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J-horror Anonymous Fri Mar 25 16:29:52 2022 No.39139742 [Reply] [Original]

Why are Japanese horror games/j-horror films so much more enthralling than their western counterparts? Like sure, I like shit like Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but Noroi, Uzumaki, Ringu, and the Guinea Pig franchise all leave me much more rattled at the end of the day.

>also praying for a j-horror general. i'd start it but idk how well it would be recieved.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 17:21:46 2022 No.39140354 >>39139742 I don't understand why japanese are scared of what they are scared of, but I am not scared of those things so Japanese horror always falls flat for me.

Anonymous Fri Mar 25 18:01:41 2022 No.39140742
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>>39139742
Texas Chainsaw Massacre got me much more than Ringu, but I still love Japanese horror. I feel like it has a very distinct style. You're probably more scared/attracted to supernatural horror, which seems to be the norm with Japanese stuff.
Check out The Witch's House if you haven't, it's free and it has an English translation. After you finish it, you can load your save and go to this cabinet to get the secret ending.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 18:43:54 2022 No.39141196 >>39139742 Because with western horror you reason to yourself that you can just beat the shit out of the maain antagonist whereas with Japanese horror you can't do that because it's intangible

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 21:34:42 2022 No.39142739 >>39139742 Because western stories are about overcoming the horror while eastern stories are about succumbing to it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 21:56:25 2022 No.39142933 >>39139742 because you are a weeaboo

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 26 14:19:37 2022 No.39152456 >>39139742 You guys have a chart, or a list of J-horrors to watch? I’ve been trying to get into it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 26 16:48:19 2022 No.39154555 >>39139742 I think it's because you're a japonophile, I saw people playing those games and the scariest aspect was apparently the elderlies. Nothing scarier than a grandma apparently.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 26 16:49:28 2022 No.39154564 >>39139742 They aren't. Next question.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 26 16:52:49 2022 No.39154614 File: 60 KB, 1280x534, nap club members.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 27 11:23:04 2022 No.39163807 File: 77 KB, 500x500, artworks-000558480195-meb5bj-t500x500.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>39142739 >overcoming this boy here disagree with you

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 27 13:07:43 2022 No.39164940 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0dL05Fxy2A still have the file of this movie saved, might as well share it here same director as noroi https://mega.nz/folder/Ek40mDxY#90XVyzVwMKHSRF6A7w8sIQ

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 27 13:14:23 2022 No.39165087 File: 298 KB, 1920x1080, ara.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 28 04:02:57 2022 No.39174599 >>39165087 This looks cool

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 28 18:25:00 2022 No.39182226 File: 1.71 MB, 3234x1812, reborn.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 28 19:59:49 2022 No.39183386 File: 205 KB, 1080x1600, s-l1600.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>39139742 Watch pic related, it's one of the best recent horror movies.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 06:35:23 2022 No.39188891 >>39165087 What is this from?

Anonymous Tue Mar 29 06:43:59 2022 No.39188931
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>>39188891
Sign of Vermillion. That film has a special place in my heart. It was the first thing I saw at the theater while the first pandemic lockdown was going on. And to make it even more atmospheric the theater was old and crumbling, had an ancient blood red light up sign on the exterior and was fucking empty. I couldn't even find any workers. But the film came on and I got to watch it in an old empty theater and when it was over this song started blaring very loud. It is was a memorable night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56XATZOfqW0

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 06:45:41 2022 No.39188944 >>39188931 *is was =was

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 06:45:56 2022 No.39188947 >>39188931 Sounds awesome anon, thanks!

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 15:04:36 2022 No.39194179 File: 29 KB, 656x256, matah.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 30 00:01:30 2022 No.39200572 rip http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley/4358/red_room1.html

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 30 00:10:57 2022 No.39200634 File: 222 KB, 769x557, sadako trolling kayako.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 30 03:10:18 2022 No.39202279 File: 304 KB, 550x1833, sadako being rude.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 30 03:29:13 2022 No.39202497 >>39202279 Explain the joke. Is the boy her kid or something?

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 30 03:43:42 2022 No.39202611 >>39202497 Yes. Sadako is implying Kayako got knocked up with Toshio when she was like 10. It goes with the fan tradition predating the VS Kayako film of Sadako being always around and always being a complete bitch to Kayako.

