Books
Suzuki’s Ring series: A review
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 […]
Ringu
Features
“Has ‘Ringu’ (1998) changed both Japanese and American/western cinema and if so, how?” by Sara Clyndes: Part Two
“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 […]
Features
“Has ‘Ringu’ (1998) changed both Japanese and American/western cinema and if so, how?” by Sara Clyndes: Part One
“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 […]
News
Only in Japan!! Ringu’s Sadako throws out first pitch at Japanese baseball game in bonkers PR stunt!
In a PR stunt which could only happen in Japan, the creepy Sadako was on hand to throw out the first pitch at a Japanese baseball game! The idea was to promote director Tsutomu Hanabusa’s new […]
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White-Curse of the Melody: Ringu inspired J-Horror, catch the trailer here
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwT_1byDUPM[/youtube] Due to arrive in its native Korea in July, directors Kim Sun and Kim Gok’s White: Curse of the Melody looks to be exactly what you would expect from the down, but not out […]
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Insidious: The most profitable film of the year already!!
While Scream 4 got the horror world in a bit of a panic with it’s disastrous run at the box office, Insidious opened up in America to a much more well received start to it’s […]
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Remake of Japanese horror ‘Apartment 1303’ has a rather creepy poster, have a look for yourself!
The Japanese horror Apartment 1303 is getting the usual US remake treatment, and just to bring it bang up to date, it will be released in 3D. Remembering the original, I reckon, if they do […]