Monday, 5 October 2009

impact of japanese horror :)

Japanese horror is also known as 'J-Horror', it tends to focus on pyschological horror and tension building., very much involving ghosts and poltergeists. The stories are often based on folk stories and worked into modern day films.
The first succesful Japanese horror film was 'The Ring', although this story has exsisted in Japan for a very long time. The film is about portraying the image of yurei, which are Japanese ghosts who are bound to the physical world through strong emotions which do not allow them to pass on, depending on the emotion, they are bound to a particular ghost. They are all very traditional and follow a particular set of rules. Thye are generall female, although some are male, they wear traditional white robes and long, unkempt black hair just like Samara from 'The Ring'.
Influence from J-Horror has been very apparent in some recent American films such as 'The Ring, The Grudge, Grudge 2, Ring 2, Pulse, One Missed Call, and coming up The Grudge 3 and The Ring 3'.
Many of the Japenese directors have gone on to make the remakes and recently, South Korea produced a remake of 'The Ring' film called 'The Ring Virus'.

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