Scary stories are veritably popular but the bones that are grounded on true tales pierce our curiosity more. True legends and true incidents pique our interest. This kind of horror is worth watching and they noway leave you disappointed.
1. Hanako Of The Toilet (1998 Film)
There are different origins, or, shall we say, different performances of Hanako. One of the performances of Hanako is said to be a ghost of World War II who failed in an air raid in her academy restroom while playing hide and seek. In another interpretation, she committed self-murder in her academy restroom, and in the third interpretation, she was boggled by her parents or a foreigner in the academy restroom. The movie Hanako of the restroom is inspired by the civic legend of Hanako-san. A red-skirted ghost that was formerly called upon drags her victim to hell. The movie is centered on a youthful girl who discovers that her new middle school isn't regular but the academy where her family suddenly faded eleven times ago. To unravel the riddle, she joins forces with her musketeers to oppose the evil force that endangers them. This film has a good cast. It has excellent sounding music and is well-shot. The only issue with it's the ending. There are not numerous scares, but it's interesting enough to hold your attention for 90 twinkles. I'd give it a medium recommendation, but only if you are into Japanese or Asian horror. For those who despise it, if you are new to Asian horror, there are far better flicks to watch.
2. Pastoral: To Die In The Country/ Pastoral Hide And Seek(1974 Film)
There's a cursed poem called Tomino's Hell, in which a little boy named Tomino phases hell. This poem inspired the movie "Pastoral To Die in the Country." This movie is a 1974 film directed by Shuji Terayama. He looked up to the poem "Tomino's Hell". Though people say it was the curse that killed Shuji, numerous supplicants beg to differ. This movie is about a youthful boy's coming of age, which is set in a strange festival-type village that turns into a recreation of memory that the director had twenty years ago. It's an old movie and a dark one too. This is one of the many flicks that's both daring and unrelentingly inventive. Set in a surreal pastoral Japan, the story begins with an adolescent sprat trying to flee his protective mama but snappily transforms into a filmmaker's hankering to defy his developed creation. Through this cortege of archetypal images, there's also an attempt to attune the individual with the collaborative, old, and ultramodern Japan. Gossip queens wear portent eye patches. A castaway woman drowns her child and also resurfaces as a professed courtesan. A circus fat lady wishes for a dwarf to inflate her ersatz body. There are numerous strange and amazing sights, all of which contribute to an overwhelming sensation of a creative mind questioning itself. I am at a loss for words when it comes to describing this film. I suppose"The Holy Mountain" (in an analogous tone), but a little further simplistic and experimental (if that makes sense) — incredibly particular, similar to the flicks Godard wanted to make after 1980. (a film that comments on the film. a film which cannot be made. A director directs his youth while also, amazingly, turning off the film and visiting his nonage, changing events and attempting to fix effects. It's sincere and genuine, and the ending is the most stylish of all time. A work of art!
3. Howling Village
In Japan, there is a civic legend known as the Inunaki lair. There was a murder in the lair, and the point is also said to be visited by colorful sounds and metaphysical exertion. The movie Howling Village is inspired by the Inunaki lair. In the movie, Kanae and her sisters are curious about the lair and the story that there is a vill beyond the lair. A series of deaths seems affiliated to Kanae's family as they're passing again. It's a decent movie. After being assigned to a new case, a woman discovers that her charge has been told by a recent visit to a legendary megacity in the area, which is home to a dreadful curse that has claimed the lives of numerous others in the history, and this leads her to a deadly consummation about her connection to the legendary vill. Indeed though it has certain excrescencies, there's a lot to respect about this bone. When the movie is at its stylish, it has a generally engaging plot that combines multiple interesting narratives into a practical and rather intimidating setting. The hand-held camera's first disquisition of the vill has The intimidating sequence of the spirits chasing the group through the sanitarium situations, while a secondary hassle occurs in a phone call with trapped victims inside while rushing water threatens to drown them, is one of the most disturbing aspects of it. It's tense, and some of the emotional corridors performed far better than anticipated. It's good for the first half, but the last act has a lot of idiotic opinions, so numerous effects, and so many clichés. Still, it's pleasurable.
