Best Japanese horror film anyone?

[CaptinBenny]

What are some good Japanese horror films?

I've seen Ringu (1 & 2) and Koma. i concider all three to be worth while horror films and honestly, Ringu scared me more than the American adaptaion of The Ring, because it was more sycological than gore. What are other good ones, and if you could, give a quick description of the film? Domo arigato!

[jillian2010]

Tales from the Dead is the most horrible for me.

[RobinMask]

I actually thought "One Missed Call" was rather good. It's very tense all the way through, and there's a scene towards the end that has everyone jumping in their seats.

I think that's the thing with Japanese horror, it's so psychological that it really gets in your head, and - like with the old Hitchcock kind of movies - they rely more on actual scares that gore and bloodshed. It's more about what you don't see than what you do. Don't get me wrong, I do love gore, but it's certainly not scary, just 'awesome special effects. Pass the popcorn?' So yeah, deffinately psychological, way better in horror films. There are some good American horror films of late though that rely on scares rather than gore, or use both, and they work quite well too

[WingsToDiscovery]

I think Japan makes some pretty cool horror, one of my favorites being Pulse. Korea and Thailand put out some pretty dope stuff as well. Not that movies are really scary IMO, but sometimes I wish Japanese and other Asian horror films had larger budgets. Not necessarily for special effects, but to save them from looking like they've been shot with handy-cams.

[CoolNard]

Noroi: The Curse. I do believe I've mentioned it here, on another thread. It's a mockumentary. But those types really spook me out more than the explicit horror types.

[Suki]

Originally Posted by RobinMask

I think that's the thing with Japanese horror, it's so psychological that it really gets in your head, and - like with the old Hitchcock kind of movies - they rely more on actual scares that gore and bloodshed. It's more about what you don't see than what you do. Don't get me wrong, I do love gore, but it's certainly not scary, just 'awesome special effects. Pass the popcorn?' So yeah, deffinately psychological, way better in horror films. There are some good American horror films of late though that rely on scares rather than gore, or use both, and they work quite well too

Totally. As a cinema student, I've gone through pretty much every mechanism film makers use to make the audience feel tense and expectant. Hitckcock knew how to do that like no one else.

Horror is about suspense and getting the audience to feel like they wanna watch something they actually don't. I think Haneke's Funny Games is about the best example there is. This movie is the closest I've ever felt to "horror" when watching a movie. I know it ain't Japanese but oh well, I really can't imagine the story it tells taking place anywhere other than Germany.

[nicelife2010]

Gore Gore Gore!

[nobora]

Psycological ones are the scary ones. Its good to include gore in there but not just gore , other wise theres no meaning. Basiclly i like them to be suspensful.

[NanteNa]

I prefer Korean horrors cause they keep the focus on psychological torture and paranoia. Yet, I must admit that I don't flee if a bad, Thai horror is put on. Terrible editing, terrible language (no offense), terrible acting, terrible effects - GREAT entertainment ^^v

[termogard]

Originally Posted by NanteNa

I prefer Korean horrors cause they keep the focus on psychological torture and paranoia.

I saw a couple of Korean horrors (something about of terror events in a high school) and I have to say that it was a rather amateur work by comparison to japanese masterpieces.