Anonymous Wed Mar 30 05:55:56 2022 No.39203474
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>>39141196
This. Western horror is usually just some fag with mental issues, a stupid mask, and concentrates on gore and jump scares, rather than psychological horror.
(There is some good Western stuff like that too, but unfortunately things like HP Lovecraft don't translate very well to mainstream movies or games)

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 30 06:25:58 2022 No.39203686 >>39203474 Are you seriously afraid of a parking lot? Or is pic unrelated?

Anonymous Wed Mar 30 07:11:01 2022 No.39204007

>>39140742
Texas Chainsaw Massacre really isn't comparable to other western slasher/horror movies. It has a documentary and home movie feel to it with little to no gore, yet it still makes you really unsettled with things like the twitching of a body and its sound design is chilling

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 30 07:15:54 2022 No.39204040 File: 331 KB, 1920x1080, Hazel Street Station.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Anonymous Wed Mar 30 07:22:28 2022 No.39204081

>>39139742
it's not exclusive to J-horror. Korean/Thai horror has the atmosphere that most western movies just don't capture, and that's perfectly fine. Western movies do gorefests and disgusting that most asian films don't do well either.

Sometimes it works out though, take a look at a japanese horro movie's hallway scene, vs a western movie's take on it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYs87-kDXwg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH8ynu0jRvY

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 30 07:24:50 2022 No.39204101 >>39183386 It's shit with shit plot. Along with Hagazussa. The atmosphere makes it all.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 30 07:28:50 2022 No.39204137 >>39204101 Hagazussa is indeed a bad movie but The Witch is not.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 30 08:58:31 2022 No.39204951 >>39139742 How do you feel about the original nightmare on elm street?

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 30 09:27:19 2022 No.39205283 >>39164940 thank you anon

Anonymous Wed Mar 30 18:11:05 2022 No.39212794

>>39203474
OH NO OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO A SPOOPY FOGGY IMAGE OF PARKING SPACES AT NIGHT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH CTHULU IS GOING TO GET ME

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 30 18:19:10 2022 No.39212907 >>39212794 The horror actually comes from the sign. You're not allowed to dump, but what if you really need to take a shit?

Anonymous Wed Mar 30 21:38:53 2022 No.39214628
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>>39203686
>>39212794
Lol it was just the first thing I saw that kinda fit the theme, since it looked like the kind of night when something spooky could happen... The replies that got are pretty funny though.
(I actually find it more cozy than anything and it's just some random picture I've had saved. I used to have it as a wallpaper on my phone, since blues and blacks look good on this particular screen.)

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 31 00:36:05 2022 No.39216309 >>39214628 What do the Japs think of the Wiz?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 31 00:57:16 2022 No.39216480 >>39200634 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB5xmjuQIKGP6JpDoEW4rQQ

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 31 03:09:51 2022 No.39217773 File: 73 KB, 500x480, sa.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 31 14:29:16 2022 No.39226326 File: 1.54 MB, 960x1200, sadahees.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 31 17:45:03 2022 No.39229538 kayako > sadako

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 31 20:05:12 2022 No.39230932 >>39182226 >>39188931 where is this from?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 31 20:27:02 2022 No.39231088 File: 797 KB, 4032x3024, room of angel.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>39230932 The movie theater I was at drinking grain alcohol out of a big spray bottle.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 31 20:37:29 2022 No.39231199 >>39231088 what's the movie called?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 31 20:44:58 2022 No.39231268 File: 1.22 MB, 3024x2469, rin wants a fucking refund for the apartment.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>39231199 アラーニェの虫籠 Aragne no Mushikago Sign of Vermillion

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 31 21:24:38 2022 No.39231599 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIE8Fq4Zm1E FUUUUUCCCKKKK YOU

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 1 04:16:41 2022 No.39235275 >>39231599 bump

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 1 06:40:27 2022 No.39236700 >>39231599 >FUUUUUCCCKKKK YOU FUCK YOUUUUUUU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz5ODQCueP8

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 1 12:34:49 2022 No.39240879 File: 260 KB, 800x1067, __kirisame_marisa_and_yamamura_sadako_the_ring_and_touhou_drawn_by_akou_roushi__e9d43e9f78917fe238c7aea91fe23ff1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

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