Kôji Suzuki

Ringu / The Ring compared

The Anatomy of a Remake: Ringu / The Ring

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People outside Japan got snifters of J-horror through movies like 1964’s Kwaidan or the surreal nature of 1977’s House (or ‘Hausu’ to separate it from the Hugh Laurie medical drama). But while Horror fans could name European and American Horror icons off the top of ... Read More

Dark Water 10 Years Later

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On June 27, 2005 director Walter Salles, Jr. (Midnight 1998, The Motorcycle Diaries 2004)  released a remake of the 2002 Japanese Horror film Dark Water. The original film was directed by Hideo Nakata (Ringu 1998, Chatroom 2010) and based on the novel by Kôji Suzuki ... Read More