4. The Ring ( 1998 Film)
Everyone knows the famous three things in a horror movie: a well, a girl, and a gruesome death videotaped. What's truly fascinating is when it's based on a true legend and was the inspiration for the movie. The story is about a girl named Okiku who died in a well outside of a castle known as Himeji Castle. Okiku worked in a dungeon underneath the castle and was a servant to a samurai who took a liking to her, so much so that you can say he was in love with her madly and was even ready to leave his wife for her. But Okiku wasn't fond of his plan. In one of the versions, the samurai drowns her as she rejects his love. In the other version, she kills herself as she sees no way out from under his threats. After her death, she haunted him to madness. As for the movie, four girls are found dead after watching a cursed tape. The whole movie is focused on finding a way to reverse the curse, and though it's a straightforward story, it's a very entertaining one. Girls talk about an urban legend about a videotape that curses its viewers to die in seven days after receiving a frightening phone call during a sleepover. One of them then admits that she and her pals saw an odd videotape last week and subsequently received an unexplained phone call. Tomoko, one of those girls, is killed by an invisible presence after witnessing the TV come on by itself. Tomoko's aunt, journalist Reiko Asakawa, investigates the rumor and discovers, at Tomoko's funeral, that the three friends who viewed the tape with her died at the same time as she did. Reiko finds an unmarked videotape at the Izu Pacific Land Resort, where the four friends were staying, and the story continues. It has the element of horror and is well written. Sadako, who pops out of a cursed tape, is very scary yet fascinating in a way.
5. Carved: The Slit Mouthed Woman
The folklore 'kuchisake-onna', or the slit-mouthed woman, is a Japanese authentic piece about a woman who was disfigured by her husband because of jealousy and later goes and asks strangers if they think she's beautiful. The movie Carved is based on this folklore. It begins when a young boy disappears, and later many children start disappearing. The movie deals with opposing the urban legend that has popped up again. An earthquake makes a corpse matching the entity's description to break out of a cupboard in an abandoned house as legends of Kuchisake-onna ("The Slit-Mouthed Woman") spread around a Japanese village. An elementary school teacher, Noboru Matsuzaki, hears a voice inquire, "Am I pretty?" while this is happening. A boy is grabbed by the entity at a playground while seeking Kuchisake-onna with his buddies. Following the boy's abduction, Noboru's school sends students home in groups, followed by the staff. Mika Sasaki is reluctant to return home after telling a teacher, Kyko, that her mother abuses her. Noboru shows Kyko a thirty-year-old photograph of a woman who resembles Kuchisake-onna at school. Noboru hears the voice again and follows it to a house, where he and Kyko rescue a young kid from Kuchisake-onna, whom Kyko appears to kill with a knife. Kuchisake-body transforms into that of a housewife, showing that the spirit functions by possessing other women, who develop a cough as a result of their possession.
6. The Grudge
The urban legend of Kayako is quite famous. Kayako grew up as a weird loner. When she became an adult, she got married and even had a son named Toshiro. Everything was going well; her family meant the world to her, but it all went wrong when Kayako's husband finds her diary and somehow gets convinced that she is cheating on him! In a rage, he stabs her and beats her continuously. In the end, he strangles her. She couldn't make any sound, only let out a hoarse sound. Then he turns towards Toshiro, who watched the whole thing take place and drowned him in the bathtub. He stuffed his wife into a bag and left her in the attic to die. so gruesome! Anyway, this legend also tells us that she became a vengeful ghost and kills whoever encounters her. This movie is basically about the legend. The film Ju-On offers a unique take on the haunted home genre. We observe how the people who have come into contact with the force around this mansion have met their end thanks to the multi-linear storyline. The atmosphere is spooky and menacing, but not very frightening. There are times when your skin crawls, but it isn't continual. After a while, the multiple plot lines become redundant. Instead of adding narrative line after storyline, they could have concentrated on just a few characters and fleshed out their stories. They don't even contribute much to the overall tale This film's ambiance and music contribute to making you feel even more afraid; that's one of the best things about Japanese horror films: they make you feel frightened without using special effects or monsters. It's completely psychological and relies on the viewer's imagination.
