Featuring interviews with Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Pulse), Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge), and many more, the documentary is now streaming on Shudder. Reading time 3 minutes A pervasive feeling of dread. An ...

Visage draws inspiration from P.T. and J-horror, offering intense and punchy scares. The Mortuary Assistant delivers powerful scares through J-horror-based workplace supernatural encounters. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In January of 2005, I was a 12-year-old in my first year of junior high. After a period of adjustment, I finally made a friend, ...

Olga Artemyeva is a film critic, screenwriter and film curator based in NYC. She has a PhD in Art History and teaches Film Studies. Her dissertaion was dedicated to the evolution of horror, and it ...

You know director Kōji Shiraishi, even if you think you don’t. He’s directed J-horror classics like the acclaimed Noroi: The Curse and the campier classic, Sadako vs Kayako. If you’re looking for ...

Anyone who knows their horror also knows that few do it better than the Japanese. J-horror (as it's often called) is known for its extreme power, its idiosyncratic choices, and its incredibly ...

Gray Harrison is a journalist, critic, and creative writer based in Seattle. She has a Master’s degree in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from NYU. While pursuing an arts journalism career, Gray ...

It’s been more than 25 years since the original Silent Hill debuted, successfully blending J-horror and psychological horror into the survival horror genre on the PlayStation One. In the time since, ...

In January of 2005, I was a 12-year-old in my first year of junior high. After a period of adjustment, I finally made a friend, Ivan, who I’m very lucky to still have in my life. Ivan and I bonded ...