Tag: The Grudge

The Grudge: Audiences Likely To Hold a ‘Grudge’ Against This Re-Quel

March 25, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Following the success of The Ring, Hollywood spent several years combing the J-horror catalogue for remakes. Most of these American J-horror remakes were, for lack of a better word, horrible. Takashi Shimizu’s The Grudge, a remake of his own Ju-On, didn’t wow critics, but got audiences into theatres. Now that Hollywood has remade just about […]

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The Ring and J-Horror: Re-Visiting the Japanese Horror Remake Craze

March 10, 2020.Reading time 9 minutes.

In addition to ‘Torture Porn‘ and remakes, the early 2000’s was defined by a brief fascination with J-horror. As compared to Saw and the movies it inspired, Japanese horror, or J-horror, dismissed gore in favour of atmosphere. With its stories of ghosts, or Yurei, and haunted technology, J-horror was stylistically unique. Everything from use of […]

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