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I wonder if the term J-Horror is decent. By applying the same logic shouldn't there be I-Horror for Italian horror and U-Horror for USA horror (or rather H-Horror for Hollywood)?

The article should have at least mention of video games related to the theme.

It is decent, and your logic also makes sense, but that's not really how it works. This term was created based on general agreements. It was decided to use such a term because of the recent wave of Japanese horror productions that became famous worldwide because of their specific features. Hence, those movies are now notorious. There is nothing really notable about Italian horror movies nowadays. Less even American ones, that have always been out there and everybody is already used to them. That's why nobody sees the need to create such terms you mentioned. You see, it's all about demand. If there isn't something like that, we can't really create it for no reason.

Now I haven't seen the term "J-horror" referring to video games. It does make sense, but I'm yet to see it being used that way. You can check Survival horror game for something similar to this.--Kaonashi 00:17, 6 March 2006 (UTC)