Release Date

27 Aug, 2023

Runtime

01:35: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

The J-Horror Virus

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Actors

黒沢清

トム・メス

Lindsay Nelson

安里麻里

落合正幸

清水崇

鶴田法男

伊野尾理枝

塚本晋也

飯田譲治

高橋洋

石井てるよし

小中千昭

Jasper Sharp

藤貴子

Crew