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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)

Ah ok. I put a section in for J-Horror and videogames before i read this page as a note. There is certainly reason for a section as there do exist games that classify as J-horror e.g. Forbidden Siren 2 there's just little info on them. I tidied the page up a bit but it could probably be changed around again. Think of it as a test drive. --Savre 02:27, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Is this article really necessary 2 Resident evil 3 Resident evil. 4 Inadequate content 5 Image copyright problem with Image:Darkwater2002movieposter.jpg

[edit] Is this article really necessary

The value of this article seems to be more about legitimizing the term and/or taking a shot at American horror while providing a handful of relatively discombobulated topics. I'm big on horror movies and Japanese culture and this is really the first time I've ever heard the term "J Horror". I'd say that, at most, this should be part of a larger article, like Horror Film, though I'm guessing the original author thought Japanese horror was too unique or important to be grouped into a category. --Col.clawhammer 09:38, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Although this article isn't all that well-written, J-Horror is obviously an article worthy of inclusion. A quick google search would reveal that. MightyAtom 02:12, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Resident evil

First i want to thankyou for the article, it is really necessary and i don't agree with those who say it isn't. I've searched this article with the fear of not finding it and i was really happy seeing that someone created an article of J-horror. By the way i entered this section only to recuest resident evil for being erased of the j-horror inspired video games because is not of the genre, please post back. --Starlingmaximilian (talk) 22:31, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Resident evil.

Due to a lack of responce of your part i erased resident evil from the list by myself.--Starlingmaximilian (talk) 21:48, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

You need to say why. Savre (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 23:07, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

because it lacks the psicological aspect and suspense mainly present in j-horror, resident evil is just an action game with zombies as enemies and some puzzles, i see you added F.E.A.R. as well, i didn't played that game but i doubt it belongs to de genre (i only played the first "stage")

What ever, i don't really care about F.E.A.R. but i'm absolutly sure (i played every single game) that biohazard is not a j-horror game, i was surprised to see it in the list when you very acuratedly put silent hill, forbiden siren and fatal frame. So please remove it.

[edit] Inadequate content

This is not a proper article about Japanese horror cinema, since it is entirely concerned with recent Japanese horror movies of interest to current American audiences. There is no section on horror cinema in Japan from the 1930s on, and does address films like Kwaidan, Ugetsu Monogatari or Onibaba, or any of their directors.

These article should be replaced with a larger article entitled "Japanese Horror Cinema". J-Horror is really just a western marketing term for a handful of recent films.Hwhitbread (talk) 19:57, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

• OK. Go ahead! MightyAtom (talk) 02:45, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
• Yea. Do it. Savre (talk) 05:08, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't have any say being unregistered, but I think calling things with a J is just silly. What about G movies instead of German movies or C Movies instead of Chinese movies? I think Japanese Horror Cinema is a better title. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.192.208.247 (talk) 16:03, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

You might find it silly, but that is what its called, even in Japan. The term is pretty common for things Japanese, and used for things like j-pop, j-girls, etc...MightyAtom (talk) 03:13, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, but not all individual terminology is suitable for an article; for example, you can call a sub sandwhich a hero, grinder, hoagie, etc., but they all are grouped under "submarine sandwich". I think listing it under "Japanese Horror Cinema" would be more appopriate, unless there really is something that sets these movies apart from the rest of Japanese Horror aside from their labeling. --Col.clawhammer (talk) 15:39, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Although, when I was writing this I was not familiar with J-Horror Theater. I was, however, a little suspicious that neither this entry, nor the other, has a Japanese page which we could use to reference. I still don't know if I think this is a notable enough topic to warrant an entry, but maybe with a little clean up it could be a good article. As it stands now I feel it needs rewriting.--Col.clawhammer (talk) 04:10, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Like I said, the term is commonly used in Japan. But the article definitely needs to be improved. I look forward to seeing your additions! MightyAtom (talk) 23:30, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

So is somebody going to finally more of the history on Japanese horror films? If so, count me in. I love Jigoku and Kwaidan. Yojimbo501 (talk) 21:52, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

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