The J-Horror Virus
2023 · Dir. Sarah Appleton
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.
- Released
- 2023-10-11
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Language
- EN
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Takako Fuji
George Iida
Rie Ino'o
Teruyoshi Ishii
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Masayuki Ochiai
Takashi Shimizu
Hiroshi Takahashi
Shinya Tsukamoto
Norio Tsuruta
