10 Notable Cinematic Depictions of the Inferno
My top 10 Hell-set films
BANNED FROM BROADCAST: SAIKO! THE LARGE FAMILY
What this altogether fascinating found footage horror movie from Japan proves is that the land of the rising sun was and is the epicenter of the format
GOKE, BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL
Think FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX meets INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS in an irresistible 1968 horror-fest from Japan’s Shochiku studios
CYCLOPS
Japanese grue from 1987 that’s better than BIOTHERAPY.
BIOTHERAPY
Japanese grue from 1986. See CYCLOPS instead.
2020: The Year in Bedlam
2020 was a hell of a year
THE DAY OF DESTRUCTION
DAY OF DESTRUCTION was intended to mark the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, but the coronavirus turned the film into something else entirely
RING: KANZENBAN
The true inception of the phenomenally popular RING film cycle was this Japanese TV movie from 1995
SWEET HOME
W haunted house movie that woefully lacks the complexity and craftsmanship of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s later films
TOMIE (Graphic Novel)
An oft-filmed landmark in the field of horror manga that offers an unflattering glimpse into some of the uglier corners of Japan’s national psyche