The Japanese horror boom is finally reaching us. Films, comic books/manga, and translated literature from Japan appear in bookstores as never before. Because of the thick language barrier, visual arts from Japan have made the widest impact from the opening of Japan onward. But now with the translation of the bestselling horror novel, The Ring, and the publication of the first reference book on Asian horror, The Asian Horror Encyclopedia (ISBN 0595201814),a new era begins.
New review: Dark Water
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