From the creepiest Japanese film in decades to a legacy-franchise stand-out, 'Sinners' to 'Weapons' — the highlights of our ...

Koji Shirashi's movies includes Occult, Shirome, and Cult. His first film is must-watch Japanese found-footage horror.

An avant-garde Japanese indie horror project surprised the industry in 2023; it's now gotten a film adaptation, which ...

The firsthand account of Japanese audiences' reactions to the horror classic was documented in Chain Reactions, a documentary reflecting on the lasting impact the film has had since its release. The ...

For anyone who has never seen Audition, the movie is most satisfying when you go in blind without looking up any further details about its plot or twists. What we can tease is the surprising way the ...

Silent Hill, which has been set in New England for more than two decades, is leaning into the J-horror that produced classic movies like “Onibaba” and “Ringu.” By Calum Marsh The very first image ...

Lauded Japanese auteur Miike Takashi sat down for an in-conversation event with longtime collaborator and producer Misako Saka at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, where he is also screening ...

TOKYO – He wears a black bodysuit and a white mask, speaks in an electronically altered squeaky voice and makes creepiness his signature mode of art. Uketsu, whose name literally translates to “rain ...

Suzanne Collins's book-turned-movie franchise, 'Hunger Games', has been criticized for copying Kinji Fukasaku's horror movie and the original novel.