7. Gozu ( 2003)
Gozu, or "Cow Head," is a legend that instills fear among people who read or hear it, and it goes on for days or until they die. No matter how bizarre it sounds, it's a funny movie unless you don't understand the movie. To be honest, this movie is not for beginners. Mike is a talented director, but if you want to dive into his world of films, then you should start with something. Gozu is a fantastic act of surrealistic tastelessness, a peek inside the minds of the filmmaker and writers to have it blasted back into these individuals here. It doesn't seem crucial whether it's his brother or not at first, until he loses him when stopping at a restaurant. From then on, we're treated to a near-Shaggy-Dog narrative, as though done in the hopes of attaining Lynchian dimensions, even if it's not quite there yet. Even though Gozu's been intended to be a sideshow, it's quite funny throughout. despite the little knife-stabs of circumstance encountered by the traveling yakuza. Other critics have argued and will continue to argue over the film's pointlessness, meandering, and how it crosses the threshold of decency in cinema. As the story progresses, Ozaki becomes paranoid, even crazy, as he is part of the Azumawari Yakuza clan. Therefore, Minami, his successor and admirer, is the one who has the responsibility of getting rid of him. Then, just when you think a movie about duty and brotherhood can't get any worse, it does. Kazaki died earlier than expected. He was never found. There seem to be more incidents where the dead are on the loose.
8. Teke-Teke
Teke-Teke Legend has it that a woman died under the train tracks and was cut in half. This woman now kills whoever turns around to see her. A long-haired ghost who has no legs? Imagine this: a ghost who can't even run but still outruns you. In the movie, even if the person manages to escape, Teketeke will still kill them in 3 days. Although it's quite creepy, it's still trying to point out something new to the audience. Honestly, the movie is poorly made, but it's worth a try. "Teketeke" is an example of a typical Japanese horror film. There are moments when you feel frightened, but not to the point of being unable to sleep at night. Girls are chopped in half, but not in an unnecessarily nasty or brutal manner. Furthermore, the fact that all of the victims are young girls and women of great beauty is a great bonus. The perfect combination of horror and everyday life introductions, sorrow, monster research, and so on was achieved. This film maintains suspense throughout with excellent direction and production. The Teke Teke is a wicked Japanese ghost/demon that, like the more renowned Kuchisake-onna, has become an urban legend and horror franchise in its own right. Her name derives from the sound she makes when she hunts down her prey, "running" on the ground with her hands after her entire lower section has been torn off, leaving only her upper torso and arms to seek down her meal. They are part of a huge subgroup of Japanese demons known as "vengeful ghosts," which are mainly ladies. These demons were originally human, but after death, they mutated into monsters who now hunt down and torture the living.
9. School Mystery (Toire No Hanako )
This movie is also inspired by the same legend of Hanako-san. The little ghost in the red skirt drags its victim to hell, never to be seen again. The story begins when a new girl transfers, named Saeko. Takuya likes Saeko, but his classmates think Saeko is possessed by Hanako, a ghost that lives in the bathroom. This rumor was spread by a girl who liked Takuya and was jealous. The movie centres around Takuya. Toire no Hanako san is a terrifying and effective adaptation of the same-titled Japanese manga. Unfortunately, unless the spectator understands Japanese, it may be difficult to follow due to the lack of a subtitled version. Although numerous horror/suspense cliches are used, including the ouija board (albeit in Japanese), kokkuri whispering whispers, an animated doll, and a gang of kids that seem like they walked out of a Japanese version of 90210 and always go into dark rooms when they shouldn't! The opening narration narrating the events was overlaid on candid footage of the young kids wearing black strips over their eyes to "protect" their identities from being related to the events. The 1998 remake outperforms the 1995 film. Even though the 1998 version's premise is less realistic, the film's pace and acting contribute to its high quality. The film builds tension throughout with little glimpses of "Hanako san" and the climactic moments during the cremation were particularly unnerving. It's possible that this film will be noticed by someone in the US film industry and will be reworked and modified for a US audience.
10. Ten Haunting Tales From The Japanese Underground
Festival of horror series with different tales that rival grudges and therefore the ring. It is also referred to as Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi, a 1991 film. More than a movie, it is a set of series. It aired between 1991 and 1992 and is best remembered for giving birth to j-horror. A series that will give you the chills that you expect! It has 10 tales in it, and all of them are unrelated. There's speculation that this series is not based on real stories, but there's no way to prove it. They claim to have sparked the late-'90s and early-'00s J-horror trend. Maybe that's genuine, maybe it's embellishment, but I'm getting a sense of the direction's tone and style. These specials aired in 1991 and 1992, and they range in length from 5 to 15 minutes. The stories are a little bland, but they have a charming and innocent quality to them. In terms of whether or not these stories are true, it's not yet clear. The claimed ghosts that they show before the segments are particularly phony as they're largely just lens flare. Also to point out the peculiarity of each narrative being delivered from the perspective of a girl. A low-budget movie that doesn't disappoint you.
