What are some of the classic Japanese horror films? Unlike European and American horror films that use special effects and gore to achieve horror effects, Japanese horror films use characters, backgrounds, etc. to make people feel psychological fear. Let's take a look at the top 10 Japanese horror films.
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Midnight Bell
Speaking of Japanese horror films, we have to talk about this classic horror film - Midnight Murder Bell.
The picture of the black-haired and white-clad Sadako climbing out of the TV set has caused many people to have a psychological shadow on the TV set.
This is a horror suspense film that revolves around a mysterious videotape that will die at a glance.
TV reporter Reiko Asakawa heard rumors that she would die after watching the tape for a week.
Reiko, who did not believe it for a moment, began to investigate because of her nephew's death.
Soon after, by chance, she got the problematic videotape, and after confirming it, Reiko began to believe that the legend was true.
Then it means that after seven days you will die.... The film expresses a worldview and horror unique to Japan through a story.
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Curse
The traditional Japanese view is that when a person dies in extreme resentment, a curse will be generated, and it will last for a long time in the place where he lived, and all those who touch the grudge will not escape.
With this as the theme, japanese writer Kei Oshi wrote a novel "Curse", which was later remade into a series of movies, including two Japanese TV versions, two theatrical versions and three American versions.
"Grudge" is a representative of the horror ghost film in the context of oriental culture, and together with the "Midnight Bells" series, it is known as the classic masterpiece of "Japanese horror".
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Sailing nightmares
The film is known as the maritime version of "Four Valleys of Strange Talk", and it has also made horror fans feast again.
Entrepreneur Eiji Saito (Ling Ishibashi) realizes that his young and beautiful wife Yuri (Kana Kimura) has an improper relationship with his exclusive lawyer Jack (Daniel Gillis), so he designs to invite Jack and his wife to sail out to sea together, in fact, he warns Jack that "friends and wives cannot be deceived".
Jack, on the other hand, witnessed his brother Sean die in the sea when he was young, and he developed an inextricable fear of the sea, but he could not refuse his employer's offer because of his work.
At sea, Lily tells Jack why she married Indy and says she decides to divorce Indy and stay with Jack.
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Hairdressing corpses
The film is also known as the hair corpse, after a girl is killed alive by a trafficking syndicate, the harvested human organs are bought on the black market for huge profits, and the hair she cares about most is shaved and discarded at will, and the girl's vengeful spirit has always existed on her corpse, and the hair is constantly growing... The girl's body was found at the container terminal by the sea, bald, but with tangled black hair wrapped around her body...
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Psychic spells
In 2004, a director who specializes in supernatural films suddenly caught fire in his home after filming the film's documentary on the theme of "Curse", and his wife was burned to death, and the writer's whereabouts are still unknown.
The documentary, titled "Curse", was too content to be released smoothly.
It wasn't until the super producer of "Seven Nights" - Ichise took over. Although the crew spent 1 year on the interview, most of the people involved were silent, afraid to show the truth.
In order to take into account the actual existence of the characters, some of the images are presented in a virtual reality way. Finally, the forbidden movie "Curse" is complete.
To be continued...