There are two main types of Asian horror, Japanese horror and Korean horror.
Japanese horror, sometimes referred to as J-horror is the Japanese contribution to the horror genre.
J-horror tend to target and focus on psychological horror and tension building. Most Japanese horror’s involve poltergeists and ghosts, haunting victims, whilst some others contain themes such as possession, exorcism, shamanism and precognition. The origins of j-horror could be said to come from old folk stories and ghost story classics.
A lot of J-horror movies involve children being possessed, or dead such as ‘The Grudge’ and ‘The Ring’. Others include the dead coming back to life to haunt the living for example in ‘One missed Call’ and stalking and killing their victims. They also include coming back from the dead to haunt and remind their victims of things that have happened in the past.
'One missed call' is a popular J-horror film which has been remade by American directors in 2008 for a re-release.Korean horror is very similar to Japanese horror. They use the same motifs and themes as J-horror but is not produced in the same way.
One popular Korean horror film is called 'Cinderella' and 2006
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