Found this in Japan and trying to decide if it’s worth picking up for the collection. Thoughts?

I do realize these aren't movies which the rules state it must be a movie I'm talking about, so if there's a subreddit focused on overall J Horror rather than only movies, if you could please point me in that direction, I'd appreciate it.

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I did a bit of searching upon the songs in Camellia's album 'U.U.F.O." after I learnt that polybius was a real game and not a name Camellia made up.

That led me to learn about The * Red * Room and Kisaragi, along with some others that aren't Japanese horror in specific.

Because I'm too lazy to do anything on my own, I've come to ask what Kisaragi Station is exactly! I did search for the 2chan post before quickly remembering I'm not fluent in Japanese yet after trying to read any of the kanji.

Is there an English translation of the Kisaragi Station thread? I know there's videos, but I wanna read the original thread before hearing other people's interpertations I think.

And along that, I didn't do any research upon The * Red * Room, so is that something interesting?

I've seen:

House, Kuroneko, Kwaiden, Audition, Cure, Demons, Face of Another, Goke, Jigoku, Matango, Onibaba, Ringu, Ugetsu, Dark Water, Ghost Story of Yotsuya, Ju-On, Creepy, Evil Dead Trap, Ichi the Killer, Noroi the Curse, Tetsuo the Iron Man, and Pulse. I'm probably missing some but I pulled this from a letterboxd list that another user had, and this is what I've definitively seen from the j-horror genre.

My favorites are Pulse, Tetsuo, and House. But I have a lot of love for most of these. What should I try? Either based on my favorites or based on movies missing from my list. Thanks!

In 2013 there where rumours about last movie of the franchise, instead we got a soft reboot with Ju-on The Beginning of the End. But if Ju-on: The Grudge 3 would have had green light, what story or plot would have told?

I watched it as my second ever Tsukamoto to film, and it unfortunately didn’t click for me (which was strange since I did end up loving Bullet Ballet).

His films are very visceral, however, and whether or not each one speaks to you can be subjective, so maybe that’s why. Should I give it a rewatch?

I watched it yesterday. It’s okay but not that great I guess.

For me its in Ju On The Grudge 2. I know it may not be the biggest thing but Kyoko's mom isn't really consumed by the curse like others and I've always wondered why. her spirit even protects her at one point. I admit I may be looking at it wrong though

I found this anthology movie to be pretty decent. Each of the segments gives off a bizarre vibe on how weird each one of them is. My favorite is Crevices & Presentiment which I found both of them to be pretty effective. The other segments range from bizarre to forgettable. But they are creative on how they told. While I didn't find this movie creepy, it gives off a eerie vibe to them. Overall, it's a decent anthology.

You guys are my last hope. So a few years ago on YouTube and Instagram reels, I stumbled across a Japanese ghost video that kept showing up in some compilations, so I think it's fairly iconic, and it occasionally crosses my mind again. The image I put is obviously AI-generated, but it's fairly similar to the scene I remember. The clip was probably taken from one of those Japanese VHS shows about spirits that used to be found on YouTube — I remember there were host reactions shown in the top left or top right corner, complete with a replay at the end of the clip but I could be wrong. The scene took place inside a small bedroom, and two girls (I don't remember if they were actually wearing uniforms and masks) were sitting on the bed talking and joking with each other. At a certain point the camera cuts to the right, shifting attention away, before returning to frame the girls again. However, in the corner at the edge of the bed, right beside them, sits a ghost. More precisely, a dark female figure, like the 'shadow people' ghost archetype. At that point the girls, terrified, scream and run away. The shot is frontal on the bed for the entire duration. It's basically a jumpscare video but the ghost figure stays still.

Even though it's a Japanese sketch, it was included in some western top lists and compilations. I specifically remember seeing it on Nuke's Top 5 and IG reels, but I've searched everywhere without finding it, including on other channels and compilations.

Please help me find it 🙏🏻

There's a second vid here and a site here.

