Combining centuries-old evil with modern technology, Noroi: The Curse is one of the best found-footage horror movies ever made in any country. Koji Shiraishi's breakout 2005 hit is structured as a TV documentary deemed "too scary" for broadcast, about a paranormal investigator whose career come...
Many of the most terrifying and nightmare-inducing horror movies hail from Japan. Nearly every subgenre of horror owes a debt of gratitude to J-horror or Japanese horror films. From found-footage and analog horror to traditional ghost stories and body horror, these films have confronted global a...
The 2005 found footage horror filmNoroi(literally "The Curse") is a mockumentary-style horror film that is far from the typical Western execution of this trope. The film was directed by Koji Shiraishi. The film focuses on a paranormal investigator named Masafumi, who has become famous for his...
Found footage horror is almost so overdone it’s clichè. However, as with any horror genre when it’s expertly crafted, it can be a beautiful and terrifying thing.Noroiis one of those examples. It’s centred on Masafumi Kobayashi, a documentary filmmaker who when investigating the paranormal...
Japan’s leading voice in the found footage horror scene is writer/director Koji Shiraishi, andNoroi: The Curseis commonly thought to be his best work.Noroiis the story of supernatural investigator who goes missing while tracking the clues about a mysterious curse surrounding a strange woman with...
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A group of teens is found dead with their faces frozen in horror. Among them is the niece of reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima). They say that the unfortunate incident happened because of a supposedly cursed videotape. Reiko decides to investigate. And with the help of her ex-husband...
Japan has a special spin on horror. We picked the films that horror fans shouldn't miss. These are the 13 J-Horror movies you must see before you...DIE!
Junji Ito (Japanese: 伊藤 潤二, Hepburn: Itō Junji, born July 31, 1963) is a Japanese horror mangaka. Some of his most notable works include Tomie, a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness; Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town obsess...