The J-Horror Virus
2023, English. Directed by Sarah Appleton & Jasper Sharp.
How did a single ‘Big in Japan’ videotape change the course of global horror history? Find out in this insightful documentary charting the origins, evolution and diffusion across the world of a distinctive brand of Japanese supernatural chillers featuring vengeful ghosts manifesting themselves through contemporary technology against a backdrop of urban alienation and social decay. From Psychic Vision: Jaganrei (1988) and straight-to-video scary true stories to such key titles as Ring (1998), Pulse (2001) and The Grudge (2002), critics and filmmakers reflect on how the bleak Dystopian visions and unsettling atmospheres infiltrated their way into the world’s shocker consciousness.
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- 1h 35m
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- English
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The J-Horror Virus is streaming on Philo, AMC Plus, and Shudder in India.
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- Released
- 27 August 2023
- Country
- Japan, United Kingdom
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The J-Horror Virus runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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The J-Horror Virus is streaming on Philo, AMC Plus, and Shudder in India. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like The J-Horror Virus?
If you liked The J-Horror Virus, try Killer Legends, Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’, Doc of the Dead.
Who directed The J-Horror Virus?
The J-Horror Virus (2023) was directed by Sarah Appleton and Jasper Sharp and stars Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Tom Mes, Lindsay Nelson.