5 Underappreciated Japanese Horror Movies
Japanese culture is one known throughout the world. It's often emulated and unique and the Japanese approach to horror is no different. With iconic imagery like pale girls with long black hair and common themes of the wronged woman, Japanese horror is often easily recognizable. There are also a lot of horror films produced by Japan that don't fit into the norms and there is a diverse and often strange side to Japanese horror cinema.
This list looks at 5 of the strange and scary offerings from the Japanese horror genre that may have gone unnoticed. There are surreal musicals, found footage nightmares, and feminist gore fests meaning there is something for every genre fan to discover.
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Directed by the legendary Takashi Miike, As The Gods Will sees a classroom full of students pitted against each other and an evil Darumaka as they compete in games designed to kill. Shun Takahata is lamenting about how boring his life is but soon regrets his words when he and the rest of his school are fighting to win games featuring giant lucky cats, dolls with telekinesis, and a tricky polar bear. It's revealed that Shun and his friends aren't the only ones participating, students across the globe are also facing the same trials.
As The Gods Will was released in 2014 and features exploding heads, buckets of blood, and piles of bodies. The design of each of the games is fun, ridiculous, and grotesque with interesting effects and nemesis to outsmart. It is reminiscent of Battle Royale, but it takes itself a lot less seriously and is worth a watch for the singing Darumaka alone.
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