What Happened to Japanese Horror? | Video Essay

What happened to Japanese horror? Well that's what our video essay will try to answer by taking a condensed look at the long cinematic history of Japanese horror. We start with the traditional Kaidan stories like in Kuroneko, the cyberpunk era with Tetsuo: The Iron Man, to the peak of the J-horror boom with Ringu. Video made by Moises & Sergio Velasquez ■ Research Books: Japanese Horror Cinema - https://amzn.to/3R9NADu Japanese Cinema - https://amzn.to/3BxSm7Y The Story of Film - https://amzn.to/3SnRiKI ■ Gear: Microphone - https://amzn.to/3L3x8TG Audio Mixer - https://amzn.to/3L5vQaB ■ T-shirts: https://www.bonfire.com/store/screened ■ Socials: Instagram:   / screenedclip   Twitter:   / moivel   Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/ScreenedChannel/ ■ Music: By Eduardo Gonzalez   / edgmusic1      / @edgmusic   -------------Editor's Notes : -I say Ring instead of Ringu because after researching I found out that apparently the title "Ringu" was born out of a miscommunication. The initial book the movie was adapted from is Ring so the name should be Ring. Although, I did write Ringu in the captions so it's easier to find. -It was hard to find clips from the "Scary True Stories" anthology series, I only managed to find a video on YouTube but it had not date of release or credits at the end. So, I just added it as the closest reference. -------------Book Sources : 1 to 7- Japanese Horror Cinema edited by Jay Mcroy Japanese Cinema: Texts and contexts edited by Alastair Philips and Julian Stringer -The Story of Film by Mark Cousins -------------Movie Sources : -Audition audio tracks and special features (Arrow Video) -Ringu audio tracks and special features (Arrow Video) -Godzilla: Interviews and special features (Criterion) -House: Interviews and special features (Criterion) -Kuroneko: Interviews and special features (Criterion) -------------Link Sources : -Obon festival: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/on... -V-Cinema: http://www.midnighteye.com/features/t... J-Horror ghosts: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/... -Supernatural monster: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vv... A portrait of Postwar Japan Part 1 and 2:    • Video   ■ All the movie clips: A Nightmare on Elm Street Akira Alien Annabelle Comes Home As the Gods Will Audition Battle Royale Burst City Complex Creepy Cure Dark Water Dark Water (2005) Get Out Godzilla Godzilla (1998) Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla Hell Girl Hereditary House Ichi the Killer It Jason X Ju-on Ju-on 2 Ju-on: The Beginning of the End Kuroneko Kwaidan Lights Out Noroi: The Curse One Missed Call One Missed Call (2008) One Missed Call 2 One Missed Call 3: Final Parasite Parasyte: Part 1 Pinocchio 964 Polaroid Pulse Pulse (2006) Ring 0: Birthday Ringu Rubber's Lover Sadako 3D Sadako vs. Kayako Scream 2 Terra Formars Tetsuo: The Iron Man The Ghost Story of Yotsuya The Grudge The Grudge 2 The Grudge 3 The Possession The Ring The Ring 2 The Silence of the Lambs The Wailing The Witch The Wretched Tokyo Story Train to Busan Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees Wes Craven's New Nightmare Yojimbo #JapaneseHorror #HorrorMovies