WATCH: ‘The Ring,’ ‘The Grudge’ spirits throw first pitch at Japanese baseball game

MANILA, Philippines – Sadako and Kayako, the vengeful spirits from The Ring and The Grudge(Ju-On) and the stuff of everyone’s nightmares, battled it out on the baseball field just before they face off on the big screen later this June.

These baddies’ ceremonial first pitch is meant to be a marketing stunt for the upcoming film Sadako vs Kayako, which pits the two vengeful spirits from huge Japanese horror franchises against each other. They are Sadako Yamamura from The Ring and Kayako Saeki from The Grudge.

The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and Tokyo Yakult Swallows game starts with cheerleaders pumping up the crowd, before the whole thing turned bizarre when the stadium’s big screen produces static to reveal the video tape recording from The Ring. 

The cheerleaders run away as the two creepy wraiths take to the field: Sadako, with glove and ball in hand, and Kayako with the bat and ghostly little Toshio by her side.

Sadako pitches, with the ball going at 96 km/h, and bloodied Kayako manages to hit it. Toshio steals all the bases on the latter’s behalf, and then the real game commences.

The crossover horror film, Sadako vs Kayako, arrives in Japanese cinemas on June 18. – Rappler.com