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Japanese baseball game strikes terror into fans with The Ring and The Grudge monster movie promo

on Jun 6, 2016 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

Japan has gave witness to what could be one of the oddest sports marketing stunts in baseball by casting horror icons from The Ring and The Grudge against each other.

A Nippon-Ham Fighters game saw the supernatural predators from each movie appear to promote a new crossover film in which the entities will face-off (Sadako vs. Kayako).

Earlier this year English football side Manchester United teamed up with Fox superheroes Deadpool and the X-Men but the club has been upstaged by the unsettling sporting abilities of the Sadako and Kayako.

Video of 貞子始球式 球速96kmのボールを伽椰子に痛打され力尽きる 【Sadako(Ring) Read full story ›

Source: The Drum