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I came to Tokyo at twenty-three for a summer job at a Shibuya mini-theatre and the job never quite ended. Fifteen years of festivals later I still think the only review that counts is the one the room gives you: where the laugh lands, the moment three hundred people stop moving at once, whether anybody stays for the credits.

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Something Strange Festival celebrates Friday the 13th with horror film marathon, haunted backrooms

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The inaugural horror-themed festival will take place at Cineleisure from Nov 13 to 15.

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