Toshio, the ghost boy who made audiences scared of cat meowing, is back. After being announced just a few months ago, an official trailer has already been released for Ju-on: Owari no Hajimari, or The Grudge: Beginning of the End, the seventh entry in the popular Japanese Ju-on horror franchise.

Set to be released in Japan on June 28th, Ju-on: Owari no Hajimari is written and directed by Masayuki Ochiai (2008 remake of Shutter) and stars Nozomi Sasaki and Kai Kobayashi. This is the first Japanese Ju-on film since 2009's Ju-on: White Ghost (2009).

"An elementary school teacher named Yui visits the home of a boy named Toshio Saeki who’s been absent from school for a long period of time. When she arrives, she re-lives the horrific tragedy which occurred in the Saeki household 10 years earlier. A cardboard box left in a closet holds the key to revealing a long-hidden truth."

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    Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.

    When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.