
As she plunged into a fury, a dark fog coiled at her feet. Her wrath was like the tides of a stormy sea, violent and unforgiving. She summoned all her nensha power and projected a terrible curse on a videotape that killed its viewer after seven days. When a visitor rented the cabin, Sadako found an opportunity for revenge. And yet she tried, again and again.ĭecades later, the meadow became a resort, and a log cabin was built above the well. Her fingers gushed with blood as the coarse cobblestone tore off her nails and lacerated the flesh underneath. Each time she clawed up a few inches, her nails slid against the wet wall and she slipped down. She gripped the stones to climb but had neither hold nor strength. She dug her nails into the muddy ground and slowly crawled toward the cobbled wall.

A grinding noise came from above and the well darkened, all light obscured like a midday eclipse.Įvery inch of her body screamed in pain.

Pain exploded in her skull as she hit the cold ground. She felt two hands pushing her over the rim. Her vision dimmed and her mind swirled into unconsciousness. She turned and a sudden jolt of pain hit her over the head, cracking it open. As she leaned over the rim, a long shadow fell over her. Her mother passed away and shortly after Sadako was lured to an old, crumbling well. When a journalist called her mother a fraud, Sadako’s powers surged, and the journalist collapsed on the floor, struck dead. This became apparent when she was unable to control her rage during a public demonstration of her mother’s powers. As a child, her immense powers seemed impossible to control and flared in anger. Some said, frolic in brine, goblins be thine-if you keep playing in the water, the monster will come for you. In her hometown, sailors disliked the way her mother would spend days on the beach, her eyes fixed on the foaming waves of the sea. Her mother left many questions unanswered.

A powerful and lethal onryō, Sadako Yamamura was the daughter of a famed seer from Izu Oshima, Japan.
