Japanese horror movies that only the bravest will dare to see

Looking for the best Japanese horror movies? You have come to the right place.

Regardless of the time of year, horror movies are always one of everyone’s favorite genres, due to their mix of suspense, tension, and bringing us face to face with what scares us the most.

And nothing knows how to handle these topics better than the Japanese, who thanks to their vast culture have managed to create original, simple but no less terrifying stories.

Thus, in J.Horror we find films that focus on a more psychological terror, which arises from breaking the great rules of existence and from ghosts that are beyond all human protection.

And in this note we bring together the best.

1.Audition

A young widower begins his search for a new wife, and falls in love with a young woman with a dark past, which causes the two to immerse themselves in a fascinating and terrifying power dynamic, very Hannibal Lecter.

2. The Snow Woman

This film is inspired by Japanese folklore and is as beautiful as it is chilling. It’s about a woman who tempts her victims with her beauty only to then kill them with her icy breath.

Perfect if you like the disturbing without so much blood.

3. Coldfish

Coldfish follows a serial killer who buys a fish store only to torment its previous owner and his family.

It may not sound that scary, but we swear you will never look at an aquarium the same way again. It is also loosely based on Gen Seine and Hiroko Kazama, a couple who killed four people in Japan in 1993.

4. Dark Water

If you are a fan of the supernatural, Dark Wate cannot be missing from your list, the story of a single mother and her daughter who move to an apartment that has a mysterious leak.

Things get weirder and weirder until the protagonist’s mind is destroyed.

It had its American adaptation with the same name, but the Japanese one is much better.

5. The Outsider

An American man (Jared Leto) joins the yakuza, a dangerous Japanese mafia, after spending time in an Osaka prison.

It is a horror film, but it has its good touches of violence, action and drama.

6. Missed call

The 2008 film Gone Girl was actually based on this 2003 Japanese horror film. The original story follows a psychology student who receives a disturbing voice message on his cell phone of his own voice screaming.

7. Ju-On: The Grudge

It is one of the most famous current J.horror films and even inspired a remake starring Sarah Michelle Gellar.

The plot is full of time jumps to tell the story of a building that became cursed after a series of murders were carried out there.

8. Ichi, the assassin

A mentally unstable man unleashes a massacre when his gang leader disappears. The level of violence and blood is so high that the film was banned in several countries.

9. Onibaba

It was released in 1964 and still Onibaba is considered a classic of Japanese horror cinema.

The story tells of the civil war of the 14th century and how two women dedicated themselves to killing soldiers to steal their property. It also includes a tense mother-daughter relationship and a haunted swamp.

10. Ringu

If the Hoop movies scared you, wait until you see Ringu, the original movie that inspired it.

You know the story: a cursed tape is linked to the deaths of multiple people. The most disturbing thing is that while you watch the movie you are also watching the fatal recording.