japanese horror movies: are they much scarier than hollywood horror movies?  

shutter is also a scary movie. no wonder so many japanes movies are being "hollywoodized"!

"Shutter" is Thai. Regardless, it is indeed terrifying. The Hollywood version is another thing. Lol!

shutter isnt japanese movie, but thailand horror movie...
yes i love watching horror movies, especially japanese, korea, and thailand horror movies...
=)

asian horror flicks in general are great.

my favorite is the ring, and it's japanese. it's the scariest i've ever watched in my lifetime! scared me more than exorcist or any other hollywood horror flick!

i have seen a dozen of horror movies but thai horror movies are the most horrifying in my opinion,my top 5 are 1 cooming soon
2 shutter
3 alone
4 the victim
5 colic
my japanese top 3 are 1 the grudge
2 ringu
3 dark water
other recommended asian horror movies 1 inner senses
2 tales of two sisters
3 maid
4 muoi,the legend of a portrait
5 gong tau
6 silk
you can watch all these movies on-line at www.asian-horror-movie.com

Hi..
I am also fanatic of J-horror. But I wonder what really makes it so appealing. Can you help me? Thanks.

that's true; there is no gore at all. and even without the suspense in some areas of the japanese movie, i still get scared because it's easy to put yourself in the protagonist's shoes.

it seems that the japanese are very good with horror movies. maybe it's because they actually really believe in ghosts. this makes their real fear very visible in their horror movies.

i've watched many hollywood scary movies. they did freak me out, but only in the cinema. once i'm out, i no longer get truly scared. but japanese films are different; it's as if they can instill fear in me! lol ^_^

Watch the japaneese version of one missed call and tell me if you were scared.

i've watched that some time ago. it scared me a bit, but it still made me download the ring tone. hehe. the way they presented the premise is scary, but although i am a huge HUGE fan of horror flicks, i know the ringtone is cool although it's scary. lol ^_^

I wan't to happy with one missed call because my friend downloaded the ring tone on my phone so that I could send it to him..

the exorcist and the others are really scary. but after i watched the movie, i was no longer scared... :(

but the women with long black hair covering their faces standing at the corner of the room (in japanese and other asian horror movies) really creep me out! i sometimes go home scared of dark rooms whenever i watch them, lol ^_^

hollywood movies are also scary, but they have a certain flavor that's different to that of asian movies, i guess. ^_^

I think asian horror looks a lot terrifying because of the weird ambience it creates. From music score down to lighting. Have you noticed the dark blue/blue green tint on asian horror films? I just hope they'd lessen terrorizing with too much hair.

"The Exorcist" on the other hand is unique in a sense that it is satanic in nature. It's nothing about chemicals, accidents, etc gone wrong. Have you seen the Director's Cut? It's a lot disturbing. If i have to ask you, would you rather be with quiet Sadako in one corner of the room or with Linda Blair whose face is vivid and speaks Latin?

i would say neither, lol ^_^

i noticed the hair things with asian horror flicks as well. you can say it even exists in the philippines... white ladies here are portrayed as women with long hair.

I guess hair is an asian thing. Lol! Imagine Linda beside you in bed telling you "kill the priest!" and you noticed that the ropes are untied and she gives you a sarcastic smile. Lol! That would be a great scene! Haha!

lol ^_^ it seems though that the portrayal of the possessed girl is much scarier in the book... perhaps it has something to do with having no picture to it, and that your imagination is free to roam and make up the scariest possible picture of her...

i think one thing that scares me about asian ghosts as compared to linda blaire's character is that the asian ghosts don't have the "uglied" face that i'm so used to after watching so many hollywood movies. i have a feeling that after watching perhaps as many asian movies, the nude/ uberpale asian ghost face will not be as scary as well. ^_^ but i don't want to put that theory to the test, lol ^_^

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i don't think i've seen any korean horror films. can you name a few?

i'd love to rent or buy them within the week. i've only watched japanese and thai horror movies so far... :(

oh, you realy should watch a japanese movie!

i recommend "the ring." find it, please! lol ^_^ it's so good! i kept thinking of the movie days after i saw it. it leaves quite a wake.

you won't regret seeing it - that is, if you won't regret getting super scared out of your wits, lol ^_^

Errrrm... I know I'm a night person and a pagan at that, and I can watch most scary or bloody films you put in front of me, but maybe I'll give this one a miss!

hahaha, i don't blame you! they're freakishly scary! lol ^_^

i agree. after having seen so many make-up effects on ghosts and monsters, i think i'm already immune. but the asian ghosts don't even have those stick-on ugly faces; at the most, they're pale with white makeup, but that's it.

instead of relying on plaster and latex and whatever makeup artists use to transform a face, they just rely on the mystery. this perhaps makes it a novel ghost, and i'm definitely not immune to ghosts that look pretty much human!

even the video bit in the ring (the one that purportedly spread the evil spell) is so eerie. when i saw that video clip, it freaked me out! to think that video clip had absolutely no suspense - no surprising scene with the loud sound effects that go with it, no sudden close up on someone scary, etc. if you've watched "the ring," you might be pleased to realize you're still scared days after you've watched it... ^_^

i've watched both. made the hairs at the back of my neck stand, too.^_^

hope they make more of those... i like scaring myself, lol!