r/J_Horror

I'll be honest sand say I haven't seen all the movies. I've seen Ringu, Ringu 2. Ringu 0. RIngu Spiral and Sadako.

I honestly dislike Ringu spiral, The weird transition from building dread to weird Sci Fi virus stuff I just felt like wasn't handled well at all in my opinion, I also just think without the slow build up of dread its just not as scary.

I have heard this more accurate to the books which I have not read so maybe its handled better there. But Im just judging the film here

The ring is a japanese book by Koji Suzuki but you may know it for it's japanese horror adaptation ringu from 1998 or you may know it for it's American adaptation the ring from 2002.

It's about a journalist who after his niece dies he is trying to find what caused her death and he discovers that she was staying at a cabin 7 days with all of her friends who also died on the same day that she did.

And he discovers a strange videotape and watches it and the tape warns that he will die in seven days if he doesn't do a certain action.

He concludes that this videotape killed his niece and her friends and is now going to try to find it's origin before it kills him as well.

Now the differences from the movie is that the protagonist is a male unlike his counterpart in the movie, other differences include that ryuji who was the ex-husband of his female counterpart was just his friend from the University, and the male protagonist also does not have a little boy unlike his female movie counterpart but a wife and a baby girl.

Other differences are that the main villain sadako never appears as a ghost, she is not an onryo with hair covering her face, nor does she have a white dress, nor is she fingernailess.

She doesn't kill a reporter unlike her movie counterpart nor is she killed by her father out of fear of her powers.

But instead she is raped by a doctor and he discovers that she is intersexual and so she minds controll her to throw her down a well.

She never appears as a ghost, instead the doctor had smallpox and he infected sadako with it and since she had mental powers she combined her smallpox infection along with her memories into a videotape, and it's the smallpox that kills you after you watch it, after you watch the video a tumour appears during those seven days and slowly starts to grow until it kills you.

So how do you feel about the book's writing and differences from the movie, did you like it better or worse

I think 964 Pinocchio is one of the worst examples of people confusing ambiguity with depth.

Before anyone says “you just didn’t get it,” I read the common interpretations afterward. I know the themes people attribute to it: dehumanization, becoming human, identity, body horror as psychology, etc.

My problem isn’t the ideas. My problem is that I don’t think the movie actually communicates them.

Every defense I read starts with, “Well, this scene represents…” or “It’s meant to symbolize…” But almost none of those meanings are established by the film itself in a way that felt understandable to me while watching it.

If I have to read essays after the credits just to understand the basic premise of the protagonist, that’s a failure of storytelling, not a sign of genius.

I love psychological horror. I love symbolism. I love movies that leave room for interpretation.
Interpretation is great.

Having to build the movie yourself because it refuses to communicate its own narrative isn’t.

So here’s my question:
Where is the line between “this movie trusts its audience” and “this movie failed to tell its story”?
I’m genuinely curious where people draw that line, because for me, 964 Pinocchio crossed it by a mile.

Edit: Worst fake deep horror movie I’ve ever seen, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. Any better suggestions?

Is there any good J-horror movies on Tubi right now or Plex? I hope Ju on comes back to Tubi one day soon.

I am sure most people are aware of this youtube series. I am here recomending it again not just because i feel its really great found footage series but as a filmmaking prespective, i think its really well done.

Every episode they try something new, a new form of found footage, a new media, a new way to shoot. Some are shot as proper crew, some are just dashcam footage and one episode it just audio and yet they all are very scary (If u love that sort of thing)

And on the surface it seems very simple yet its very detailed and full of theories. If someone hasnt checked it out, please do. I really cant believe there is such high quality stuff available for free.

After the movie Sadako vs. Kayako, I wanted to see a trilogy just about Sadako, or movies like Sadako vs. Tomie vs. Teke Teke vs. Kuichisake-onna, or something like Kayako vs. Godzilla. I know it's trashy, but cool.

Is there no legal way to watch this movie anywhere outside of Japan? I can't find it on Amazon or Hulu or other paid streaming services, and I know I'm going to be down voted becuse the movie is hated, but I find the story and mythos fascinating. Is it not available anywhere else, and if not, are there plans to make it available?

ok so i’m pretty sure it’s asian, maybe early 2010s? but could be 2000s too. i don’t remember the name at all

here’s what i remember:

1. opening scene: a young guy is driving a motorcycle (or maybe a car) and he runs over human eyeballs on the road. like they're just lying there and he crushes them.

2. throughout the movie there are these people with only one eye and it's placed vertically in the middle of their face, not sideways like normal.

3. the main character is a young guy, probably in his 20s.

4. it's not a famous movie like ju-on, ring, or dark water. this was super niche, probably straight to dvd or indie.

please if anyone knows this i’ll be so grateful. it’s been stuck in my head for a long time 🥹

I’ve been wanting to watch this film called Chime made by Kiyoshi Kurosawa but can’t find it anywhere. No websites will give the english subtitles. please help!