Japanese horror movies

[QuoyaNatsume]

come on 3-Iron was a creepy ass movie
Not to mention
Ichi The Killer

[InsaneDoll]

Ichi the Killer?
disturbing, obscene and lewd ..but in no way horror.

btw ..why do americans take the japanese horror movie themes and make it their own?

[Yuna7780]

In Japanese films they do not center just around the visuals, like America does. In Japan there aren't as many films being made in the first place, anyways. But films from Japan go more in depth with plots and trying to set a good theme. Some movies may look cruddy, but they'll give you more of a result in the end.

[Aota]

Good wrap up of that summary. Japan has psychological horror, and America, visual horror.

I'd like to input something. Maybe this is already known, but Americans are starting to get used to blood, and gore, and such. Hopefully, one American director will realize this and start making psychological thrillers as well.

[Akujin]

I watched part of a film called R-point from what I have seen it is amazing to bad it froze an hour in to the film with an hour left gonna have to go back to Blockbuster and change it tonight so I can watch all of it but from what I have seen it's really good and suspensful.

[Yuna7780]

Originally Posted by Aota

Good wrap up of that summary. Japan has psychological horror, and America, visual horror.

I'd like to input something. Maybe this is already known, but Americans are starting to get used to blood, and gore, and such. Hopefully, one American director will realize this and start making psychological thrillers as well.

Thank you, Aota.
I would honestly like to see something that's a psychological thriller. I mean, all we see is a bunch of blood, guts, and sex on the screens in threatres and we don't have something that plays with our minds instead. I don't like watching movies nor wasting much money going to threatres much because what I think there is is crap.
I throuroughly enjoy horror video games because they usually play with your emotions and mind. I wish movies were more like... Silent Hill flavored. I still haven't seen the Silent Hill movie yet, just to add. There's going to be a second one soon, though!

[Aota]

You're welcome. I'm going to a film school, so maybe some day I'll be that director. *shrugs* All I know, is there won't be any sex in my movies. Ewwness. xD I mean, it distracts the watcher from the plots. Uuuuuuugh! >.<

I saw Silent Hill a little while back ago. It was...fairly decent, I suppose. The final battle was pretty cool though. It had some Hellraiser-like antics. And the ending left you dangling, wondering. "What? Why does it end like this? Oooooooh, there'd better be a sequel or else I'll be tickered off..." Hah. Yes, tickered...

Er, the only horror movie/series I ever liked from America, was Hellraiser. Heh. Sleepaway Camp was weird.. I liked the way the people were killed, but not the ending.. It was her face that really disturbed me. He/she looked like Gene Simmons's son...

[Ningyou]

I've watched A LOT of Japanese (and other Asian) horror films, and I think what makes Japanese horror films so successful is that -- unlike most American horror films -- they rely a lot more on not actually showing much. There isn't a lot of blood (unless you watch movies like Ichi the Killer or Suicide Club), and you rarely see the act of dying. It's more of a psychological scare than a visual scare.

[Aota]

Have you seen the Tales Of Terror minisodes? You hardly, or never see any blood there. It's always just spooks, and such. To tell the truth, that was the only time I was scared was when I watched them.

[ButterflyDemise]

Originally Posted by InsaneDoll

Ichi the Killer?
disturbing, obscene and lewd ..but in no way horror.

btw ..why do americans take the japanese horror movie themes and make it their own?

Besides the fact that they like how J-horror is more mental than visual, they're running out of ideas! ^^ At least it seem so.. most things are remakes now or the same story line, just different names and scenes.