The J-Horror Virus

The J-Horror Virus (2023)

HorrorDocumentary

How did a single ‘Big in Japan’ videotape change the course of global horror history? Find out in this insightful documentary charting the origins, evolution and diffusion across the world of a distinctive brand of Japanese supernatural chillers featuring vengeful ghosts manifesting themselves through contemporary technology against a backdrop of urban alienation and social decay. From Psychic Vision: Jaganrei (1988) and straight-to-video scary true stories to such key titles as Ring (1998), Pulse (2001) and The Grudge (2002), critics and filmmakers reflect on how the bleak Dystopian visions and unsettling atmospheres infiltrated their way into the world’s shocker consciousness.

Directors: Sarah Appleton, Jasper Sharp.

Casts

	Kiyoshi Kurosawa as
	Tom Mes as
	Lindsay Nelson as
	Mari Asato as
	Masayuki Ochiai as
	Takashi Shimizu as
	Norio Tsuruta as
	Rie Ino'o as
	Shinya Tsukamoto as
	George Iida as
	Hiroshi Takahashi as
	Teruyoshi Ishii as
	Chiaki J. Konaka as
	Jasper Sharp as
	Takako Fuji as

Crew