Japanese HorrorRanging from Comics to Films

Most Well Known Japanese Horror Films

Ringu (1998)• Hideo Nakata (Dark Water, Death Note: L, change the

worLd)

• Ju-on (2003)• Takashi Shimizu (Tomie: Re-birth)

• Themes of the Supernatural• As opposed to zombies or monsters

Speaking of Monsters

Godzilla, and all his monster cohorts

More or less action oriented but contains elements of horror

Movies to Consider

Audition (Takashi Miike)Ichi the Killer, One Missed Call

Suicide Club

Horror Manga

Junji Ito (1963-present)Uzumaki

Gyo

Frankenstein

TomieBody Horror, Supernatural, The Sucks to be Them Genre, Defeatist

Uzumaki

Gyo

Frankenstein

Tomie

Read/Watch at your own Discretion

None of these are required to watch in order to understand Japanese Culture

For those who are hard boiled all of these are good for a scare.