Japanese Horror Movies vs. American Horror Movies

the_waltz · Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:07 pm Post subject:

the grudge, ring 1 and 2...those are nothing but american-adapted stories from original japanese horrors, and they weren't even a bit scary than their japanese counterparts. props goes to japanese horror

DrJackal · Jikan Samurai Joined: Mar 14, 2004 Posts: 979

america movies used to scare me when i was a litte kid but as i grew older they got more crapper and japanese movies like the ring, juon or kairo can still give me the creeps now so i like japanese movies betta.

TrueAncestor · Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:32 pm Post subject:

Yeah thats true. When I was little zombies used to be scary.... and ghosts were never scary at all. I think my belief was that ghosts cant harm you, even if I saw it in movies I didnt believe it. But when I saw Ju On..... it scared me so bad that I literally didnt get any sleep that night..... or the next. In fact that whole week I slept maybe 20 hours.
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Happy_Dojo · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:34 am Post subject:

i prefere japanese horror becuase their a lot more freaky than american horror which is usually based on the amount of blood/screams they can add to shock the audience. the japanese generally have a more realistic feel to them.
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sakuraglory · Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:38 am Post subject:

japanese horror is scarier, the only american movie that scares me is the exorcist..><

maybe some japanese directors expercience such horrors, cuz u know here in japan many ppl here commit suicide, mostly at young ppl and business man. sometime ppl here die with a grudge they want revenge or something..

it really scares me..
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TrueAncestor · Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:41 pm Post subject:

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sepet · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:04 pm Post subject: warghhhh, i'm scared!!

hmm, my opinion.. i think in 'shocking the audiences' aspect, i would prefer american movies, but in wrapping the audiences with the 'coldness of horror', it would be jpan movies. well, american movies are always good in portraying the images of ghosts and demons, but sometimes the plot are too predictable. while the jpan movies are actually stereotype in 'imaging' their ghosts(most ghosts are shampoo-female-model alike, with their hair covers their faces, and they also oftenly wear white clothes), but the plot are very good,and the ending oftenly twists with our predictions. hmm, the most importantly, both are worth watching.hihihhihihi Evil or Very Mad

Kyu_Ryuku · Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:57 pm Post subject: lor

like japanese more than american. but havent watch da exorcism of emily rose yet. want 2 go watch it.

griffan · Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:07 am Post subject:

i saw ichi the killer and now im huddled in a little corner rocking back and forth that was the weirdest movie ive ever seen
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centreback · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Nov 06, 2005 Posts: 57

i think jap horror's better
american horror tends to be in your face and gets a little cliche after sometime. jap horror is more subtle and more likely to send the shivers down the spine.

and american re-makes of j-horror cannot make it!

Doggiez · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:39 am Post subject:

i don't think jap and american horrors are scary at all. I watch them a lot, but they never seem to get me. But if i have to chose one i will say american horrors are much better.

blackie · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:58 am Post subject:

well...for me asian horror movie is the scariest..and now we can see american also copy some of their movie...are they dont have their own idea??.....pfft

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DRKRONNIN · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:23 am Post subject:

I think American horror for the most part it BOO scary like your Freeddy movies or Jason. But japanese movies are physcological thrillers that chill you to the core and freak you out lol ex:/ Ju-on, Ringu (both of which were ripped off by americans lol) japanese horror is on a completely different lev el than that of American everything from story and character development to original plots and production just seem scarier lol...
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nuinui · newbie! Joined: Oct 31, 2005 Posts: 33 Location: Thailand

For me I prefer American Horror Very Happy

because it's more excited,action and bloody!!! Shocked

I like it

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