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N-Goto is a 2022 Japanese horror film about students who explore an old apartment building and find more than they bargained for. Also known as Bldg. N Written and directed …
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The Violence Action is a 2022 Japanese comedic crime thriller film in which a teenage college girl leads a double life as an assassin for hire. Also known as Violence …
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‘The sushi bites back!’ Dead Sushi is a 2012 Japanese comedy horror film about Keiko, the daughter of a legendary sushi chef, who runs away from home when her Karate-style …
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Missing is a 2021 Japanese mystery thriller about a young girl searching for her father who may have been kidnapped by a serial killer. Directed by Shinzô Katayama (Siblings of …
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A Janitor is a 2021 Japanese action crime thriller about a professional assassin who goes undercover at a school to protect the daughter of a Yakuza boss and fights off …
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Although Toho has released a plethora of films featuring hugely popular giant monsters such as Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra, it may surprise people to know that the major Japanese film …
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‘It lusts for blood’ Venus Flytrap is a 1967 American/Japanese science fiction horror film about a NASA scientist who is ordered to take a vacation due to showing signs of …
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With the imminent arrival of Mark Polonia‘s micro-budget Doll Shark, Amityville Shark House from co-directors Will Collazo Jr. and Shawn C. Phillips, and Tommy The Room Wiseau’s Big Shark it seems an opportune …
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Shin Ultraman is a 2022 Japanese tokusatsu fantasy film about an alien that transformed a human being to protect the Earth from monsters. The movie is a modern reworking of …
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‘Underwater terror!’ Psycho Shark is a 2009 Japanese horror film directed by John Hijiri from a screenplay written by Yasutoshi Murakawa. Also know as Jaws in Japan The movie stars …
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Sadako DX is a 2022 Japanese horror film focused on a highly-intelligent college student’s attempt to unravel the curse. Directed by Hisashi Kimura (Masked Ward; Ninkyo Gakuen) from a screenplay …
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Karada Sagashi is a 2022 Japanese live-action anime horror film based on the web novel of the same name by Welzard. Directed by Eiichirō Hasumi [羽住英一郎, Hasumi Eiichirō] (Resident Evil: …
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Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell is being issued on Blu-ray by Visual Vengeance, a new sister label being launched by Wild Eye Releasing, on July 5, 2022. The new …
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Kisaragi Station is a 2022 Japanese horror film about a young female student’s investigation into a railway-based urban legend. Directed by Jirô Nagae (The Samejima Incident; The Ghost Photo Club; …
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‘Dare to play’ Story Game is a 2020 American-Japanese horror anthology film about three friends trying to outwit each other on a camping trip in Hawaii. But only one can …
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Ox-Head Village is a 2022 Japanese supernatural horror film about three girls that go missing after a prank about a haunted building. Directed by Takashi Shimizu (Homunculus; Howling Village; Innocent …
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‘The first bite is the deepest!’ Curse II: The Bite is a 1989 Italian/Japanese/American horror film directed by Federico Prosperi [as Fred Godwin] (producer of Wild Beasts) from a screenplay …
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Sadako DX is a 2022 Japanese horror film focused on a highly-intelligent college student’s attempt to unravel the curse. Directed by Hisashi Kimura (Masked Ward; Ninkyo Gakuen) from a screenplay …
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Suicide Forest Village is being released in the US by Cinedigm On-Demand and Digital HD on March 1st 2022. Thereafter, Screambox will stream the Japanese horror film exclusively on May …
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‘She went looking for her sister. She only found death’ Violator is a 2018 Japanese horror film about a young woman who is trying to find out what happened to …
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Prisoners of the Ghostland is a 2021 Japanese-American action horror film directed by Sion Sono (Tokyo Vampire Hotel TV series; Exte: Hair Extensions; Strange Circus; Suicide Club) from a screenplay …
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Horror Doll is a 2019 Japanese slasher horror film that features a giant-sized doll stalking and killing a group of teenagers. Directed and edited by Tarô Miyaoka. The movie stars …
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Blind Beast is a 1969 Japanese horror film about a blind sculptor who kidnaps a beautiful young model and takes her to his warehouse home; he and his mother live …
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‘Housewife Battle Royal: No Husbands, No Kids, No Chores, Killer Weekend!’ Ouija Japan is a 2021 Japanese action horror film about an American housewife who unwittingly unleashes an ancient evil …
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Stigmatized Properties is a 2020 Japanese horror film about an unpopular comedian who agrees to stay in houses that are allegedly haunted. Directed by Hideo Nakata (Sadako 2019; Ghost Theater; …
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Ghost Master is a 2019 Japanese comedy horror film in which a script becomes transformed into an evil book of the dead. The script possesses the star of low-budget movie …
