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The J-Horror Virus

The J-Horror Virus

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 27, 2023

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Horror, Documentary

Original Title

The J-Horror Virus

Production Companies

Caprisar Productions

Director

Sarah Appleton

Description

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.