Horror 6
Tokyo Ghoul
By Andrew Osmond. Good news, young man; your beautiful girlfriend wants to have you for dinner. It’s an old joke (especially for fans of cannibal superstar Hannibal Lecter) but it’s a fair summary of how Tokyo Ghoul opens. It’s set in what seems to be present-day Tokyo, with a big difference; the city is infested […]
Books: The Monstrous Feminine
By Shelley Pallis. In the midst of a British media panic about “Momo”, a slit-mouthed Japanese woman who supposedly exhorts children to commit crimes, there’s never been a better time to investigate the world of dangerous Japanese ghost-girls. Barbara Creed’s landmark book The Monstrous-Feminine (1993) kicked off an entire subgenre of writing about Monstrous Wombs, […]
[UNBOXING] Tokyo Ghoul OVA “Jack” & “Pinto” Ltd Collectors Ed.
Tokyo Ghoul fans we know you’ve been waiting patiently to get your hands on our AllTheAnime.com Exclusive Ltd Collector’s Edition set of the Tokyo Ghoul OVAs “Jack” & “Pinto” and the time has nearly arrived! We’ve received some units at our HQ so today we’re very excited to bring you an unboxing of this release! […]
The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films
By Jasper Sharp. Reference books have had to fight their corner harder than most in the internet age. For the subject of film in particular, online sources such as Wikipedia, Rotten Tomatoes or the IMDb (and dare I mention for Japanese film, Midnight Eye) allow instant access to facts or opinions about specific titles you […]
Books: Yurei – The Japanese Ghost
By Jasper Sharp. The clammy deathly-blue pallor, the single drooping eye leering through lank, matted black hair, the white cotton smock, the slow, spasmodic, Butoh-esque movements: there must be few out there unfamiliar with the imagery of the Japanese ghost since the shuffling form of Sadako first seeped into Western consciousness in Hideo Nakata’s Ringu […]