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5 Frighteningly Scary Japanese Horror Movies to Watch Alone In the Dark

Updated: Mar 31, 2023


5 Scary Japanese Horror Movies to Watch This Week
5 Scary Japanese Horror Movies to Watch This Week


Japanese horror is notorious for summoning some of the most spine-chilling scares in cinema history. Today, we dissect 5 sinisterly scary Japanese horror movies guaranteed to deliver dispairing shivers.


Scary Japanese Horror Movies | Pulse (2001)


5 Scary Japanese Horror Movies to Watch This Week | Pulse (2001)
5 Scary Japanese Horror Movies to Watch This Week | Pulse (2001)


Eerily atmospheric and creepy to the core, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's chilling technological thriller combines atmospheric suspense with an ominously supernatural plot that disturbingly uncovers the internets' darkest recesses while creepily exploring echo chamber culture.


Those in the mood for malevolent spirits and ghostly shivers should enjoy a frightening time with Pulse (2001).


Noroi The Curse (2005)

5 Scary Japanese Horror Movies to Watch This Week | Noroi The Curse (2005)
5 Scary Japanese Horror Movies to Watch This Week | Noroi The Curse (2005)


Charting the chilling disappearance of a paranormal expert, Noroi The Curse offers a frightening found-footage-style documentary, exposing the existence of an ancient demon with bone-chilling consequences.


Adopting deep folklorish themes and creepy occultist cues, Noroi The Curse makes for disquieting viewing. But nothing will leave lasting psychological scar tissue quite like the final scene.


Continue scrolling for more scary Japanese horror movies to binge this week.


Scary Japanese Horror Movies | Dark Water (2002)


5 Scary Japanese Horror Movies to Watch this Week | Dark Water (2002)
5 Scary Japanese Horror Movies to Watch this Week | Dark Water (2002)


Frightening at times and yet emotionally inflicting, Dark Water (2002) manages to merge supernatural scares with stark maternal fears, resulting in a moodily mysterious thriller packed with unsettling suspense.


Somewhat of a slow-burn affair for large parts, Dark Waters utilizes its poignant ghost story premise to elevate psychological frights while spookily suggesting something entirely more sinister in the form of the supernatural.


Carry on scrolling for more scary Japanese horror movies to watch this week.


Audition (1999)


5 Scary Japanese Horror Movies to Watch This Week | The Audition (1999)
5 Scary Japanese Horror Movies to Watch This Week | The Audition (1999)


Even after 20 years, Takashi Miike's deeply disturbing Japanese horror Audition still delivers gruesomely gory anatomical dissections while injecting sinister psychological scars that still inflict wounds today.


Ruthlessly unflinching in its cold-heartedness and the extent to which it repulsively stirs the stomach, the Audition manages to administer long-lasting frights that linger far past the end credits.


Scary Japanese Horror Movies | Ju-on: The Grudge


5 Scary Japanese Horror Movies to Watch This Week
5 Scary Japanese Horror Movies to Watch This Week


Showcasing creepy imagery, eerily effective jump scares, and nightmarish scenes of dislocation that scar the psyche, Ju-on: The Grudge issues an ominously tense vengeful-spirit story that psychologically haunts long past its final scene.


That concludes our terrifying list of 5 scary Japanese horror movies to watch this week.


Which is your frightening favorite from the list? Check in to Hellish horror daily for more gruesome autopsies on your most feared feature films.

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