The Eye

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

The Anatomy of a Remake: The Eye

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Just as slashers ran wild through the 1970s and 1980s, Asian Horror remakes made their headway in the early 2000s. Films like 1998’s Ringu hinted at the creepier, more skin-crawling kind of horror over the brash, stalking terror of 1996’s Scream. Then, once the millennium ... Read More