Fascination for the Japanese Horror Film

When theathers in North America box office released its earnings after the lucrative first weekend in October 2005, the big winner was the premiere of the movie "The Grudge" which grossed about $ 40 million, four times more than cost of production.

The Japanese audience would recognize this story as in reality the director Takashi Shimizu think an adjusted version to the American market based on his own film under the name Ju-on, which will be released earlier in Japan in 2003.

Why is your film underwent successful so quickly in the U.S.? 

Perhaps because the film debuted in theaters just before Halloween, the traditional American celebration of ghosts and all things paranormal. Or perhaps we should examine the phenomenon from its history ... the ring movie.

This film The Grunge ", Le precedes another phenomenal success in the United States: The Ring, the remake of 2002 thriller novel" Ringu "written by Koji Suzuki, and brought to the big screen in Japan in 1998 and directed by Hideo Nakata, Hollywood is convinced this movie right after, what is profitable and lucrative Japanese horror movies.   

The great popularity at the hearing and the low costs of production of such movies where most are adaptations of works already carried out and exhibited in Asia, have sparked a new trend, which looks back Japanese horror films, and has created a new genre in American film industry what the experts have now referred to simply as "J-horror." 

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