Tag: J-horror
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REVIEW: Ju-on: Origins (2020)
creator. Takashige Ichise 2020 was a good year for the Ju-On franchise, with the latest edition of the American retelling hitting cinemas and a brand new series, Ju-On: Origins, sliding onto Netflix. The six-part miniseries is a story within a story, said to be the real-life inspiration for the horrible events in the long-running cinematic…
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ANALYSIS: Phantom Felines – The Revenge of the Oppressed in KURONEKO (1968)
Trigger warning: this article discusses the film’s portrayal of rape. As part of our examination of J-Horror, Johnny Restall looks back on an iconic landmark in Japanese folk cinema. Japanese cinema has long been influenced by the country’s rich, distinctive folklore. Arguably the figures best-known to Western audiences are the ghostly yurei, particularly onryo – wronged souls, often female,…
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31 DAYS OF HORROR #23: Dan Martin on AUDITION (1999)
Spoilers From his effects work in recent genre mega-hits Host, Censor and Possessor, to co-hosting the Arrow Video Podcast, Dan Martin knows his horror. Here he unpacks his first encounter with one of the most shocking films in the genre’s history… It was the year 2000 and I’d been properly bitten by the J-Horror bug.…
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