Japanese school girls watch "The Ring"

[SykkBoy]

The first time I saw Ringu, it was pretty damn scary. When I saw it, there wasn't much hype about it and I didn't know what to expect. For me, when I watch horror movies at home, I like to have the lights out, the surround sound pumped up and just the whole atmosphere. I popped in Ringu and watched it (subtitled of course...nothing is more distracting than having a good scare scene ruined by poor dubbing). When Sadako came out of the TV set, I admit to getting a chill down my spine.

I've become an Asian horror fanatic the last couple years and just can't seem to get enough. From "milder" fare like Ringu and Ju-On to Takashi Miike's messed up movies like Ichi The Killer and Visitor Q (yes, I'm a Miike fanboy and had a geekgasm when he made his cameo in Hostel ;-)).

Sorry, back to the topic at hand...
Ghosts in the machine are a huge part of Japanese cinema over the last 8-10 years. The ghost stories also have a similar type ghost white is usually female, dressed in white, with long black hair covering their faces (because of this people often get confused with Ringu, Ju-On, One Missed call, etc.).

Japanese schoolgirls? Not sure how they feel about the movie but there is a movie called Suicide Club that features an interesting scene with 50 Japanese schoolgirls (there was a little nod to the movie in Hostel).