Abstract
Introduction: The Horror, The Horror... 1.Haunting Specters: A History of Seeing Ghosts in Japanese and American Horror Films 2. Hollywood and Japan, Comparing Supernatural Constructions: Cultural Ideologies, Social Anxieties, and Aesthetic Tendencies 3.Terrifying Images: Visual Aesthetics and Ways of Seeing in Ringu and The Ring 4.Oh, Mother!: Single Mothers and Abandoned Daughters in Honoguarai mizu no soko kara and Dark Water 5. Father Knows Best? Patriarchal Anxieties and Familial Dysfunction in Ju-On and The Grudge 6. The End of the World as We Know It: Apocalyptic Visions in Kairo and Pulse 7. (Post-)Modern Anxieties, Techno-Horror, and Technophobia in Chakushin Ari and One Missed Call 8. Conclusion
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