Cure vs Polaroid
Cure has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6/10 for Polaroid). Polaroid is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 1h 52m. Cure is the older of the two (1997 against 2019). Both are horror, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Cure
Polaroid| Cure | Polaroid | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 1h 28m |
| Genres | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Lars Klevberg |
| Main cast | Ren Osugi, Denden, Yoriko Doguchi, Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara | Madelaine Petsch, Mitch Pileggi, Katie Stevens, Javier Botet, Grace Zabriskie |
Synopsis
Cure
A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.
Polaroid
High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the mysterious Polaroid vintage camera she stumbles upon, but it doesn't take long to discover that those who have their picture taken meet a tragic end. Bird and her friends must survive one more night as they race to solve the mystery of the haunted Polaroid before it kills them all.