A rich goldmine of cinematic terror, Japanese horror has long been celebrated for contributing some of the most effective and traumatizing films that the world has ever seen. There is no doubt that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marilyn Burns in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images) The firsthand account of Japanese audiences ...

Differing from Western horror movies in both style and tone, Japanese horror films have grown immensely in popularity over the years, but a few films remain unfairly underrated. J-horror films tend to ...

A horror and dark genre film festival, the Yami International Film Festival, will hold its inaugural edition Nov. 20–26 at ...

TOKYO — He wears a black bodysuit and a white mask, speaks in an electronically altered squeaky voice and makes creepiness his signature mode of art. Uketsu, whose name literally translates to “rain ...

Koji Suzuki, the celebrated Japanese author behind the iconic horror novel Ring, has passed away at the age of 68. Suzuki's work revolutionized Japanese horror, introducing a unique blend of folklore ...

The firsthand account of Japanese audiences' reactions to the horror classic was documented in Chain Reactions, a documentary reflecting on the lasting impact the film has had since its release. The ...

Suzuki Koji, a popular Japanese horror novel author, has died at the age of 68. Suzuki was from Hamamatsu City in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. He made his debut with the fantasy novel "Rakuen," ...

Japanese novelist Koji Suzuki, best known for the Ring series of horror novels, died of a disease on Friday at a hospital in Tokyo, h ...