Post on 27-Jan-2015
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Japanese HorrorRanging from Comics to Films
Most Well Known Japanese Horror Films
Ringu (1998)• Hideo Nakata (Dark Water, Death Note: L, change the
worLd)
• Ju-on (2003)• Takashi Shimizu (Tomie: Re-birth)
• Themes of the Supernatural• As opposed to zombies or monsters
Speaking of Monsters
Godzilla, and all his monster cohorts
More or less action oriented but contains elements of horror
Movies to Consider
Audition (Takashi Miike)Ichi the Killer, One Missed Call
Suicide Club
Horror Manga
Junji Ito (1963-present)Uzumaki
Gyo
Frankenstein
TomieBody Horror, Supernatural, The Sucks to be Them Genre, Defeatist
Uzumaki
Gyo
Frankenstein
Tomie
Read/Watch at your own Discretion
None of these are required to watch in order to understand Japanese Culture
For those who are hard boiled all of these are good for a scare.