The J-Horror Virus

The J-Horror Virus

2023/08/27 • Released • Japanese, English

Horror
Documentary
0.0
1h 35m

Overview

How did a single ‘Big in Japan’ videotape change the course of global horror history? Find out in this insightful documentary charting the origins, evolution and diffusion across the world of a distinctive brand of Japanese supernatural chillers featuring vengeful ghosts manifesting themselves through contemporary technology against a backdrop of urban alienation and social decay. From Psychic Vision: Jaganrei (1988) and straight-to-video scary true stories to such key titles as Ring (1998), Pulse (2001) and The Grudge (2002), critics and filmmakers reflect on how the bleak Dystopian visions and unsettling atmospheres infiltrated their way into the world’s shocker consciousness.

Director : Sarah Appleton

Casts
Takako Fuji

Takako Fuji

George Iida

Rie Ino'o

Rie Ino'o

Teruyoshi Ishii

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Masayuki Ochiai

Masayuki Ochiai

Takashi Shimizu

Takashi Shimizu

Hiroshi Takahashi

Hiroshi Takahashi

Shinya Tsukamoto

Shinya Tsukamoto

Norio Tsuruta

Norio Tsuruta

Mari Asato

Mari Asato

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