Cure vs Mara
Cure has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 5.7/10 for Mara). Mara is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 52m. Cure is the older of the two (1997 against 2018). Both are crime, horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Cure
Mara| Cure | Mara | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 5.7/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Horror, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Clive Tonge |
| Main cast | Ren Osugi, Denden, Yoriko Doguchi, Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara | Olga Kurylenko, Jacob Grodnik, Javier Botet, Rosie Fellner, Lance E. Nichols |
Synopsis
Cure
A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.
Mara
Criminal psychologist Kate Fuller is assigned to the murder of a man who has seemingly been strangled in his sleep by his wife and the only witness is their eight-year-old daughter, Sophie. As Kate digs into the mystery of an ancient demon which kills people in their sleep, she experiences the same petrifying symptoms as all previous victims and spirals through a chilling nightmare to save herself and Sophie before she dares fall asleep again.