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The J-Horror Virus (2023)
Directed by Jasper Sharp, Sarah Appleton
Overview
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.
Length 95 minutes
Actors
Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Tom Mes | Lindsay Nelson | Mari Asato | Masayuki Ochiai | Takashi Shimizu | Norio Tsuruta | Rie Ino'o | Shinya Tsukamoto | George Iida | Hiroshi Takahashi | Teruyoshi Ishii | Chiaki J. Konaka | Jasper Sharp | Takako Fuji