belonged to dead people
Meanwhile, Dog and the two girls are exploring a different room, sniffing like a dog
Nan senses something strange, and begs the others to leave the room with her
They regroup outside,
and decide that they should continue shooting more footage inside Miko's building
the tour guide warns them against doing this
but they just chalk it up to him being superstitious
The sun is setting soon; and the group is still exploring the ruins
Playboy sees a dusty vase with a framed photo beside it
He rubs the dust away, and sees that it's a picture of Miko
He remembers the story that when Miko died,
her father kept her ashes and her engagement ring together
He returns the frame; but he gets surprised and knocks the vase down
The ashes blow away in the wind, and get in his eyes
Playboy notices the ring in the middle of the broken pieces
So he pockets the ring secretly, before his friends get to him
Camera-Boy is alarmed, and shares an old belief that if you get a dead person's ashes in your eyes,
you will get the ability to see spirits
Beauty picks up the ashes, and throws them out the window, hoping that Miko could be in peace
but the wind blows the ashes back inside; and they get into their eyes too
Suddenly, the whole group begins seeing a vision of an old hospital, and a man strapped to a gurney
Beauty freaks out; and an earthquake erupts
They hurriedly try to escape the collapsing building
A couple of times, they almost get hit by falling debris;
but the group manages to get outside safely
They leave the island in silence, traumatized by what happened
The friends return to Thailand; and Playboy gets to work on editing the footage they got
The rest of the group meets at their favorite restaurant
The owner sits down with them, and reveals that he used to be a producer for a ghost show too
But his crew started dying one by one; and he left the profession behind
He had rubbed graveyard dirt on his eyes;
so he can catch ghosts better; and now he sees ghosts everywhere
Later that night, Playboy answers a knock on the door
He looks at the peephole, and sees that it's his debtor and a couple of goons with him
Since he does not have the money yet, he stays quiet, and pretends that he is not at home
The debtor writes a message on a piece of paper,
saying that he'll come back again soon to collect what he is owed
On the other side, Camera-Boy can't take his mind off of Miko, and the ill-fated Hashima island
He stays up late researching it;
and when he does finally fall asleep, Miko is right beside him in bed
The next day, Playboy reviews the footage
He's horrified to see someone coming up behind him in the reflection of his laptop screen
The figure claws at his head with grimy fingers
The next morning, they discover that all the footage from Camera-Boy's camera had been damaged
Playboy is immediately angry, and blames Camera-Boy for being an irresponsible cameraman
But Camera-Boy swears that the footage was fine, when he checked his camera
Playboy's girlfriend urges him to calm down and think rationally
but Playboy is concerned, since they already took the blogger's money;
and now they have nothing to show for it
The group meets; and Playboy is still pissed about what happened, and talks to Camera-Boy rudely
However, Camera-Boy sees the ring that Playboy is wearing on his finger,
and recognizes it as Miko's engagement ring, which was hidden inside her urn
According to an old story, once a thief stole Miko's ring too;
but she followed him and haunted him, until he returned the ring
The same thing is happening to Playboy, which explains why he's been having nightmares recently
Playboy tries to take off the ring; but it's now stuck on his finger
Later at his job, Camera-Boy messes up, and gets fired by his boss
He finds himself alone at the station, with the lights all closed
Suddenly, Miko's ghost attacks him in the darkness
He fights her off; and she disappears
Meanwhile, Playboy is plagued by more nightmares about the island;
and he even sees a horrifying vision of Miko's ghost
He wakes up, and tries to get the ring off his finger
but it still doesn't budge
He uses a pair of scissors to pry it off, but cuts his own finger off instead
Playboy writhes in pain; but at least the ring is now removed from his body
Beauty visits Playboy's apartment in the middle of the night
She is distraught, because they have been having a secret affair behind Nan's back
She wants Playboy to choose her; but he will never leave his girlfriend
They are interrupted by the debtor and his two goons, coming to collect his payment
Playboy gestures for Beauty to hide in the bedroom; and then he hides in the bathroom
The debtor enters the bedroom, and sees Beauty's sexy body there
so he assaults her sexually, while his men lock Playboy in the bathroom
After he's done, he finds the ring on the table and steals it
He then encounters Nan in the lobby of the building
Nan goes up and runs into Beauty, who left Playboy's apartment in tears
She asks her friend what happened
but Beauty refuses to speak
Nan realizes that the debtor did it to her friend;
and she confronts Playboy about why he let that happen
He is crying and won't answer her
Fed up and angry, Nan leaves him alone
Downstairs, the debtor is lounging in his car;
and someone in a motorcycle stops in front of him, and shoots him
The ring then magically appears back on Playboy's table
Meanwhile, Nan meets with Dog and Camera-Boy to make sense of what happened
Camera-Boy shows her a picture of Miko's ring,
and asks if it's the same ring that Playboy is wearing
Beauty texts Nan, and says she's sorry
Beauty is sobbing in front of her dresser mirror
However, she does not notice that her reflection is smiling, instead of crying
The bathroom door slowly swings open; and she curiously goes inside
She yanks open the shower curtain, and behind it is Miko
She screams out loud, and runs out into the hallway
But now, Miko is in front of her, wearing her white kimono
She turns right, and heads up to the rooftop
Nan and the others rush to Beauty's apartment to look for her
They eventually find her on the rooftop, and about to jump off the ledge
But they are too late
She jumps off and falls to her death
Dog is wracked by grief, and angrily storms to his bedroom when he gets home
Camera-Boy and Nan are in a taxi on the way home
The vehicle stops before a train track; and the radio goes haywire
They see Miko waiting for them on the other side of the track
Dog's mom is worried about him, and calls Camera-Boy for help
He locks himself in the bathroom, and starts experiencing pain in his ear
Insects begin crawling out of it, and every other orifice in his body
Miko comes and pries his jaw open, killing him brutally
Camera-Boy and Nan arrive at Dog's home, and are once again too late
They go to Playboy, and tell him they believe that the island has cursed them all
However, Playboy is in denial
Nan is tired of him being a coward; so she and Camera-Boy leave
They review the footage from Playboy's camera, and discover something horrifying
Camera-Boy frantically calls the tour guide; but he does not answer
They pack their bags, planning to go back to Hashima;
and so they go to Playboy's apartment to pick him up
However, the apartment is empty
Playboy has already flown back to Hashima
He throws the ring to the ground, and begs for Miko to end his misery
He then stumbles upon the same secret that Nan and Camera-Boy discovered
It turns out that Off died the day they went to the island
While running during the earthquake, the floor beneath him collapsed; and he fell below
Nan and Camera-Boy saw his corpse in the rubble, when they were looking at the footage
This exactly happened, because Playboy had jokingly written his, Dog's,
and Beauty's names on the wall of the dead
Nan sees a message from the producer earlier in the film on Playboy's phone
He declares that their whole team has been accepted into the company
The movie ends with Nan and Camera-Boy comforting each other, as they mourn their lost friends
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