Movie: Gannibal

I don’t want to spoil so I’ll hide the text. I’m only on episode 5.

these small town countryside folk are so goddamned nosy and annoying 😭 I’ve never lived in Japan and I know they’re big on respect and tradition etc but my god. I would literally have to tell them to mind their own business and move to a normal town. My daughter would just have to get used to it. There is no way neighbours should be forcing you to say who you were on the phone with or dictating what you do in your own home. This geezer is literally spying and entering their house at random. I really want to see the ML push this dude off a cliff.

I’ve seen that classic short clip that’s been reposted on this sub countless times, of a little girl running to hug a woman only to turn into a creepy doll once she does. And i learned it’s from Gakkô no Kaidan featuring members of SKE48, however ive been unable to find anything besides one episode.

Does know where to find all the episodes? Subbed or not.

En los años 80, Japón miraba a la tecnología con fascinación. En los 90, empezó a temerle.

Este video recorre ese cambio cultural a través del cine japonés: desde el cyberpunk y el poshumanismo, obsesionados con los límites del cuerpo y la fusión con la máquina, hasta el J-horror, donde los dispositivos cotidianos se convierten en portadores de ansiedad, aislamiento y muerte.

Películas como Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Akira, Burst City o Ghost in the Shell imaginaban la tecnología como una vía de expansión, mutación y trascendencia. No era una fe ingenua: la fusión implicaba riesgo, violencia y pérdida, pero también promesa.

Tras el estallido de la burbuja económica, ese equilibrio se rompe. En films como Ringu, Kairo o One Missed Call, la tecnología deja de ser una extensión del cuerpo y pasa a funcionar como un sistema que vigila, aísla y propaga el miedo. Los fantasmas ya no habitan templos ni bosques, sino pantallas, teléfonos y espacios domésticos.

Este ensayo audiovisual explora ese hilo continuo entre fascinación y temor, y cómo el cine japonés supo anticipar muchas de las preguntas que hoy seguimos haciéndonos frente a la tecnología.

En español con subtitulos en inglés.

https://youtu.be/jUAzdFZuvPY

I like the movie, but I can never remember its name

So to make kind of a direct comparison between the two, they both started out as micro budget short films by directors who were incredibly ambitious and had a dream that eventually became a global icon.

Starting off with the Evil Dead, Within The Woods (1978) is the short film that kicked off the vision that was The Evil Dead (1981), similarly with The Phantom Of Regular Size (1986) being the short film that kicked off the vision that was Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

On top of that Evil Dead II (1987) is a bigger budgeted remake of The Evil Dead (1981), often classified as a “requel” and you could say the same for Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992) being a bigger budgeted remake of Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989). To say that Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992) is Shinya Tsukamoto’s “Evil Dead II” wouldn’t be entirely wrong either.

Now I’m unsure of the Army Of Darkness (1992) comparison being viable to Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009) as the third entry in the Tetsuo series seems to just be a remake of Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992) with some elements of Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) sprinkled in. Army Of Darkness (1992) takes the Evil Dead series in a completely different direction entirely whereas Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009) at least at its core seems to have a lot of the same core components and elements whilst also blending science fiction, action and horror together.

Another thing that also does differentiate the two series is Tetsuo is more of a trio of body horror metal monster movies and also have been compared to the works of David Cronenberg like Videodrome (1983) or even John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) and also David Lynch’s Eraserhead (1977) with the first Tetsuo feature.

Also where Tetsuo and Evil Dead as film series differ is that Evil Dead has become more of a multimedia phenomenon and even spawned additional movies such as Evil Dead (2013), Evil Dead Rise (2023) and the recently released Evil Dead Burn. (2026). Tetsuo never spawned any entries post-Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009) which surprisingly does have a manga adaptation.

There’s also shots of Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992) that remind me of a later 90’s cyberpunk film, one more of the sci-fi action variety rather than “horror” and that would be The Matrix (1999), there are some visuals between the two despite the difference in genres. However that could also be a 90’s cyberpunk aesthetic with dark, sometime even baggy or even some tight clothing and gelled hair.

In Sadako vs Kayako, both cases (the cursed videotape and the cursed house) are legends or myths, so the society knows about what happened with the Saeki family and Sadako, but a lot of people don't believe the paranormal cases, later a schoolgirl said the Saeki case happened a few decades ago.

So... in the Ju-on timeline, the crossover happened like 20 or 30 years later of Takeo murdering Kayako and unleashed the curse?