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Ringu, the movie that started it all; the urtext, if you will, of J-Horror. Based on the Koji Suzuki novel of the same name, Hideo Nakata’s 1998 masterpiece didn’t just redefine horror for a generation: it created a new cinematic language of dread. Eschewing gore and cheap jump scares, Ringu roots its terror in the…
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~ A Guide for New and Die-Hard Fans Alike ~ Japanese horror cinema is rich, unsettling, and endlessly inventive; a genre where old spirits stalk new cities, technology becomes a conduit for the uncanny, and trauma seeps from the past into the present. No other national cinema fuses atmosphere, folklore, social anxiety, and experimental storytelling…
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Masato Harada’s Inugami stands apart from its flashier J-horror contemporaries like Ringu or Ju-On: The Grudge. While those films deliver quick, iconic scares and urban legends, Inugami unfolds as a slow-burning, rural folk horror, rooted deeply in Japanese tradition and the lives of a marginalized community. The result is a fascinating exploration of how horror…
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