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I suppose...if you consider those good.

It irks me to hell that they're remaking Pulse. I just know they're going to dumb it down for American audiences. American audiences want to make sense of everything; they refuse to accept the fact that when dealing with the supernatural, not everything has a neat, Buffy-style reason for being. Some of it just is. It doesn't have to make sense. [/rant]

As far as Japanese ghosts go, the movies featuring them are pretty dead on. The long haired female ghost is prevalent in Japanese folklore, and exists for countless reasons. Insanity is usually involved to a degree.

In many films, the ghosts can be held back with something as simple as tape. This is true, although the reasons behind it may vary. Some think that the ghosts themselves are still bound by a number of physical laws; they can enter through relatively small spaces, but if those spaces are sealed, they cannot pass. Others think that the act of blocking the path is more important than how one does it; it's a mental barrier, not a physical one.

Generally speaking, J horror is a little edgier, if only because they're operating on myths we don't really know too well.

I like the japanese horror a lot but my favourite is the German 1920's horror movies. I've just finished studying them for my Film Studies Class and I really like them. A lot of the elements seen in them are still used today.

i think japanese horror is way scarier than american horror but sometimes they confuse horror with gore and guts *tear*

First off ill say i wish they would stop remaking japanese horror films into american films. Japanese in my opinion are way better at horror. The traditional standard for horror films in america is hack and slash.

But the japanese horror films are usually based on superstitious events which I have to say makes them alot more creepier.

I agree. I love the stories behind the japanese horrors, the old legends and folklore that get turned into a film. i know the american movie makers have tried doing this but agin they just spoil it by putting in way too much blood and gore.

Just remembered another brilliant horror film I've seen recently;

High Tension

It's a French film; they dubbed it in English, but we all know how dubbing kills good storytelling, so on the DVD, switch it to French with English subtitles- it's really a great experience.