Of course, not all modern Japanese horror (or "J-horror") movies are ghost stories. The antagonist in auteur Takashi Miike's Audition (1999), for example, is a seemingly sweet young lady with a sadistic streak, while Kibakichi (2004) is a werewolf tale, Suicide Club (2002) is a surreal social critique involving with youth rebellion and popular culture, and campy, over-the-top films like Versus (2000) and Wild Zero (1999) transcend description.
Notable Japanese Horror Films
- Ugetsu (1953)
- Godzilla (1954)
- The Ghosts of Kasane Swamp (1957)
- Jigoku (1960)
- Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)
- Kwaidan (1964)
- Onibaba (1964)
- Gamera (1965)
- Blind Beast (1969)
- Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)
- Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (1972)
- Guinea Pig (1985)
- Entrails of a Virgin (1986)
- Evil Dead Trap (1988)
- Hiruko the Goblin (1991)
- All Night Long (1992)
- Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1992)
- Cure (1997)
- Ring (1998)
- Audition (1999)
- Tomie (1999)
- Wild Zero (1999)
- Battle Royale (2000)
- Uzumaki (2000)
- Versus (2000)
- Pulse (2001)
- Dark Water (2002)
- Suicide Club (2002)
- Ju-On: The Grudge (2003)
- One Missed Call (2003)
- A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
- Kibakichi (2004)
- Marebito (2004)
- Premonition (2004)
- Infection (2005)
- The Neighbor No. 13 (2005)
