been on a horror kick, looking for new j-horror movise. by ‘new’ i mean recent; 2012-2013. i have a list coming along after doing some research but i’ll write about them after i watch. i will say though that one of them is affiliated with one of my more-recent favorite directors, koji shiraishi (noroi, occult, shirome)
i think the latest j-horror i watched was 'pov: a cursed film’ which i’ve come to really enjoy; i think i’ve watched it about three times so far.
i took a long break from j-horror after feeling it become saturated as well as misrepresented by critics and reviewers putting just about every miike film into the 'horror’ box. he’s only done like one legitimate horror movie i believe, 'one missed call,’ which kind of sucked. but often i’ll see movies like ichi the killer, gozu, auditon (header) be catagorized as horror along with works of other directors such as sion sono’s strange circus which is just ridiculous and misleading. so i kind of just put it on hold and have been watching everything but 'true’ east asian horror, which you might be able to tell from this blog.
or not.
obviously when looking at true horror films from japan the first image that comes to mind is sadako from the ring series, or cat boy from ju-on, and that’s thanks to takashi shimizu; those are horror movies. not audition. also i’m just not even going to mention shinya tsukamoto, that guy transcends all genres and is a genre himself IMO.
slightly exaggerating.
so lately i’ve been craving scary movies; i’ve been watching a lot american horror films which for the most part are severely lacking, though i’ll note that i’ve quiet enjoyed 'grave encounters’, 'sinister’ and this one on netflix, i forget what its called, 'devils trail’ or something? idk its new on there. oh yeah also the 'vhs’ series i’m a huge fan of. but i’m running out of material, grinding down to movies that are just wasting time.. and because of the recent resurgence of new faces in the j-horror world that i mentioned at the beginning of this, i have my sights set on exploring some of the new scary movies out of japan, but that excludes shimizu stuff… sadako 3d, tormented, rabbit horror…etc no thx
how come koji shiraishi and takashi shimizu look identical can anyone answer that for me thanks
quick note to clarify, i’m looking for films in the horror genre that are focused on being SCARY, not gory/campy. i don’t mind gore or camp obviously.. just not what ive been in the mood for.
