Takashi Shimizu

Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

An exploration of the spirit world as portrayed in the height of the J-horror era of the late ‘90s.

The J-Horror Virus

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.

They Are/Were Watching

A young woman is haunted by a ghost in THEY ARE/WERE WATCHING.

Onimanji

Ninja samurai Onimanji, who has been sealed in a cursed urn for 631 years and 59 days, is resurrected in the modern era by the assassin-for-hire company, Kika Company. The odd team of Kika, Shigeru, a bumbling assassin, and Onimanjii perform a series of dark jobs and must still compete with rival company Nutmeg.

Why Horror?

Horror fan Tal Zimerman examines the psychology of horror around the world to find out why people love to be scared.

Gekijô-ban: Harapeko Yamagami-kun

Yamagami-kun, the god of the mountain, likes to eat "human beings"! Today, he and Isobe, the god of the sea, are planning to eat "human" again. Will he be able to eat a "human" today?

Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

A reconstructed girl is created from the pieces of a vampire girl's mini-butchery. Slaughter abounds as both of them pursue the same boy.

Foreign Filmmakers' Guide to Hollywood

Hideo Nakata was invited from the J-Horror boom to helm The Ring 2, the American-made sequel to a remake of his own film Ring. In this documentary, Nakata details the never-ending difficulties he dealt with in Hollywood.

63 Minutes Later

A spin-off feature from Tokyo Gore Police centering on three characters from the movie who are each given a short story explaining how they became an “engineer”.

Ura Horror

A found footage anthology horror film by Kôji Shiraishi.

Tokyo Gore Police

In future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers.

Meatball Machine: Reject of Death

Shortfilm sequel to the movie Meatball Machine. There is no real action but we'll see a bunch of aliens kill both each other and humans.