In 1998, director Hideo Nakata (Dark Water) unleashed a chilling tale of technological terror on unsuspecting audiences, which redefined the horror genre, launched the J-horror boom in the West and introduced a generation of moviegoers […]
J-horror films, the Japanese chillers that swept the globe at the turn of the millennium, could guarantee two things – ghastly ghostly apparitions, and sleepless nights for the viewer. Among the pinnacle of J-horror are […]
A masterpiece of horror history is joining Dead by Daylight’s expansive roster in March as Behaviour InteractiveTM teams up with famed Japanese entertainment editor and publisher Kadokawa to integrate its cult franchise Ringu in the […]
I admit I was an ignorant teenager. It was Saturday 15th of February 2003 in London. And as the largest march in Blighty’s history raged outside I was sat in the cinema with friends watching the […]
“Has ‘Ringu’ (1998) changed both Japanese and American/western cinema and if so, how?” by Sara Clyndes: Part Two Chapter four – Ju-on: The Grudge Described by Harper (2008:155) as ‘the most important of the post-Ring […]
“Has ‘Ringu’ (1998) changed both Japanese and American/western cinema and if so, how?” by Sara Clyndes: Part One Introduction Ringu (1998) is Japan’s highest grossing horror film to date. Its success started off a horror […]
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