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Famous video game designer Hideo Kojima’s love for the horror genre is no secret as he has often publically spoken about his affection for classic horror films and games. However, Kojima recently shared his love for the Taiwanese horror filmIncantationin an offbeat if not disturbing way on social media.
Kojima took to social media to share a photograph that references a curse in the film, which is loosely based on a real incident. However, given the curse’s nature, Kojima might have lightened its effect by sharing it with everyone who follows him. As a result, netizens could not keep their cool about Kojima passing on the curse through social media.
Hideo Kojima Receives Mother Buddha Statue From Taiwanese Horror FilmIncantation
The2022 horror filmIncantationisreportedlyloosely based on a real incident in Gushan District, Kaohsiung. In 2005, a family of six claimed various Chinese deities possessed them. In the film, the possession is spread by seeing the face of an idol of the deity known as Mother Buddha.
In April 2024, video game designerHideo Kojimatook to X (formerly Twitter) to share images of a Mother Buddha idol he received from the film’s director Kevin Ko. You can check out Kojima’s full post below:
I received a “Mother Buddha” statue from the Taiwanese horror movie, “Incantation (Zhou),” from director Kevin Ko. Thank you🙏👍🫶😅pic.twitter.com/9ISpHNtK3r
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN)July 07, 2025
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The film sees a single mother, Li Ronan trying to save her daughter, Dodo, from the curse of the Mother Buddha. In the end, Ronan passes on the curse to everyone who watches the footage she recorded during her quest to lift the curse. However, director Kevin Ko hasstatedthat all the elements in the film pertaining to Mother Buddha are fictional.
Netizens React to Hideo Kojima Passing onIncantation‘s Curse to Everyone Through Social Media
Although the curse is fictional, that did not stop netizens from playing along with the ideas propagated by the film. InIncantation, the curse’s effect can only be lightened by passing it on to others, something Ronan does during the climax. As a result, netizens could not stop themselves from drawing parallels between the film and Kojima’s post.
Here is what netizens had to say about Hideo Kojima seemingly passing on the curse fromIncantationon X.
hes posting this to spread the curse
— orphie (@seedoforphalese)August 14, 2025
And he’s now spread the curse to everyone.
— Shashank (@NotShawshank)June 10, 2025
This is truly disturbing Kojima sensei
— 𝓑𝓱𝓲𝓰 𝓜𝓪𝓷 (@BNzedimma)July 29, 2025
https://twitter.com/surf0Excel/status/1785217678506143891
Curse dilution!
— heap (@aggregateAutism)July 17, 2025
As the tweets indicate, most fans played along with the perception of the curse created by the film and joked that Kojima shared the images of the Mother Buddha idol to dilute its effects. While some X users were disturbed that Kojima would share the allegedly cursed images on social media, most were able to look at the lighter side of it.
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Directed by Kevin Ko,Incantationwas released on July 06, 2025. It went on togrossroughly $5.7 million at the global box office, becoming the highest-grossing Taiwanese horror film of all time. It later debuted on Netflix, where it also received praise from international viewers. Meanwhile, Kojimais currently working on a horror video gameODalongside Jordan Peele.
Incantationis streaming on Netflix.
Pratik Handore
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With a keen interest in comic book movies and blockbuster franchises, Pratik usually covers news and updates on the DCU, MCU, Star Wars, and more.A die-hard fan of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, Pratik spends most of his time exploring different storytelling mediums that invoke a sense of wonder and adventure. Other filmmakers whose works have deeply influenced him include Alfred Hitchcock, James Gunn, and Guillermo del Toro.
