J-Horror Rising Blu-ray Movie

Overview

J-Horror Rising (1999-2007)

Specifications

• Video

  Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
  Video resolution: 1080p
  Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  

• Audio

  See individual releases
  

• Subtitles

  English
  

• Discs

  Blu-ray Disc
  Four-disc set (4 BDs)
  

• Playback

  Region A (B, C untested)

Review

J-Horror Rising Blu-ray Movie Review

No review exists for this particular release, however, it exists for the other following regions/countries:

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  Shikoku Blu-ray Movie  

  死国

  Arrow | 1999 | 100 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

  
  

  Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku. She soon learns that her childhood friend, Sayuri, died several years ago and that Sayuri's mother, who used to perform seances and exorcisms, has gone almost insane with grief. After seeing Sayuri's ghost several times during the night, Hinako consults with some local experts on the paranormal and discovers that Sayuri's mother has something planned for her daughter...

  
  

  Horror / Thriller / Foreign

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  Isola: Multiple Personality Girl Blu-ray Movie  

  ISOLA 多重人格少女 / Tajuu jinkaku shôjo

  Arrow | 2000 | 94 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

  
  

  When a woman, able to read the thoughts of others, comes to help survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a girl with Multiple Personality Disorder whose dangerous 13th personality, Isola, must be stopped.

  
  

  Horror / Psychological thriller / Foreign

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  Persona Blu-ray Movie  

  仮面学園 / Kamen gakuen

  Arrow | 2000 | 90 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

  
  

  When a student by the name of Danda adopts a porcelain mask as a direct result of school bullying, he spurs on a large majority of fellow students to do the same thing.

  
  

  Horror / Foreign

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  Inugami Blu-ray Movie  

  狗神

  Arrow | 2000 | 106 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

  
  

  Akira, the young new schoolteacher in town falls for secretive Miki, an older woman who takes care of her family's urn that supposedly holds a forest wolf-spirit, inugami. People soon start disappearing and the town blames Akira.

  
  

  Horror / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Foreign

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  St. John's Wort Blu-ray Movie  

  弟切草 / Otogiriso

  Arrow | 2001 | 85 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

  
  

  Nami has been creating artwork for a new video game based on images she's been seeing in her dreams. With one of the game producers, she travels out to an abandoned house that seems to match her visions. As they explore the old mansion, Nami begins to have more visions of a forgotten childhood, until at last she comes across a photo of twin infants, labelled "Nami" and "Naomi". As Nami and the producer go from room to room, an unseen person seems to be watching them from a hidden room.

  
  

  Horror / Foreign

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  Noroi: The Curse Blu-ray Movie  

  ノロイ / Noroi

  Arrow | 2005 | 115 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

  
  

  A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba."

  
  

  Horror / Mystery / Psychological thriller / Supernatural / Foreign

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  Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman Blu-ray Movie  

  口裂け女 / Kuchisake-onna

  Arrow | 2007 | 90 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

  
  

  A suburban town in Japan is the victim of what is supposed to be just an urban legend. A woman's spirit with a horribly disfigured face is intent on kidnapping children for unknown reasons.

  
  

  Horror / Foreign