[Ningyou]

I sort of get what you're saying but I personally love Japanese horror films. I've seen probably close to 50 of them. A lot of them have the same ghost concept just like a lot of horror films in the U.S. are based off of vampires and werewolves and things like that. A lot of them are more sad than scary, but it just gets like that if you see enough of them. I've been looking for a movie lately that will really scare me instead of just making me sad, but I haven't found it yet.

But if you're bored with J-Horror than I strongly recommend watching some Korean horror movies. They have the same ghost concept too, but I've been noticing that I get slightly more afraid with Korean horror films.