Adult Swim’s highly anticipated Junji Ito adaptation is animated cosmic and body horror of the highest degree that’s guaranteed to disturb seasoned genre fans. “Become one with me and the spiral.” Junji Ito has become one of the manga industry’s most prolific body horror storytellers and Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror is definitely regarded as one […]
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Science SARU creates something murderous and magical with its coming of age supernatural rom-com that mixes aliens, ghosts, and supernatural phenomena. “Do only scum live in this world?” There is an endless amount of supernatural horror anime that get under the audience’s skin, but none of them are quite like DAN DA DAN, a delirious […]
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‘Alien: Romulus’ is right around the corner, so it’s the perfect time to check out ‘Lily C.A.T.,’ an anime body horror classic that’s a gory tribute to ‘Alien’ and ‘The Thing’. “Confine them? We’re on a ship. We’re practically confined ourselves.” Ridley Scott’s Alien is an iconic horror/science fiction hybrid that’s had its ups and […]
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Kizumonogatari -Koyomi Vamp- begins with a kinetic display of carnage where its main character bursts into flames and careens down a skyscraper like a rogue pinball. It’s a violent, chaotic way to begin this vampire tale that feels all-too thematically appropriate for its conflicted hero, Koyomi Araragi, who gets pulled in extreme directions as he struggles […]
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It’s been a massive day for Kaiju TV series. At New York Comic Con today, Crunchyroll unleashed a new trailer to accompany the announcement that new anime series “Kaiju No. 8” will head to its streaming service in Spring 2024, subtitled and dubbed, exclusively in more than 200 countries and territories, simulcast weekly after its […]
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A bored executioner teams up with an immortal severed head and her combat maid to solve mysteries and fight monsters. “You’re one of the monsters.” Undead Murder Farce takes everything you know about gothic horror and murder mystery detective fiction and then stretches it almost cartoonishly out of proportion like it’s being watched through a […]
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With the exception of genre masters like Junji Ito, anime and manga aren’t exactly the most horror-friendly mediums out there. However, from the Cenobite-inspired God Hand of Berserk to the near-Lovecraftian archeology of Made in Abyss, there’s no denying that Japanese artists often manage to sneak in some unexpected scares into their work. And with decades of […]
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It might be surprising to learn the company behind Hello Kitty once branched out into dramatic filmmaking. And early into this short-lived venture, Sanrio produced one of its most notable films to date. Masami Hata’s 1978 adaptation of Takashi Yanase’s Ringing Bell (Chirin no suzu) found its way to the U.S. in the early ‘80s […]
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