Hell Girl
Alternative titles: Jigoku Shoujo
Genres: Horror, Mystery
Number of episodes: 26 (season 1, there are more)
Streaming available on: No streaming providers known currently. Available for purchase only.
In modern Japan, there is an urban legend: Those filled with vengeance can visit a website exactly at midnight and enter the name of the person who is to be cursed. Once this is done, the “Hell Girl”, Enma Ai, appears shortly after and offers to fulfill the wish. The soul of the victim is sent directly to hell – but the requester must also pay a high price…
Hell Girl is, in a broad sense, episodic horror since nearly every episode deals with a new case where someone utilizes the services of the Hell Girl – cursing both a victim and themselves in the process. Especially the punishments are grim, cruel, and sometimes quite disturbing.
Even though Hell Girl deviates a bit from the well-known and beloved pattern in the later seasons, at least the first season is worth a look for anyone who enjoys supernatural horror in the modern world – and wants to experience some rather gruesome incidents.
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