THE ORIGINS OF J-HORROR (1989 - 2023) - BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION HARDBOX - IMPRINT ASIA #100 - 105
Before Sadako crawled out of the well, before the Grudge took hold, before a missed call, sinister auditions, and leaking dark water? something was stirring in Japan: horror fans devoured straight-to-video releases, late-night television, and low-budget genre films that almost no-one outside the country had seen. This special collection gathers the films and documents that laid the groundwork for one of the most influential movements in cinema history.
A culmination of years of effort, the centrepiece of this collection is 2023 feature documentary The J-Horror Virus, the work of frequent Imprint collaborators and Japanese cinema experts Sarah Appleton and Jasper Sharp. Making its worldwide Blu-ray debut in this set, the film charts the origins of J-Horror and incorporates interviews with filmmakers and experts, to create a truly definitive picture of this unique sub-genre.
Alongside the documentary, dive into the disturbing films that defined J-Horror, scavenged from the highest quality possible sources available, all coming to Blu-ray for the first time worldwide:
Jaganrei: Psychic Vision (1989)
Scary True Stories: Ten Haunting Tales from the Japanese Underground (1991)
A Haunted School (1996)
Don't Look Up (1996)
Kokkuri (1997)
Alongside hours of brand NEW and exclusive Special Features, the set includes a 100-page Hardcover Booklet with brand NEW essays by Erica Shultz, Camille Zaurin, Tom Mes, Amber T, and Sarah Appleton, all housed in a Limited Edition 6-disc Hardbox, strictly limited to 1500 copies only.
Info
- Blu-ray
- IMP5757
- Japanese
- English
- PAL
Special Features
THE J-HORROR VIRUS (2023)
? 1080p high-definition presentation ? Undead Media - interview with directors Sarah Appleton and Jasper Sharp (2026) ? Tech-Horror - Japanese horror scholar Lindsay Nelson on technology in J-horror (2026) ? Cursed Video Tape - Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes on the V-cinema origins of J-horror (2026) ? Interview with director Takashi Shimizu on J-horror and 'Marebito' (2026) ? A Fear of Technology - interview with filmmaker and actor Shinya Tsukamoto (2026) ? Haunting Your TV Screen - interview with actress Rie Ino'o (2026) ? Personal Inspiration - interview with director Masayuki Ochiai (2026)
JAGANREI: PSYCHIC VISION (1989)
? 1080p presentation upscaled from a standard-definition master ? Audio commentary by Sarah Appleton and Jasper Sharp, co-directors of 'The J-Horror Virus' (2026) ? The Original Video - director Teruyoshi Ishii on 'Jaganrei: Psychic Vision:' (2026)
SCARY TRUE STORIES: TEN HAUNTING TALES FROM THE JAPANESE UNDERGROUND (1991 - 1992)
?1080p presentation upscaled from a standard-definition master ? Audio commentary by writer and Japanese cult cinema specialist Naomi Monaghan on 'Scary True Stories: Night 2' (2026) ? True Tales of Terror - director Norio Tsuruta on 'Scary True Stories' (2026) ? Trailers
A HAUNTED SCHOOL (1996)
? 1080p high-definition presentation ? School Spirit - director Norio Tsuruta on 'A Haunted School' (2026) ? Post-screening Q&A with director Norio Tsuruta and actors Juri Miyazawa and Ryushi Mizukami ? Comics of Jiro Tsunoda - interview with director Norio Tsuruta and horror manga artist Junji Ito
DON'T LOOK UP (1996)
? 1080p high-definition presentation ? Audio commentary by film critic Julian Singleton (2026) ? A Ghost in the TV - writer Hiroshi Takahashi on 'Don't Look Up' (2026) ? Horror in the Rafters - director Hideo Nakata on 'Don't Look Up' (2026) ? The Origins of the Ghost Actress Story - featurette ? Theatrical trailer
KOKKURI (1997)
?1080p presentation upscaled from a standard-definition master ? The Ghost of Ouija - director Takahisa Zeze on 'Kokkuri' (2026)