KAIKI: UNCANNY TALES FROM JAPAN VOL. 1
This anthology, the first of three volumes, is a terrific collection of Japanese supernatural tales set during (though not always from) Japan’s Edo period of 1603-1868.
HELL BABY
Mega List of Everything View by Topic60s Cinema 70s Cinema 80s Cinema 90's Cinema Adults only Aliens Anthology Apocalyptic Arthouse Bizarre British Horror Canadian Horror Cannibalism Cult TV Dark Comedy Dark Eroticism Directors Dream Logic Dreams Evil Animals...HELL
A very odd, and very culturally specific, look at Hell from a noted Japanese science fiction writer.
The RING Books
You’re likely familiar with the RING movies, but you may not know that, as with many successful films, they were books first
The Ten Most Overrated Horror Movies
The horror movie genre, like any other, contains more than its share of overpraised clunkers
TEN NIGHTS OF DREAMS: From Text to Film
The 2007 Nikkatsu production TEN NIGHTS OF DREAMS (YUME JU-YA) is a monument in Japanese genre filmmaking.
DRIFTING CLASSROOM
One of the most iconic horror manga series of all time was this sprawling quasi-science fictional saga by writer-illustrator Kazuo Umezu
BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN
I’m not as fanatic about Haruki Murakami as many mainstream critics, but do appreciate his gift for the oft-kilter, amply evidenced in the 24 stories collected in BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN
BIOGENESIS
Readers familiar with the medically informed horror fiction of Michael Blumlein will find a most welcome equivalent in this collection by Japan’s Tatsuaki Ishiguro
Ten More Essential Unreleased-in-the-U.S. Horror Films
Here I have another round-up of worthwhile international horror films that have yet to be distributed (outside the festival circuit) in the United States.