Ju-on for Wii, the bloody pitter patter of little feet.
Posted by Ms Harker | Filed under Asian Horror, Horror Games
Everyone from Bloody Good Horror to Bloody Disgusting is featuring the new trailer for the upcoming release of Ju-on (The Grudge) for the Wii console. Many are speculating about the longevity of the game play, how the Wii controller may be utilised and how much it will scare the pants off those playing. However my comment’s are as follows:
1: That little blue kid still frightens me and I still expect to find him under my sink.
2: Who doesn’t love the bloody pitter patter of little feet.
3: How can it not be scary with that noise we fans of J-Horror all know and love so much, which is featured at the end of the trailer.
Ms Harker
Tags: Asian Horror, Horror Games, Japanese Horror
Ring-the original… the one and only.
Posted by Ms Harker | Filed under Asian Horror, Horror Films
This post is really a poorly masqueraded excuse to have a crack at Hollywood. I am proud to say I have never seen the Hollywood versions of The Ring,The Grudge, Darkwater or The Eye and the slimy list goes on. Having only seen trailers I cringed at the poorly executed frights and cruddy translation of angry lady spirits.
Now I may seem jaded, Ring for me was a hook into the horror genre. I remember squealing with delight as a few girlfriends and myself sat in the dark watching. One of the girls sneakily used her mobile to ring our home phone and all the girls proceeded to jump five feet in the air and crap their pants. Classic! The final viewing of the tape by the male lead, the picture of the well, the drenched figure stumbling out of the TV psychomotor retarded, sloshing her way creepily forward… eeek!
I have quite an affection for the japanese horror genre, the movement of the ghostly women sends chills down my spine and I never fail to scream when a blue tinged wide eyed child appears under a sink or under a blanket! It makes me steam from my ears when these films are remade and remade poorly. I am repeatedly amazed at the lack of originality in the Hollywood machine. It appears to be the rage now in to remake all things Asian. The simultaneous pillaging of Japanese cinema and comic books is enough to make any righteous ghoul spin in their grave, and head for the Hollywood hills and get to haunting.
Tags: Japanese Horror
