25 years later, the curse still gathers. Takashi Shimizu’s (Marebito 2004) Ju-On series has been a landmark franchise in J-Horror, and is one of few J-Horrors to successfully cross over and enjoy commercial success internationally. Most genre-savvy fans outside of Japan, however, would identify 2002’s Ju-On: The Grudge as where …
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I remember seeing the trailer and TV spots for The Grudge when it was released and told my girlfriend (who is now my wife) that it just looked OK. I told her that it was probably just another crappy PG-13 rated remake of a superior Japanese film and that I …
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Arrow Video was kind enough to send us their December 2022 lineup for their subscription-based ARROW streaming platform. Subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK, and Ireland can stream their content now! Read on for the details, but first, check out the trailer for THE LEECH! From The ARROW Press …
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Although Lin Shaye has been in horror classics such as Nightmare on Elm Street (her brother founded New Line Cinema!) and Critters, the first film I remember her from is There’s Something About Mary. The gross-out comedy from 1998 created a life-long fan in me. Since then, Lin has become …
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On October 23, 2019, we get to celebrate the 60th birthday of a true cinematic icon, the one and only Sam Raimi. This is a particularly big deal for myself, as Sam is the director and creator of my favorite horror franchise of all time, the one series that has …
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This whole month, I’ve been trying to watch horror anime that demonstrates the range of the medium. We’ve had emotional stories, thrillers and impossibly weird non-linear storytelling, and all of it fits into one subgenre of horror or another. One thing we’ve been missing, though, is a mind-peeling, hair-whitening, balls-through-the-wall …
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The idea of a haunted house brings quite a specific image to mind. On the edge of a craggy hill, a rambling mansion sits silent and brooding, its many turrets and gables jut sharply into a sky bleached white by lightning flashes. The wind is always howling, the moon is …
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It seems like the horror remake is a trend that, to put it bluntly, simply won’t die. From Jason to Michael Myers, Freddy to Chucky, almost every horror movie under the sun has been remade with no end in sight to the onslaught. There was even talk of a remake …
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