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‘Scare me to see the hell’ Mimicry Freaks is a 2019 Japanese surreal horror film in which various characters meet their fate in a forest and two storylines intertwine. Written …
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Kotodama – Spiritual Curse is a 2014 Japanese horror film about mysterious events that begin to happen to a group of schoolgirl friends. Also known as Haunted School: The Curse …
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Homunculus is a 2021 Japanese mystery horror film in which a homeless man sees people’s innermost traumas after undergoing trepanation. Directed by Takashi Shimizu (Howling Village; The Shock Labyrinth 3D; The Grudge 2004 …
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Destroy All Monsters is a 1968 Japanese kaiju film about female aliens taking control of Earth’s monsters to obliterate the human race. Directed by Ishirō Honda from a screenplay co-written …
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Godzilla vs. Megalon is a 1973 Japanese kaiju film depicting a battle of the titular monsters plus Gigan and mecha character Jet Jaguar. It is the thirteenth film in the …
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Undead Pool aka Attack Girls’ Swim Team vs. The Undead is a 2007 Japanese comedy horror film directed by Kôji Kawano (Cruel Restaurant) from a screenplay written by Satoshi Owada (Cruel Restaurant). …
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Cube is a 2021 Japanese horror film about six men and women trapped inside a mysterious cube-shaped space from which they have to escape. It is a remake of the …
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Tokyo Dragon Chef is a 2020 Japanese action-comedy film about retired Yakuzas that open a ramen restaurant and become an overnight sensation. However, a mysterious upstart gang is taking down …
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‘A bloodbath is about to be unleashed!’ Corpse Prison: Part Two is a 2017 Japanese horror film written and directed by Hideo Jôjô (Siren X), based on a manga by Makine Muroi. …
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‘Where every howl is one of terror!’ Howling Village is a 2019 Japanese horror film about a young psychologist who heads to a haunted place to research her family’s dark …
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Higanjima: Escape from Vampire Island is a 2009 Japanese live-action film adaptation of a manga series by Kōji Matsumoto. It was directed by Kim Tae-Gyun and stars Hideo Ishiguro, Dai …
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Versus is being released by Arrow Video as a two-disc Blu-ray set that includes the original cut of the 2000 Japanese zombie action film and Ultimate Versus, the extended cut …
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‘You’re not in Texas anymore. Welcome to Japan’ Tokyo Home Stay Massacre is a 2020 Japanese horror film about three American late teens who travel to Japan to have some …
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‘Who will inherit the Earth?’ Virus is a 1980 Japanese science-fiction/disaster film directed by Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale; Samurai Reincarnation; Message from Space). It was written by Kinji Fukasaku and Koji …
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‘Tokyo is burning.’ Tokyo Gore Police is a 2008 Japanese-American science fiction splatter film co-written, edited, and directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura (Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl; Helldriver; Zombie TV). The movie stars Eihi Shiina as Ruka, a vengeful …
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Brutal is a 2017 Japanese horror film written and directed by Takashi Hirose (Moratorium; Bandaged). The movie stars Butch, Ayano and Katrina Grey. Plot: Constantly on the hunt and suffering from hallucinations that …
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‘A monster will rise.’ Death Kappa is a 2010 Japanese action-comedy Kaiju feature film about the rise of a gargantuan irradiated water goblin. Directed by Tomo’o Haraguchi (Ultraman Ginga; Werewolf …
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King Kong Escapes is a 1967 Kaiju feature film and a Japanese/American co-production from Toho and Rankin-Bass (Mad Monster Party?). Directed by Ishirô Honda (as Inoshiro Honda) from a screenplay written by …
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‘Can you really trust your childhood memories?’ The Shock Labyrinth 3D is a 2009 Japanese horror feature film in which a group of teenagers take a sick girl to a …
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Stare aka Shiraisan is a 2019 Japanese supernatural horror feature film revolving around the mysterious deaths of victims whose eyes have literally exploded. Written and directed by Hirotaka Adachi [as …
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It Comes is a 2018 Japanese supernatural horror feature film about a supernatural entity threatening a family directed by Tetsuya Nakashima (Confessions) from a screenplay co-written with Hideto Iwai. It …
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Tokyo Living Dead Idol – original title: Tôkyô ribingu deddo aidoru – is a 2018 Japanese comedy horror feature film written and directed by Yûki Kumagai (writer of Rokuroku: The …
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‘Mightiest monster in all creation!’ Mothra – original title: モスラ Mosura – is a 1961 Japanese science fiction kaiju tokusatsu film directed by Ishirō Honda (Matango; The Human Vapour; The …
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‘We are going to flush you!’ Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead is a 2011 Japanese comedy horror feature film directed by Noboru Iguchi (The Machine Girl; Dead Sushi; The ABCs of Death). …
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