The J-Horror Virus
The J-Horror Virus
| 27 August 2023 (USA)
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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.

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Interesteg

What makes it different from others?

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Acensbart

Excellent but underrated film

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Mathster

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

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Cassandra

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

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